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mrsbrharris's review against another edition
3.0
Cute, fun read. Not a page turner, but I did enjoy reading the children's thoughts.
leskit's review against another edition
5.0
This is the edition I have in the library. The second book was even better than the first. Brilliant, original writing. I can think of a couple of kids at school who will enjoy this book. And now I'm going to have to find the remaining 6 because I need to know what happens next and I suspect the kids who read this will want to read the rest of them too.
juliebihn's review
4.0
There is some great whimsy here, but I had no idea Mary Poppins was so vain and so mean!
vickie05's review
adventurous
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
agf523's review against another edition
4.0
I didn't enjoy this one as much as the first, but it was still a good book. I hate the endings when Mary leaves especially since there was no sense of hope at the end of this one that Mary might return. I did however appreciate the merry-go-round being the way Mary left.
losmundosdeblue's review against another edition
4.0
Mary Poppins es mágica, hacia años que no sabia nada de ella ejej, llevo tiempo sin ver la peli, y al leer este libro me he reencontrado con mi infancia y con todo lo que es esta mujer y este cuento para mi. ahora tengo ganas de ver la película antigua y ver la que sale el día 21 en cines xD
debz57a52's review
2.0
I completely understand the charm of these books. The imaginative adventures that Jane and Michael go on when Mary Poppins is around are wonderful, and I'd love to imagine I were those kids going to star parties, floating in the air with a balloon, and turning upside down in mid-air.
However, Mary Poppins secrecy, denial, and downright anger when the children want to talk about their adventures with her got real old. I don't think much of her as a nanny, and I disapprove of the way she has Jane and Michael and the twins (and me, as the reader) in tenterhooks about her moods and directives. Toward the end, I often skimmed through so much of the whimsical detail, just to get further along, since I didn't want to read about Mary anymore.
I don't plan on reading any other books in the series.
However, Mary Poppins secrecy, denial, and downright anger when the children want to talk about their adventures with her got real old. I don't think much of her as a nanny, and I disapprove of the way she has Jane and Michael and the twins (and me, as the reader) in tenterhooks about her moods and directives. Toward the end, I often skimmed through so much of the whimsical detail, just to get further along, since I didn't want to read about Mary anymore.
I don't plan on reading any other books in the series.
lalu's review
adventurous
medium-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
lesserjoke's review
2.0
I haven't seen the Disney movie of Mary Poppins since I was a very small child, so I can't say how the film version compares to this novel. But I'm not exaggerating when I say that the Mary Poppins of the original book is a mean bully who berates, gaslights, and straight-up steals from the children under her care. I'll grant that they seem to love her in spite of her cruelty, but this reader did not. (Maybe I'm just not cut out for this sort of story -- I also take the side of the fish in The Cat in the Hat, protesting that that stranger-danger feline should not be there when your mother is out.) Mary Poppins is a strange fey being, and the adventures she provides are fairly inventive. But I just couldn't get past how awful she was as a person.