Melissa's Reviews > The Farthest-Away Mountain

This was a book that I grew up loving. It was one of my favorites. I was so excited to read it out loud to Lucy. First, Lucy loved the book. My son even sat still for a good chunk of the book to listen and he is 3. Lucy is 6 and she loved it. She understood it mostly and I had to remind her of a couple things here and there. I didn't use all the vocab, sometimes just making it a little simpler. But she liked it.

I give the book 2 stars because reading it wasn't as enjoyable as I thought. I didn't like the story as much when I was younger and I found the writing not very fluent. I stumbled through sections once and a while. BUT.... Lucy loved it I think she would have given it 4 stars. I has magic and trolls, dragons, and a girl who is on an adventure.

I might recommend this book better for maybe a young reader to read to them selves, but also I read it and was fine. Happy when it was done to move on to the next one, but it was fine.

I rate the books on how it is for me as an adult since i am the one reading it. I am trying to find books that are great for parents and kids.