The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster
number of voters: 1+1+1+1+1
percentage of voters who finished the book: ALL
highest rating: 8
lowest rating: 7
average rating: 7.3
number of voters who began their comments with a hesitant “I liked this book…” and though it was always uncertain never followed it with with a “but…”: (55 minus 20) divided by 7 [that’s everybody]
From Dictionopolis to Digitopolis, we were entertained by The Phantom Tollbooth. We liked and appreciated it, though none of us would go so far as to say we loved it.
But I’m getting ahead of myself, which if you’ve never tried you’ll soon discover that it is rather hard to do, for the moment at which you are about to be ahead of yourself, there you are again.
But I digress—D-I-G-R-E-S-S.
The Phantom Tollbooth is a completely inventive work of children’s fantasy that takes the reader on an easy yet wholly brain-befuddling read. The writing is simple yet witty—sometimes outwitting us so-called grown-ups. There is a little something for everyone, whether you like letters or numbers or a grand romp through the playgrounds of your imagination or a little of all the above put together.
The author sometimes pushes the story a little too far over the top, but for a story about going to extremes it would be hard not to push the boundaries a bit. The author also fails to tie up the story of Faintly Macabre, the kindly old Which who sends Milo on the journey that drives the major plot.
But to sum up, The Phantom Tollbooth is:
“Delightful!”
“Charming!”
“Pleasing!”
“Enchanting!”
“Amusing!”
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