The Ickabog

The overall story is not bad, but the amount of cruelty and death is too much for a children book recommended to age 7+.

We started reading this book in 2022, but did not get very far.
We are starting over with it in January of 2024. Grandmama is reading it as well.
1/13/24 on page 17. 1/14/24 Read chapter 4. 1/15 Read chapter 5. 2.16 read chapter 6. 2/17, 18 & 19 read chapters 7, 8 & 9. 2/21 read chapter 10 2/23 read chapter 11, 2/28 read chapter 12, 2/1 & 2/2 read chapter 13.

I really enjoyed this simple yet significant fable / fairytale. Think what you like about her politics, but the woman knows how to spin a good yarn.

A very fun and sill adventure with lovable characters.

What an absolutely cute story. I can't wait to share this with my grandbabies. I LOVE that scattered throughout is artwork of different children who have depicted parts of the story in their own way.

A fun old-school folk tale, full of predictable tropes and stock characters which starts out strong but gets a bit laboured after the halfway point. Reminscent of Dickens being paid per installment, this book goes on for far too long because of the circumstances under which it was first presented to the public.

Fantastic.

I received this book as a gift and was surprise to discover it is a children's book.

I love the idea of the illustrations by the children and the beginning was quite intriguing but at the end it really feels like a book which should be half its length.
Overall it is a nice and original fairy tale; but as an adult I found it really long and quite difficult to continue in the middle of the reading.
Can't imagine reading this to a kid or recommending it as a gift.

Writing is still good but sincerely not a great read.

Bem simpático e como sempre escrito de modo q vc rapidamente se envolva com os personagens tão bem construídos.