My 1000th book recorded on LT Yay! After watching the movie at a special 40-year anniversary showing with my kid as we were leaving the cinema after the show, I heard some of folks chatting about the differences between the movie and the book, this piqued my interest in reading the book and so here we are. Admittedly in this case I think I enjoyed the movie more than the book which is unusual for me. However, as fantasy stories go it is an enjoyable read. ( )

B (Good).

A boy reads a magic storybook. There are two distinct halves to this. The first half, Atreyu's story (aka the movie), is great. The second half, Bastian's story (by far the longer half), is kind of a slog. It has a great ending, and I can see how all the boring stuff that came before it helped to build to that ending, but it was pretty rough getting there.

(Jul. 2024) ( )

4,5 ( )

Per mia fortuna, nonostante avessi già visto il film e pensassi ad un libro per bambini abbastanza stupidotto, l'ho trovato come unico libro a casa di un amico, e in mancanza d'altro l'ho cominciato...
Se si riesce a dimenticare totalmente il film è un libro unico, un vero viaggio, ed è anche un "commovente" libro sui libri e sulla lettura appassionata e coinvolgente. Veramente stupendo, da leggere e rileggere per gustare tutti i particolari che possono essere sfuggiti... solo pensarci mi fa venire "appetito" (in senso libresco, eh) :D

This is one of the most important books on dreaming I've ever read. It's the reason why I love fantasy and dreaming, and it motivates me to this day to keep imagining and exploring and contemplating possibilities. I believe we are in a sea of infinite parallel universes, with infinite possibilities and combinations, which makes me think that really if you imagine it, it IS real, at least somewhere in another universe. Humans nowadays more than ever need to dream, as dreaming enables us to see out into the stars, to find our place in the universe and remember that we aren't the center of everything. This book from a young age enabled me to see many things missed that are in plain sight. To speculate and to always, always ask myself "what if?" or "could it be?", The snakes biting each other's tail on the AURYN truly are symbolic of the SEEN and the UNSEEN worlds that we live with and around an inside on a daily basis.

I don't expect everyone or even a few people to have the same experience that I did, but I know there are a few out there, true dreamers that want to see beyond our world. For me this book felt like a real door to Fantasia, the realm of dreams and infinite possibilities. ( )