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A review by melindamoor
The Enchanted Places by Ernest H. Shepard, Christopher Milne
3.0
Well, this is "basically" the memoirs of Christopher Robin as a grown-up in a collection of short and really pleasant little essays.
He is remembering and reconstructing his life as a child; trying to stay as objective as possible and trying to present himself / his parents / his dad objectively and independently of the Winnie-the-Pooh books while at the same time also presenting the effects they had on their lives.
It feels rather a bittersweet experience for him. While you can feel the love/respect of the child for his parents and that the reminiscence about his childhood brings undoubted pleasure and yearning; you can also feel the pain and a certain amount of bitterness the adult feels, who so unsuccessfully tried to break out of the trap that being his father's child and the "hero" of his books meant for him all his life.
He is remembering and reconstructing his life as a child; trying to stay as objective as possible and trying to present himself / his parents / his dad objectively and independently of the Winnie-the-Pooh books while at the same time also presenting the effects they had on their lives.
It feels rather a bittersweet experience for him. While you can feel the love/respect of the child for his parents and that the reminiscence about his childhood brings undoubted pleasure and yearning; you can also feel the pain and a certain amount of bitterness the adult feels, who so unsuccessfully tried to break out of the trap that being his father's child and the "hero" of his books meant for him all his life.