Simulreading 2 children's fantasy classics: The Wind in the Willows and The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, chapter by chapter. #WWvsLWW
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The prose in Wind in the Willows is gorgeous and the world feels so full and alive. LWW's beginning is much flatter and very blah overall
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although I do love the transition from coats to winter forest. I remember that viscerally from when I was a kid and listening to audiobooks
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like the names of the 3 servants, "but they do not come into the story much" --then why did you...couldn't we have just...bah nevermind
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hopefully someone gets beheaded soon
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Daniel José Older Retweeted Cristina Quintero
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chapters 2 and 3 of Wind in the Willows reveal it to be a much more episodic, scattered narrative at the outset, but still gorgeouspic.twitter.com/swraoA0iso
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meanwhile
#LionTheWitchandTheWardrobe continues to be meh with the prose but Mr. Trumnus crying because he was gonna kidnap her was creeepy!6 replies 2 retweets 41 likes -
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Edmund with his damn Turkish delight really is the Mr. Toad of Narnia but less funny. Then again Mr. Toad is grown and should know better.
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I love turkish delight but every time I see/eat it, I am reminded of Edmund and his bs
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