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3.4 AVERAGE
3.4 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
I'm all for a dark fairy tale but this just wasn't it. Maybe it's the translation, maybe the audiobook format, but the story felt contrived and pretentious without any real meaning.
Este es un cuento breve sobre lo que da vida a un objeto inanimado. Para los otros era una simple muñeca fea, abandonada en la playa por la novedad del gato. La muñeca se sabía más importante que todos los objetos tirados en el suelo. Sin embargo, también es un hecho de que la niña conserva en ella las palabras más valiosas que le han dicho: mamá, su nombre, sus sentimientos, sus vivencias. Resguarda en ella la nobleza de la niñez y la soltura vinculada de la relación familiar. Gracias al gato, se salva la muñeca y vuelve con Mati, de manera indefinida.
Leitura curta e leve. É um livro infantil, mas traz boas reflexões, independente da idade que você tem.
I'm not sure what to do with this book. It's a challenge to categorize it - perhaps a children's book, but likely too mature in many ways; perhaps a companion piece to Ferrante's novels, particularly The Lost Daughter which has another story of a lost doll. I wouldn't read it to a young child, but it is told in a format somewhere between a picture book and an early chapter book juxtaposed with dark illustrations, a drowning doll, and adult language.
The most rewarding read is probably reached by interpreting this as a companion to The Lost Daughter and contributing to the commentary of motherhood, mother-daughter relationships, sense of self, and language/voice.
The most rewarding read is probably reached by interpreting this as a companion to The Lost Daughter and contributing to the commentary of motherhood, mother-daughter relationships, sense of self, and language/voice.
Strange and eerie, The Beach at Night, by the elusive European sensation, Elena Ferrante, could be described as Tim Burton meets the Velveteen Rabbit. A doll is left behind by her owner and has to spend the night alone on the beach. The doll tells of her terrifying experience in a dream like tale, supported by the vivid, almost surreal illustrations of Mara Cerri. This was my first encounter with the author, and now I am very curious to read her novels. -Lisanne E.
I didn't realize this was a short illustrated book when I saw it online at the library website. I was just trying to read all of Ferrante's books and put this one on hold along with two others. It is a strange, dark, slightly disturbing story that I wouldn't necessarily read to little kids, lest they get nightmares from it. I don't know if it was meant for that purpose anyway. While reading, I got a sense of the themes of loss of innocence, abandonment, forced silence, and reconciliation or acceptance of a new situation that was initially unwanted.
"The words that Mati taught me are quiet. They float inside my chest, inside my stomach. Sometimes they swim up to my mouth, but silently, like words in books or in Mati's mother's head when she's reading and doesn't want to be disturbed.
How peaceful." pg. 30
Book: borrowed from SSF Main Library.
"The words that Mati taught me are quiet. They float inside my chest, inside my stomach. Sometimes they swim up to my mouth, but silently, like words in books or in Mati's mother's head when she's reading and doesn't want to be disturbed.
How peaceful." pg. 30
Book: borrowed from SSF Main Library.
Asked to review for work.. Should it be in JFIC or J Early readers..
language "I've shit for your craw," "Ugly as hell," and "pee on our feet with their little dickies"
inclined to leave in JFIC for older readers even though it is a short story with creepier Coraline vibes, that just work less for me than Coraline did.
Even the doll in the story calls another character in the book the Mean Beach Attendant. He's gross, crude and mean and trying to steal her and her words to sell them and to keep her from her little girl / momma.
language "I've shit for your craw," "Ugly as hell," and "pee on our feet with their little dickies"
inclined to leave in JFIC for older readers even though it is a short story with creepier Coraline vibes, that just work less for me than Coraline did.
Even the doll in the story calls another character in the book the Mean Beach Attendant. He's gross, crude and mean and trying to steal her and her words to sell them and to keep her from her little girl / momma.
without the words, we can't remember who we love, or who love us.