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A review by mairiairi
The Tattooed Potato and Other Clues by Ellen Raskin
5.0
UPDATE JUNE 9th 2018 - GUESS WHAT I GOT FOR MY BIRTHDAYEEEE!!
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I don't have a whole lot of favorite books so when I say a book is one of my favorites, that means I have a small selection and for some reason this has become one. The Tattooed Potato, however strange the title is, could be one of my all-time favorites. I don't know if it could beat Mara, Daughter of the Nile, but if it can't beat it, it's tied.
This was [almost] as good as The Westing Game, another Ellen Raskin book, and if I were you I would read it as fast as I could (Tattooed Potato, not Westing Game). It's sad but nothing sad happens. It's happy but nothing really happens that would make it that happy. There's something about it that makes you satisfied and leaves you thinking about it for days. It's one of the best books I've read, even though it's confusing and you have to read it twice to really get what it means. Don't be surprised if you read it in a day and come back later to read it over a week! It's an amazing book and I can't think of a single person I wouldn't recommend it to. Really sweet story.
Another reviewer used the word "melancholy" to describe this book. That is one of the best words I've come across for this book. It is, summed up in one word, distinctly and oddly melancholy. For some reason. It's part of why I love it so, so much.
^ ik I use that gif a lot...whatever. It works.
I don't have a whole lot of favorite books so when I say a book is one of my favorites, that means I have a small selection and for some reason this has become one. The Tattooed Potato, however strange the title is, could be one of my all-time favorites. I don't know if it could beat Mara, Daughter of the Nile, but if it can't beat it, it's tied.
This was [almost] as good as The Westing Game, another Ellen Raskin book, and if I were you I would read it as fast as I could (Tattooed Potato, not Westing Game). It's sad but nothing sad happens. It's happy but nothing really happens that would make it that happy. There's something about it that makes you satisfied and leaves you thinking about it for days. It's one of the best books I've read, even though it's confusing and you have to read it twice to really get what it means. Don't be surprised if you read it in a day and come back later to read it over a week! It's an amazing book and I can't think of a single person I wouldn't recommend it to. Really sweet story.
Another reviewer used the word "melancholy" to describe this book. That is one of the best words I've come across for this book. It is, summed up in one word, distinctly and oddly melancholy. For some reason. It's part of why I love it so, so much.