Okay, but I want to start from the first book that I’ve recently re-read. But I never read the sequel and I always thought that there’s another wonderful adventure of Charlie and Willie Wonka lies ahead of me… Well. I’ve read the original book after that, too.
#Bookinist russian movie#
I watched the movie probably a million times and know every line by heart. When I’ve watched Tim Burton’s Charlie and Chocolate Factory for the first time, I’ve been simply obsessed with Willy Wonka (not because of Johnny Depp, I still don’t recognize him in this role). Both of them is a great target for Karlsson’s mischief!Ĭharlie and the Chocolate Factory Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl (1964 - 1972) And in third book there’s an hypochondriac Uncle Julius. In the second book Froken Bock, the great and terrible housekeeper, appearing. In the first book Lillebror is only getting closer to the weird little guy from the roof and he wants a puppy more than anything in the world. There is actually a three books about him, but they’re usually published in one volume, so no much difference between them. Karlsson is a horrible friend for the Lillebror, but he’s still highly entertaining little creature, especially for reader who didn’t need to deal with his tantrums and tricks! So I love to re-read this book time after time. Pity that the cartoon is still more popular, because in the book there’s far more events and funny details than in two cartoons that is each twenty minutes long.
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The kids and adults still loves the cartoon, but now the book itself is available for the masses too. Of course, now the situation is quite different. The reason of Karlsson’s wide popularity in Russia is beloved soviet two-part cartoon made in 1968-1970. Firstly, in soviet times bible and other religious topics wasn’t approved (Soviet Union WASN’T a religious country, to put it mildly), and second, it was hard to find Karlsson books in libraries, let alone the bookstores. But the quote in Astrid Lindgren’s site which state that “there were two books which could be found in most Russian homes, namely the Bible and Karlsson on the Roof” can’t be true. It is true that books about Karlsson was very popular in Soviet Union and is popular now in Russia. Karlsson-on-the-Roof by Astrid Lindgren (Karlsson på taket) (1955 - 1968) I don’t know will I going to read it further. I even started to read the second book, but the main heroines were back to square one - in emotional and physical kind of way, no character development whatsoever. I understand that the author planned a whole book series, but every book should contain a decent plot and not only teenage girls’ emotions. Also there’s not much going on, plot-wise (although the book was pretty thick). It was a little bit gross, at least, for my taste.
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#Bookinist russian skin#
For example, there were too much attention to the boys, their tan, muscles, skin and sweat.
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There was even a kiss! I got all excited about this queer romance, but I’ve google some spoilers and found out that in the end all this was just a queerbaiting. It got even more curious when “the witch” Agatha become more and more like a prince for her childhood “princess” friend Sophie. It was an interesting idea at first: a two girls - the princess and the witch - was forcefully taken to fairytale School for Good and Evil, but there’s a catch - “the princess” was sent in school for villains and “the witch” was sent in school for heroes and princesses.
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Spoiler - I didn’t like this book very much. But I guess it wouldn’t happen anytime soon, so I’ll make a post now before I forgot everything I’ve read.
#Bookinist russian series#
I’ve read first book of School of Good and Evil series back in may or june, but I didn’t write a post about it, because I’ve planned to read all books first. The School for Good and Evil (Book 1) by Soman Chainani