allanderek reviewed Bambi, a Life in the Woods by Felix Salten
Somewhat ordinary
3 stars
I read this after reading an article that gushed about this book and in particular the differences between the book and the Disney film. I was a little underwhelmed, this it is different from the Disney film, some of the animals are killed by other animals not just the hunter, and the hunter does rescue a fawn. So the characters and the story are more nuanced than the film, and in that sense the book is for a more mature audience than the film.
That said, for the most part, I was kind of just a bit bored. Not very bored. I guess, there isn't much of an actual story here. Bambi's life, just isn't particularly compelling, it's that of an ordinary male deer. Probably not a bad book for an adolescent to read, i.e. not a children's book, but a teenager may take more from this than an adult, …
I read this after reading an article that gushed about this book and in particular the differences between the book and the Disney film. I was a little underwhelmed, this it is different from the Disney film, some of the animals are killed by other animals not just the hunter, and the hunter does rescue a fawn. So the characters and the story are more nuanced than the film, and in that sense the book is for a more mature audience than the film.
That said, for the most part, I was kind of just a bit bored. Not very bored. I guess, there isn't much of an actual story here. Bambi's life, just isn't particularly compelling, it's that of an ordinary male deer. Probably not a bad book for an adolescent to read, i.e. not a children's book, but a teenager may take more from this than an adult, though getting a male teenager to read this is probably not easy.