Ryan Stephens Stephens itibaren 46044 Mussolina MN, Itálie
I was excited to read this, because growing up, I loved choose-your-own adventure books. But this is such a dud. I just kept dying. Over and over and over. I only ever lasted like five pages at a time. It's a real downer, but if you've got a short attention span, or prefer not to read novels, you might get a kick out of... until you become frustrated.
I should begin by saying Berry is in the top five of my favorite authors, poets, essayists. I was intrigued to see that he was entering the children's lit field with this title. However, I didn't quite get the point of publishing this as it is. It feels more like a writing exercise than a finished work. It's gentle storytelling -- but a little too gentle perhaps, meaning I came away wondering what he was trying to say. If Berry wants to take a whack at children's books, surely he can apply his uncanny and astounding storytelling skills to that genre more deftly than he does here. I sincerely hope he tries again, though.