The Neverending Story (Firebird) by Michael Ende Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Neverending Story (Firebird)
Book Review: the most fantastic creative and imaginative book there is
Summary: 5 Stars
if you havent read it yet ,read it. its not a book for children neither is it it a book for adults its a book for people like you and me. you will be lost in a magical world unable to put the book down, so be well prepared and take some days of work.Book Review: a fantastic experience
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is an extraordinary experience, and it definitely is more than a children's book. It encourages the reader to force the limits of imagination, and question the dimensions of relativity. Ende introduces a crisp realm of childhood, blended with a high level of mature awareness of the universe...Book Review: A gem of a book!
Summary: 5 Stars
This book deserves to be a classic. I remember reading it as a child thinking it was the best thing I had ever read. Now as an adult I still find it captivating. It's full of adventure and fantasy, most of all how one small child can make a difference in a world of imagination and dreams where "small" matters. For those of you who have seen the film adaptations and were put off, I would recommend you read the book. It's far better and far more encompassing. Michael Ende is one of those authors who you come across by surprise, enticing you with page after page of really good writing until eventually you wish the book really was neverending.Book Review: fantasy in its purest form
Summary: 5 Stars
this isn't just another fantasy book. this story is all about fantasising- creating a dream world and stepping inside. if you are new to the fantasy genre, than the neverending story is an ideal place to start. forget the film version, it can't compare to the story, emotion and imagination lovingly enclosed within these pages. buy it in hard back and save it for your children and grandchildren. both young and old will be equally enthralled by Bastian Balthazar Bux as he discovers himself to be a unique and valuable person. journey with him through fantasia and his imagination to meet faitytale creatures and see wonders unfold.Book Review: An excellent story, one that can be read again and again
Summary: 5 Stars
It is unfortunate that a movie was made out of this book, because it really takes away from it! This is a wonderful, original story - a boy named Bastian steals a book called "The Neverending Story" from a bookshop and hides himself in the schoolhouse attic to read it. The book he has stolen is about the magical world of Fantastica, a world that is interconnected with its ruler (the Childlike Empress); but she is dying, and Fantastica is dying with her. As he reads on, Bastian gets slowly more and more drawn into the book, until the two worlds begin to overlap...The style of the book is clever and elegant. It is easy to distinguish the parts set in Fantastica from the parts set in the schoolhouse, for the parts in the schoolhouse are written in italics. The ideas are original (I love the idea of the "nothing" that engulfs Fantastica - you can't even see it properly because there is nothing to see) and nothing else I have ever read rivals it for ingenuity. Though the book is not particularly long, so much happens in it that by the time you reach the end you feel as if you have been reading it for years. The broad outline of the story that I gave only covers the first part of the book, I can't write any more because I don't want to spoil the story. It is also humourous and gives the reader a few things to think about, though not in an obvious way - the morals are there to be picked up if you happen to notice them. It is an absolute classic, and I would unhesitatingly recommend it to anybody who loves a really good fantasy novel. Just please do not watch the movies.