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How to Train Your Viking by Cressida Cowell

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Plot from GoodReads:

Toothless is the dragon of a truly extraordinary Viking Hero called Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III. Hiccup has written three books so far, and now Toothless has his say. Here are Toothless’s tips on how to train your Viking!

Thoughts:

I recently discovered (recently being last year) that there’s a whole book series How to Train Your Dragon that goes far and beyond what the movie adaptations do, and while I’ve been putting off starting the series because I have so many series currently that I’m trying to finish (even though I’ve started new ones recently without planning to), I found this short story – from the perspective from Toothless.

This really was such a quick perspective change to get inside the dragon’s mind instead of the Vikings and find out how he felt about some of their adventures and his own misadventures.

There were some truly hilarious moments and the mischief was real. I loved the explanations provided to understand the way humans and their dragons communicated, and how cool it was to actually learn to use them right instead of just shouting all the time.

The humour was wonderful and the bursts of laughter were perfectly timed in this short story.

My Rating:

The book has a rating of 4.11 on GoodReads. I gave it a 5.

David Copperfield by Marcia Williams (Retold)

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Plot from GoodReads:

David Copperfield is the story of a young man’s adventures on his journey from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters he encounters are his tyrannical stepfather, Mr Murdstone; his brilliant, but ultimately unworthy school-friend James Steerforth; his formidable aunt, Betsey Trotwood; the eternally humble, yet treacherous Uriah Heep; frivolous, enchanting Dora Spenlow; and the magnificently impecunious Wilkins Micawber, one of literature’s great comic creations.

Thoughts:

This was a cute condensed version of the original story by Charles Dickens that younger readers can enjoy and fully understand. It was an easy, quick read to finish in one sitting from the beginning to the end. The story actually has a tragic tone to it and was heartbreaking but packed with value and life lessons. The ending was bittersweet, and even though I don’t usually like classics with perfect endings, this one was much deserved.

My Rating:

The book has a rating of 3 on GoodReads. I gave it a 4.

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