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Guess how much I hated this book

Guess How How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney

January 28, 2021 by enaj Mcbob 6 Comments

I was introduced to this book by my next door neighbour, whose son is 2 and has a nut-brown hare toy.  When my nephew was born last year, I bought him some books, and since I am currently unable to see him very often, I now read to him over facetime.  This was the first book we did, and I didn’t read it before-hand I just dived straight in.

First impressions were not great.  For a book for small children there’s a lot of words on the page, which distracted me from the illustrations which are lovely.  I don’t think my nephew was too bothered, as he seemed more focused on trying to eat the book as my sister turned the pages.

The story starts simply enough, with little nut-brown hare off to bed.  Before they go, they try and tell big nut-brown hare how much they love them.  It’s at this point, that for me, the wheels come off.  Instead of simply allowing little nut-brown hare to have their moment, big nut-brown hare has to one up each one of their claims.  Just because you’ve got bigger arms and can hop higher doesn’t make little nut-brown hare’s love any less valid.

I was surprised by my strong reaction to the story.  I had a horrible response to big nut-brown hare, quite possibly because I’ve met people who’ve behaved like that in real life and I can’t stand them.  As a result I can’t recommend the book, but my nephew made it quite clear he enjoyed chowing done on it so I suppose there’s no accounting for taste.

 

Filed Under: Children's Tagged With: Sam McBratney

enaj Mcbob's CBR13 Review No:1 · Genres: Children's · Tags: Sam McBratney ·
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  1. faintingviolet says

    January 28, 2021 at 10:21 am

    Happy first review!

    I guess some books are just better suited to being munched on as opposed to read. 🙂

    Reply
  2. BlackRaven says

    January 28, 2021 at 10:23 am

    I always say, devour a good book. Sorry it wasn’t good for you! 🙂

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  3. Emmalita says

    January 28, 2021 at 10:32 am

    Fortunately our paletes develop as we age and we begin to favor taste over texture. It’s a thing for sure to dive into a well regarded children’s book and discover it normalizes bad behavior in adults.

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    • janet snakehole says

      January 28, 2021 at 12:03 pm

      This is an excellent point!

      Reply
  4. enaj Mcbob says

    January 28, 2021 at 11:31 am

    Thank you for your kind reviews. Much appreciated

    Reply
  5. janet snakehole says

    January 28, 2021 at 12:06 pm

    I love the title of this review! This is also a book that made me feel… I know “icky” isn’t a very mature term, but that’s the word that feels right. For some reason a lot of the “beloved” children’s books about how much a parent loves a child are really off-putting for me, and I say that as a person who is not shy about effusively telling my kids how much I love them. I don’t like to make it a competition though, or watch them as they sleep when they’re adults or whatever (that’s a different book but you get it.) Great review!

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