One last note: I was dismayed to realize that this isn't even by Dr. So, while it lost my for large swaths of the book, I give it three stars for a strong opening and helluva close. The Monkey we came to love at first and he sends us out with a quiet, glacially paced "dum ditty dum ditty dum dum dum." It's a beautiful turn on our expectations of the genre, it's tendency toward always getting bigger, grander, wanting more. Perkins removes all the millions of monkeys drumming on drums and we end with our original character, "The Monkey," if I may. Just so you don't hate me I'll throw this out there - SPOILERS AHEAD: Mr. Though the third act really fails for me, I do love the twist ending.
I really lose track of our main character - who, I might add, is never named, Cormac McCarthy much? - and it's almost as though you can't hear the story of these monkeys over the racket created (figurative and literal) by all the monkeys and all the drumming. Suddenly there are millions of monkeys and they're all drumming on drums. That really only gets us through act 2, to be honest. Where did they come from? What was their family life like? Shoe size? What's their favorite kind of pasta? Gnocchi? I don't think Mr. I get the sense that he hasn't done the work on them, hasn't done the character studies. Perkins doesn't really have a sense of the inner lives of these drumming monkeys. Now, I'm not opposed to having a large cast of characters, I love "12 Angry Men" and "Game of Thrones," but it's almost as though Mr. As soon as you get to know one monkey they bring in another. We'll get to that.) But then I get a little lost. Meandering a bit, maybe, but I was with Mr. I started off enjoying the book just fine. While it wasn't bad, it doesn't deliver on the hype. Now, I'm not opposed to having a large I wanted to like "Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb." I'd heard the mumurs. I wanted to like "Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb." I'd heard the mumurs. He thinks this is a great book for children who are learning to read but are “not ready to be totally serious”.more Neo loved the building narrative and the silliness of those monkeys, which kept his attention as he read to me. While there is no real theme, the story builds with more activities and more monkeys, until a million or so are out and making what can only be presumed to be a massive racket. This book, quite popular in its own right, has a handful of monkeys working on drumming and humming while using their fingers and thumbs. He’s chosen some of the ‘Seuss-themed’ books, helping him with his rhyming words and also allowing him to be a tad silly. Neo loved After a hiatus, Neo is back to do some reading aloud.
After a hiatus, Neo is back to do some reading aloud.
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