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A review by beasleysbooks
Ollie's Odyssey by William Joyce
2.0
Usually I can find the magic and fun in any children’s book, but this one was hard to focus on and enjoy.
I’m sure kids love the way the characters have their own words for things (slobbering instead of kissing), but to me it just added to my annoyance with the book. A lot of it also just didn’t make sense to me, and I thought the ending was super rushed.
I did really like the illustrations and the moral of the story. I thought the backstory of Zozo was more interesting than the actual main characters’ storyline. But isn’t that typically the way?
I’m sure kids love the way the characters have their own words for things (slobbering instead of kissing), but to me it just added to my annoyance with the book. A lot of it also just didn’t make sense to me, and I thought the ending was super rushed.
I did really like the illustrations and the moral of the story. I thought the backstory of Zozo was more interesting than the actual main characters’ storyline. But isn’t that typically the way?