notes reviewed The Three Railway Engines by Reverend W. Awdry
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2 stars
- feels outdated + irrelevant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