Goodreads Summary
✥Series: #1
✥Release Date: 1962
✥Format: Paperback
✥Setting: Various Planets
✥Page Count: 218
✥Genre(s): Classics, Fantasy, Children's, Fiction
✥Date(s) Read: 7/30-7/31/18
✥Rating: Book: 2.5/5 Audio: 4/5 Narrator(s): Hope Davis
My Thoughts:
(There may be some parts in this that some may consider spoiler'ish but I tried not to be. I tried not to give too many details even under those things that could be consider spoilers, even the slightest bit)
Audio:
It took me some time to get used to her but I did eventually. She was good and allowed me to get through the book that I doubt I would have finished without audio.
Book:
I found a large bit of the book some what boring and hard to listen to. The little girl's mouth kept getting her in trouble when people tried to get her to do certain things their way that she didn't want to do (mostly in school concerning classwork). She got a tad bit better throughout the book. I know she was just a teenager and she still had a lot to learn but ugh....I just couldn't with her. With me having the temper I do, I know I didn't always react to things properly but I also knew that if I disrespected adults, I would have been in a whole lot of trouble.
Her little brothers (twins I think), were even worse, the short time they were in the book. I don't want to say much more because I think I may have given some spoiler type stuff anyway. Although, a lot of what I said, was done within the first couple chapters.
As the book went on, it got better but still not perfect. Even by the end, I still wasn't sure if I would go on to the other books in this series. If I do, I doubt I would seek it out. It would really have to be on my mind for a bit for me to go out my way to find it and/or I feel like I am ready to at least give the second a try. Maybe I can get to the library one day and try to find it.
There were some beautiful parts about this book that made me like it a little more. Some good parts that made you want to hear what was next. I just wasn't really feeling the first bit of it, maybe close to the first half of the book. I almost DNF"d it a couple times, even if just temporarily, but I knew that even if I "temporarily" DNF'd it, there'd be a good chance I wouldn't go back to it and I did want to know what happened, say that I did get it done & eventually watch the movie (hopefully this week, one of the reasons that I chose this book for the Booktubeathon).
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