

S'està carregant… The Worst Witch (1974 original; edició 2014)de Jill Murphy (Autor)
Informació de l'obraThe Worst Witch de Jill Murphy (1974)
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No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. I listened to the audiobook with my children while we did gardening. We all really enjoyed the story and it helped pass time in a very pleasant way. This was a trip back to the past for me. Loved reading the whole series when I was younger and love just the same now. Pleasant but unspectacular (the few illustrations were charming, I thought, and hit the right note). But there was nothing particularly clever or compelling about the setting, characterization, or plot. It was fine. Don't know if the series grows in complexity or interest, so I'll read a few reviews before tackling a second one. (Note: 5 stars = amazing, wonderful, 4 = very good book, 3 = decent read, 2 = disappointing, 1 = awful, just awful. I'm fairly good at picking for myself so end up with a lot of 4s). I feel a lot of readers automatically render any book they enjoy 5, but I grade on a curve! I actually only read a chapter or two of this to Colleen (age 7), AFTER she’d already devoured it in one sitting the night before. She literally didn’t speak a word to me after I surprised her with it on the bus ride home, read it while walking from the bus to our apartment, and continued reading it while she took off her shoes and continued into her room. We’ve requested the rest of the series from the library. Definitely an uncomplicated children’s story.
We [reviewer and five year-old god-daughter] bonded over mutual favourite parts. Mildred breaking her broomstick two days into her first term and having to fly it thereafter with a giant bundle of sticky tape in the middle. Mildred accidentally turning Ethel into a small pink and grey pig. Mildred being given a tabby who hates flying on the broomstick even before it gets broken and simply clings on for dear life underneath the twiggy end. (The endearing illustrations of this by the author have, incidentally, left me with a lifelong yearning for a tabby kitten of my own, which, I pointed out to Goddaughter with some vigour, has still yet to be fulfilled even though I am now 802 years old. She nodded sagely. She wants a wooden fruit necklace like Elena's. We felt each other's pain.) And we both love Mildred's triumphant enchanting of Miss Cackle's evil sister and her coven, who are all turned into snails after she uncovers their plot to take over the school. Pertany a aquestes sèriesThe Worst Witch (1)
Mildred Hubble is a trainee witch at Miss Cackle's Academy, and she's making an awful mess of it. She's always getting her spells wrong and she can't even ride a broomstick without crashing it. Will she ever make a real witch? No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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Unabridged audiobook read by Gemma Arterton:
Arterton is a good reader, who gives energy to her reading of the tale.
1998 television adaptation:
Almost unwatchable.
2017 television adaptation:
The 2017 adaptation is quite good, with a real emphasis on production design, setting, acting and substantially modified and expanded storyline and story arc. I would mainly recommend season 1, it kind of drops off after that. (