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A review by wanderingstories
The Rescuers by Garth Williams, Margery Sharp
2.0
2.5* Stars
I've wanted to read The Rescuers because I really enjoyed the Disney animated version.
That said, as much as I liked the concept of talking mice, this book (published in 1959) had a lot of things in it that made me cringe because of her subjective writing of the animals, their characters and surroundings.
The author made the charcters (Miss Bianca, Bernhardt and Nils) feel vrey much almost human with human characteristics. I'm not so sure I've liked that either. There is something in this book that I didn't enjoy but can't put my finger on what exactly it was.
Athough it's a 'make-you-feel-good' kind of story, there are plenty of better books I've read like The Wind in the Willows or Winnie the Pooh, which in my opinion were more better written and more enjoyable.
Of course there is no real depth in most children's books but I personally like a story that is funny, imagnative but at the same time has some kind of depth to it.
I've wanted to read The Rescuers because I really enjoyed the Disney animated version.
That said, as much as I liked the concept of talking mice, this book (published in 1959) had a lot of things in it that made me cringe because of her subjective writing of the animals, their characters and surroundings.
The author made the charcters (Miss Bianca, Bernhardt and Nils) feel vrey much almost human with human characteristics. I'm not so sure I've liked that either. There is something in this book that I didn't enjoy but can't put my finger on what exactly it was.
Athough it's a 'make-you-feel-good' kind of story, there are plenty of better books I've read like The Wind in the Willows or Winnie the Pooh, which in my opinion were more better written and more enjoyable.
Of course there is no real depth in most children's books but I personally like a story that is funny, imagnative but at the same time has some kind of depth to it.