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The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
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Just to let people know, I have a problem with any recently published books that I reviewed and have rated with 1 star either disappear or have been hidden. This one disappeared and I have added it again.
My previous rating and review disappeared.
I found this nauseatingly awful. Sickly sweet wisdoms spoken from a Christopher Robbin like toddler talking to animals. This reads like a poor copy of Winnie the Pooh without any of the good parts. Even the illustrations and situations are copied from Winnie the Pooh. This takes around two minutes to read, many pages blank for no apparent reason, the worst book I have read in a long time.
My previous rating and review disappeared.
I found this nauseatingly awful. Sickly sweet wisdoms spoken from a Christopher Robbin like toddler talking to animals. This reads like a poor copy of Winnie the Pooh without any of the good parts. Even the illustrations and situations are copied from Winnie the Pooh. This takes around two minutes to read, many pages blank for no apparent reason, the worst book I have read in a long time.
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Reading Progress
April 25, 2020
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April 25, 2020
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April 25, 2020
– Shelved as:
awful
April 25, 2020
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Finished Reading
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Apr 25, 2020 02:52PM
Oh, do I ever know this sort of maudlin book. At least it was short, eh?
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Ha, yes that was a blessing Canadian!
Well, I won't be reading this one, Hilary! Thanks for the heads up! Very strange that your review disappeared!!
Hope this was not a book you purchased!
So did someone complain about your first review and was it censored? For reviews should NOT just disappear.
Margie wrote: "Well, I won't be reading this one, Hilary! Thanks for the heads up! Very strange that your review disappeared!!"Thanks Margie, yes strange indeed!
Diane wrote: "Honest opinion, Hilary"Thanks Diane!
leslie hamod wrote: "Oh my! I'm terribly sorry for the terrible book! But your honesty is refreshing!"Thanks Leslie, many people loved it but it wasn't for me!
Manybooks wrote: "So did someone complain about your first review and was it censored? For reviews should NOT just disappear."Thankfully this was a library book. I really can't think of another book that has left me feeling so annoyed. Actually my rating was still there but my review had disappeared.
How odd, that your review disappeared! This one sounds completely missable.
Hilary, Great review, and thanks for the warning.
Many people really loved it Abigail, it really had the opposite effect on me.
Thanks Lisa, the author has also written about a religious group whose practices I find disturbing which made it all the more of an unsettling read.
Hilary wrote: "Thanks Lisa, the author has also written about a religious group whose practices I find disturbing which made it all the more of an unsettling read."Hilary, now I’m curious. I might look up info.
Hilary wrote: "Just emailed you."Just about to open/read it. Thanks, Hilary.
It was this one Lisa!
Hilary wrote: "It was this one Lisa!"And I just emailed you, Hilary.
Frustrating!!
I clicked on your review bc of the one star… while I am reading and finding it endearing I see what you mean with the Christopher Robin and Pooh reference! Yes! It has a Pooh vibe. But honestly, is anything original anymore? Everything seems to come from something else… I do appreciate these outlier reviews though. We all think differently. Thanks, Hilary
That's a good point Karina, I hope you get more out of this one than I did, the illustrations are lovely but this felt a bit more sinister given the religious group this author belongs to and what I know of local people getting into this group.
