A story about this — 7 years ago
WORTH CONSUMING!
I’ve read the rest of the books in the Time series several times, but since I lost my copy somewhere, I hadn’t read this one since I was a kid, when it was one of my favorite books. It doesn’t seem to really stand up as well as the others to an adult reading, maybe because it’s the first in the series and the protagonists are younger. Still has its moving and amusing moments, but it feels like it’s pandering to kids and laying on the Message a bit thick at times. Still better than 99% of kidlit, but my childhood expectations were a bit disappointed, is all.
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Kaivalya
Rereading Childhood Favourites
I know what you mean about childhood books being different when you reread them as an adult.
I searched high and low to rediscover a book I loved as a child (Seacrow Island). When I reread it, I wasn’t disappointed by the story or the characters, but I was sad to discover that I didn’t find the book funny at all. I recall laughing until my sides hurt when I first read it as a child. I guess my sense of humour changed!
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