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A review by zachbrumaire
Never Talk to Strangers by Irma Joyce
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
0.0
wrong edition the one I read was illustrated by s. d. Schindler
I was read this book often as a small child. it appears to have been illustrated by different people over several editions, but this one was particularly scary. especially the bee ready to trip the kid on the bike.
the sort of book which parents afraid of CPS love. even as a little kid I could tell something was off about it. given how much more common abuse is from family and those known to the family than total strangers, the emphasis on only and always trusting those your parents know was disturbing. with regard to strangers, there's a degree of parity between them and children, but in my family speaking out against an older relative or family friend was discouraged as rude even when the abuse was explicitly acknowledged.
I hate this book. I hate its moralizing refrain which only sometimes rhymes, it's learing cartoon animals, it's one size fits all victim blaming approach, it's petite bourgeois fortress mentality, insufferable smugness.
I was read this book often as a small child. it appears to have been illustrated by different people over several editions, but this one was particularly scary. especially the bee ready to trip the kid on the bike.
the sort of book which parents afraid of CPS love. even as a little kid I could tell something was off about it. given how much more common abuse is from family and those known to the family than total strangers, the emphasis on only and always trusting those your parents know was disturbing. with regard to strangers, there's a degree of parity between them and children, but in my family speaking out against an older relative or family friend was discouraged as rude even when the abuse was explicitly acknowledged.
I hate this book. I hate its moralizing refrain which only sometimes rhymes, it's learing cartoon animals, it's one size fits all victim blaming approach, it's petite bourgeois fortress mentality, insufferable smugness.