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20-06-2021, 04:48 PM | #11 | |||
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The voice of reason
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I just looked on Amazon
this is the top review (giving it 1 star) Top reviews from United Kingdom Becky Sharp 1.0 out of 5 stars Truly abysmal. Bad grammar, plodding laboured writing with meaning and style sacrificed for rhyme. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 June 2021 Verified Purchase I love children's books for 4-8 year olds, they can be perfect, precise little jewels of wit and colour and to fit a whole story with a beginning, middle and satisfying end in that small number of pages is really a rare skill. A skill which, unfortunately, Meghan Markle does not seem to possess. I taught English for some years and this is exactly the sort of dull, uninspired writing that makes teachers' hearts sink, which just plods from start to finish with nothing to excite or engage a small child. To whom is it meant to appeal? It doesn't seem to be aimed at children, and is apparently based on a poem written by Meghan Markle for Prince Harry- so not really a children's book at all- just a vanity project by the Duchess, with Harry strangely respresented by a soldier in a US style army uniform and forage cap,, even tho Harry left the army long before Archie was born and was never in the US army. And what does it even mean? How did life as a father start on a bench....seriously..???? It just doesn't make sense, has no plot, no story and nothing to appeal to children except possibly the illustrations which are pleasant enough in a naive way, but the whole thing comes across as bland and dull and pointless. The whole thing is just a bit of a mess. 1,351 people found this helpful |
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