I can already hear you asking why anyone would want to snatch such a cute book from childrens' hands. My god, have you read the thing? A malingering boy, shirking his chores, meets a rain-coated pervert and accepts from him a bag of body parts harvested from endangered species, then uses the illicit gift to create hideous genetic mutations. He runs away with giant insects, murdering his legal guardians in the process. And not one mention of Christ, never mind any hint of remorse, punishment, or eternal damnation. I weep for the souls of children corrupted by this work of Satan.
By the way, I'm Paul. Bonnie graciously invited me to join this blog and cross-post some of my banned book reviews. I normally blog over at Paul's Thing. I began reviewing banned books earlier this year; naturally enough, I'm starting with childrens' books. You can read about my own banned books project here and read some of my other banned book reviews here.
4 comments:
Welcome, Paul. I look forward to your reviews.
I hope you don't take offense by this statement Paul, I was just wanting to know if this review is your own personal thoughts on the book or a satire pointed at would-be banners of this children's book.
Schwarzwald, the review was very much tongue in cheek. When I review banned books, I try to think like a book-banner. If some of my points sound crazy, well, so do most of the points real-life book-banners come up with.
That was my first assumption though I have the tendency to over think things and so I wasn't really sure. Thanks for the clarification.
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