_michelle_'s reviews
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No new information to speak of; but the drawings are great and do provide some details not shown in drawings featured in the novels.

I originally read the hardcover edition in November/December 2011. This is the paperback edition.
Re-read: September 24 to October 2; 2013

A touching story of love, acceptence, and overcoming the odds, set against a sci-fi backdrop.

(This is also the book that put me over last year's total page count this year; and ahead in October compared to last year, when I failed to finish a book the whole month long (I was deathly ill).)

Read for a college world history class. I don't know how to review this without making it longer than the book itself, which is OK in college but I don't know that anyone but history buffs would care in this context...

Read this twice, and would again. It's fun to spot the similarities between this and [b: Lord of the Rings|33|The Lord of the Rings (The Lord of the Rings, #1-3)|J.R.R. Tolkien|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1521850178s/33.jpg|3462456] and [b: The Hobbit|5907|The Hobbit|J.R.R. Tolkien|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1372847500s/5907.jpg|1540236], as this was a major influence on Tolkien.

Grade A

I read this forever ago as part of my school carriculum. It wasn't the worst thing I've read, and it had a kitten in it, so that helped!

Had to write a paper on this book when I was 12 or 13. It is the worst book I have ever read; IT IS SOOOOO BORING! (My brother had to read it later as well, and was of the same opinion.) I ended up reading about half the book and skimming the last chapter or two. It didn't matter, I still got an A on that paper. Even from an early age, I just didn't mess around with bad books.

This and [b: Heidi|93|Heidi|Johanna Spyri|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1388462714s/93.jpg|1738595] are basically the only books from elementary and high school I remember. I thought most of the assigned novels were too religious, even for the Christian course it was; but this dealt with early Roman Catholics, so I could relate more, having been a practicing Catholic at the time.

I never knew this was considered a classic when I was forced to read this for school as a young child; a good thing too, or it might have put me off the classics for good.