Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach

★★½

A quick and easy re-read. "Like" is a strong word in this case, but it was better than "ok".

A delightful little story about finding the innate ability in all of us to discover and continuously learn about that which we were meant to do, and then to teach that lesson to others.

The pictures - which seemed to count for almost as many pages as the text - were a nice addition. The first several pages I read aloud with Isabelle, and alongside the photos, they make for a very nice story for children.

I stopped reading it to Isabelle, however, once it got into the philosophical, supernatural, "master of the space-time continuum" bit. I also could have done without the open disdain for (Christian) religion.

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