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A review by humanmessofaperson
There's an Elf in Your Book by Tom Fletcher
0.25
I am extremely confused as to how everyone seems to have enjoyed this book.
The first few pages are silly as you'd expect this kind of book to be, but then it turns a little...sour.
Firstly, the premise of the book is that the elf is asking the child reading to do certain things (such as touching your nose or singing a song) in order to be a 'good child' and therefore be put on to the nice list.
This made me feel incredibly uncomfortable. This book which upon first look seems like it will just be silly and goofy fun, is now saying that if you don't play this, quite frankly strange, game of 'Simon says' you'll be put on the naughty list and won't get any presents. Honestly, if I was a child and my parents read this book to me, it would've made me very upset.
Then it gets worse. The elf then asks for the child to do something that (for some reason) is considered 'naughty' and the child is meant to be able to identify these things as being 'naughty' despite them just appearing to be something silly and fun.
Essentially the elf is deliberately trying to entrap the child. Again, this whole things seems like it could and would be very upsetting to the child reading.
Sadly, very unimpressed by this book and I don't recommend anyone reads it to a childunless you want to make that child cry. There are much better Christmas books out there.
The first few pages are silly as you'd expect this kind of book to be, but then it turns a little...sour.
Firstly, the premise of the book is that the elf is asking the child reading to do certain things (such as touching your nose or singing a song) in order to be a 'good child' and therefore be put on to the nice list.
This made me feel incredibly uncomfortable. This book which upon first look seems like it will just be silly and goofy fun, is now saying that if you don't play this, quite frankly strange, game of 'Simon says' you'll be put on the naughty list and won't get any presents. Honestly, if I was a child and my parents read this book to me, it would've made me very upset.
Then it gets worse. The elf then asks for the child to do something that (for some reason) is considered 'naughty' and the child is meant to be able to identify these things as being 'naughty' despite them just appearing to be something silly and fun.
Essentially the elf is deliberately trying to entrap the child. Again, this whole things seems like it could and would be very upsetting to the child reading.
Sadly, very unimpressed by this book and I don't recommend anyone reads it to a child