A review by foreverday
Five Children and It by E. Nesbit
2.0
I'll prelude this review by saying that books whose main focus are wishes are usually a miss for me, and that is simply because the main plot points of those books seem to be the making of a dubious wish and then learning the lesson that it was a Bad Idea.
Unfortunately, because I am very fond of this writing style and E Nesbit, this book was much of the same... over and over again. They'd try to learn their lesson and then something would go wrong, which was a little frustrating to read and I've never particularly enjoyed the feeling that I could've done better than the characters.
I liked the Psammead, I found his character v funny (in a way I definitely wouldn't have appreciated as a child) and the characters of the other children were also v sweet, but I just couldn't gel with the plot.
Unfortunately, because I am very fond of this writing style and E Nesbit, this book was much of the same... over and over again. They'd try to learn their lesson and then something would go wrong, which was a little frustrating to read and I've never particularly enjoyed the feeling that I could've done better than the characters.
I liked the Psammead, I found his character v funny (in a way I definitely wouldn't have appreciated as a child) and the characters of the other children were also v sweet, but I just couldn't gel with the plot.