The RAILWAY-THREE RAILWAY ENGINES-PR

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Reverend W. Awdry: The RAILWAY-THREE RAILWAY ENGINES-PR (Paperback, 1986, Egmont Childrens Books)

Paperback

Published July 11, 1986 by Egmont Childrens Books.

ISBN:
978-0-434-92764-7
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reviewed The Three Railway Engines by Reverend W. Awdry (The Railway Series, #1)

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  • feels outdated + irrelevant
  • unlikeable characters. example: Edward scares others for fun
  • there was a chapter where the characters locked up a train (Henry) because he refused to leave a tunnel (and disliked the rain). the chapter ended with an intrusive narrator that says "But I think he deserved it, don't you?" it felt cruel and unsympathetic.
  • some scenes were positive and about perseverance, determination, and change
  • moralistic, in an annoying way