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Bär Im Boot (2013)

by Dave Shelton(Favorite Author)

3.38 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Carlsen Verlag GmbH

review 1: I honestly feel sorry for any kid who has the misfortune to read this book. This book claimed it was ORIGINAL and ENTERTAINING (emphasis not mine) - it was not. HILARIOUS - it was not.With illustrations TO DIE FOR - nope.If you get given this book you are LUCKY. Share it aloud: BLESSED - HELL no (emphasis mine).Own it: others are JEALOUS - *strangled noises*No story line, detestable characters (especially the boy) and, if that wasn't enough, the BLOODY WRITING. The author clearly thought the abundance of synonyms and antonyms and hard words was impressive. IT'S A CHILDREN'S BOOK FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE! And at times he was so repetitive it felt like he was trying to reach a word count. This book IRKED me. I sincerely regret wasting time, money, and patience o... moren it.
review 2: This is one of the slowest, least interesting, most boring kids' books I've read. Those attributes are even more pronounced and disappointing because the cover leads one to expect an exciting adventure. The illustrations are excellent, and I would love to read a picture book by Shelton, but I don't think I'll be recommending his novel to anyone. It felt much like a text you'd be required to read for a college philosophy class, not like a novel aimed at middle schoolers... and it held my attention about as well as my college philosophy texts did, which is to say not very well. As for the ending, or lack thereof -- while I myself prefer happy endings, I know some stories can't end happily. However, I think every story should at least have a resolution of SOME kind, especially a story for kids.I appreciate that Shelton experimented with something outside the norm in this, but this type of book would probably work better for adult fiction, or even YA, than for the middle-school demographic. less

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