Lazy_Cat reviewed What-the-Dickens by Gregory Maguire
Cute, A Little Somber
3 stars
Three children listen to their adult cousin tell them a story about Tooth Fairies while waiting anxiously through a giant storm.
This is a pretty cute book. I'm not sure I'm a real fan of the cuts between the story being told in-universe, and what was going on "in real life." I think I ultimately would have preferred the in universe story to be standalone. That said, I was left pretty disappointed that we got no actual resolution to the "in real life" plotline. I get that it isn't the point, but since it didn't tie extremely strongly to the themes of the story-in-a-story (at least, not that I felt was overt), it didn't feel good to be left dangling in that regard.
Three children listen to their adult cousin tell them a story about Tooth Fairies while waiting anxiously through a giant storm.
This is a pretty cute book. I'm not sure I'm a real fan of the cuts between the story being told in-universe, and what was going on "in real life." I think I ultimately would have preferred the in universe story to be standalone. That said, I was left pretty disappointed that we got no actual resolution to the "in real life" plotline. I get that it isn't the point, but since it didn't tie extremely strongly to the themes of the story-in-a-story (at least, not that I felt was overt), it didn't feel good to be left dangling in that regard.