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A review by mxhermit
The Face in the Mountain by Tolulope Okudolo
2.0
I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
I really wanted to like this book because it looked beautiful, had a good message, and seemed like it would be a quick and pleasant read.
Well, it was quick and the art was lovely, but that was about it.
As it is, the prose was too much. It dragged the story on and made the going very dull. I tried reading it myself first before reading it to my son. He got bored with the amount of talking there was for the amount of pictures.
The story was good, but this book was stuck in a hard place. It felt too long to be a good picture book and much too short to be a good children's book. With a bit of development in either direction, I think this book could have been a lot better.
I really wanted to like this book because it looked beautiful, had a good message, and seemed like it would be a quick and pleasant read.
Well, it was quick and the art was lovely, but that was about it.
As it is, the prose was too much. It dragged the story on and made the going very dull. I tried reading it myself first before reading it to my son. He got bored with the amount of talking there was for the amount of pictures.
The story was good, but this book was stuck in a hard place. It felt too long to be a good picture book and much too short to be a good children's book. With a bit of development in either direction, I think this book could have been a lot better.