The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Friday, 7 April 2006 @ 22:21
by Kate DiCamillo, Bagram Ibatoulline (illustrator) (2006)
The cover illustration was what first caught my eye, but I find the story itself cliché and formulaic: a vain, indifferent, very finely-crafted china rabbit who “has never felt love” suddenly finds himself lost, away from all comforts he has previously taken for granted. He then encounters various (one-dimensional) characters that adopt him and starts to feel “emotions”. The book has received many glowing reviews lately, but the heavy-handed message to “open up your heart to love” is just, well, a bit too much for me.
