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ryrosmiles's review
5.0
I am definitely going to read this to my future kids. They are definitely not going to like it, but I will not regret having read it to them.
hanvshka's review
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Amazing! Showstopping! Transcendent!
No but for real, this book is really good and manages to pack more content and tension than a lot of 300 page novels, even though it is "merely" a picture book.
But also: this is not for children. What was storygraph thinking?
No but for real, this book is really good and manages to pack more content and tension than a lot of 300 page novels, even though it is "merely" a picture book.
But also: this is not for children. What was storygraph thinking?
mpho3's review
4.0
Malthus meets Orwell meets Harry Harrison meets Gorey meets Shaun the Sheep ... until there's no one left and no record of when the last one disappeared. Baaa humbug!
claudiaswisher's review
5.0
I met Macaulay and found him sweet and gentle. This book shows an entirely different side!! My daughter found this in the picture book section of our library and we brought it home...I began to read it to her, and she could NOT understand why I was laughing.
Picture book or not, this is NOT a children's book. I event talked to the librarians about perhaps reshelving it. Think "Soylent Green" in picture books! Baaaa is a cautionary tale, a dystopia starring sheep. Civilization seems to be going swimmingly for all the sheep until more and more power and resources begin funnelling into the hands of fewer and fewer sheep. Food becomes schare and there are riots. The rebellion is quelled, peace is restored, and a new food source is introduced: Baaa.
I won't give away the chilling conclusion, but this one is a book I would love to teach as a companionpiece to 1984, or Brave New World.
Macaulay, that gentle soul, has created one of the most disturbing pieces I've read...never finished reading it to Laurie...we went back to Cat in the Hat!
Picture book or not, this is NOT a children's book. I event talked to the librarians about perhaps reshelving it. Think "Soylent Green" in picture books! Baaaa is a cautionary tale, a dystopia starring sheep. Civilization seems to be going swimmingly for all the sheep until more and more power and resources begin funnelling into the hands of fewer and fewer sheep. Food becomes schare and there are riots. The rebellion is quelled, peace is restored, and a new food source is introduced: Baaa.
I won't give away the chilling conclusion, but this one is a book I would love to teach as a companionpiece to 1984, or Brave New World.
Macaulay, that gentle soul, has created one of the most disturbing pieces I've read...never finished reading it to Laurie...we went back to Cat in the Hat!
risky_oak's review
A picture book for older children, teenagers 10-18, and adults. A dystopian story about sheep taking over the place of humans after they [humans] disappeared mysteriously, and slowly slowly the sheep were becoming more human themselves. Things looked fine at the beginning and then. . .
A dystopian, haunting story about issues like overpopulation, cannibalism (baaa), corruption etc. This is the second time I read this story and the ending is always chilly.
"There is no record of when the last person disappeared." p. 7
"But at the last moment, [the fish] turned again and disappeared into the depths of the ocean." p.63
A dystopian, haunting story about issues like overpopulation, cannibalism (baaa), corruption etc. This is the second time I read this story and the ending is always chilly.
"There is no record of when the last person disappeared." p. 7
"But at the last moment, [the fish] turned again and disappeared into the depths of the ocean." p.63
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