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5.0 out of 5 stars
Best book I've ever read to my kids,
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This review is from: Haroun and the Sea of Stories [HAROUN & THE SEA OF STO] (Paperback)
Very simply, this is the best book I've ever read to my kids. It grabbed their imagination in a way that no other book ever had. Something about this story fired their spirits and had my three, from 8 from 12, begging for me to read more, and had them changing their schedules ("What? You're done with homework already?") to ensure we could read more chapters at night. (And during weekend days!) We read it over a year ago now, and they still talk about it.
I bought "Haroun" after a review (in the WSJ maybe?) and read it myself first, which made me rush through the book we had, just to start it. Their response, however, was unprecedented. They were _very_ moved by what I had thought was a really good book, but which they immediately took to like no other story ever. I'm sure reviews of the other edition tell enough of the plot that I need not repeat anything here. (I don't know what, if anything, is different in the other; I recommend this one because I know it.) I hope it suffices to say that Rushdie's effort to write a good story for his own son has changed my kids' worlds. This is now the novel to which they compare all others they read or heard. They were transfixed by Haroun's every move and they loved the fantastic characters ("But but but!"). They appreciated the wordplay, "P2C2E", and the arc of Haroun's journey especially. Their sentimental dad was moved by the ending and by the experience of reading it to his kids. "Haroun" excited them like no story before or since. Thank you, Mr. Rushdie.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great novel for both adults and children,
This review is from: Haroun and the Sea of Stories [HAROUN & THE SEA OF STO] (Paperback)
One of the most enjoyable book I've ever read. Very easy to read, this book can be finished straight in one night. Reading aloud to loved ones is as delightful as getting absorbed in solitude because of puns in plenty. The plot and characters are fanciful, but never over the top; and a good dose of references to pop culture and parodies certainly help, not least as counters to adults' tendency to squeeze sense out of everything. Political interpretation is tempting, but an existential one is just as possible. The relations between truth, reality, and freedom are pondered with humor and subtlety. Bored and muted and alienated office employees see their liberation comes true (not real, unfortunately), though there is no redemption for their chief (who is so bored and muted and alienated that have come to worship bore and muteness and alienation, which are other names of reality without sense), except a brutal crush. Notwithstanding insufficiency of irony -- a very slight weakness in my very subjective eyes --- this is a wonderful story with Extra Ingredients.
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