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abookishaffair's review
4.0
I really enjoyed this book. On the surface it's almost a children's story about warring bugs sharing one big tree and it certainly could be read like that. It's really a political satire and it's very reflective of what's currently going on in the political atmosphere right now. Disagreement, stagnation, and at times, chaos. This book was especially poignant considering the things going on in my country (the United States) like the party divide in Congress, which makes it impossible to get a lot done and the GOP primaries that are currently being carried out in a grueling manner all over the country.. I'm not sure if Gould based the story off of his own country's struggles but this book is broader than just one country.
There are two tribes of Flidderbugs who live in the same tree. Neither one can agree on basic things like how many points the leaves of their tree has (sounds a lot like Congress, no). Will the bugs ever figure out how silly their argument is.
I liked this story because in a fairly simplistic way, Gould is able to show us how crazy politics are and how much better things could be if we just try to get along and at least understand where each other are coming from.
There are two tribes of Flidderbugs who live in the same tree. Neither one can agree on basic things like how many points the leaves of their tree has (sounds a lot like Congress, no). Will the bugs ever figure out how silly their argument is.
I liked this story because in a fairly simplistic way, Gould is able to show us how crazy politics are and how much better things could be if we just try to get along and at least understand where each other are coming from.
pandemoniumpizza's review
4.0
After reading Jonathan Gould’s other book, Doodling, I was excited to be given the chance to read Flidderbugs. I really like that Jonathan’s books are simplistic in their storylines but have this deeper meaning wrapped up in them.
I found Flidderbugs to be a really enjoyable read. It was light and really entertaining. I read it on one of the days where I was on holiday so I could just sit in the sun and read it. I found this to be quite a good book to read like that.
While I found the book to be quite predictable it was still highly enjoyable. I knew how things were going to turn out but there was one part that I couldn’t quite figure out so that was really enjoyable to read about.
I really enjoyed Flidderbugs and the underlying meaning was a really good one. I think that Flidderbugs is a perfect read for a middle grade audience.
I found Flidderbugs to be a really enjoyable read. It was light and really entertaining. I read it on one of the days where I was on holiday so I could just sit in the sun and read it. I found this to be quite a good book to read like that.
While I found the book to be quite predictable it was still highly enjoyable. I knew how things were going to turn out but there was one part that I couldn’t quite figure out so that was really enjoyable to read about.
I really enjoyed Flidderbugs and the underlying meaning was a really good one. I think that Flidderbugs is a perfect read for a middle grade audience.
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