A review by library_hungry
The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon by Ellen Raskin
3.0
This was very much a children's book, and it was very clever for that. I don't think I would have had any hope of solving the mystery myself. It's actually a lovely, sweet little story with a WIDE melancholy streak.
I think that reading a first edition with the author's illustrations actually took away from my appreciation of the book. The illustrations are silly, and they take away from the sense of reality that underlies the romping nature of the story. I think, without the illustrations, I might have given it 4 stars. That said, though, it was clever and sweet and sad and fun, and a good book for kids.
I think that reading a first edition with the author's illustrations actually took away from my appreciation of the book. The illustrations are silly, and they take away from the sense of reality that underlies the romping nature of the story. I think, without the illustrations, I might have given it 4 stars. That said, though, it was clever and sweet and sad and fun, and a good book for kids.