Monday, June 7, 2010

Martin's: The Doll People

Auntie Sarah doll has been missing for 45 years so it's about time that the other dolls set out to find her and bring her home. This title is obviously intended for a young, immature, or unquestioning audience. Sophisticated readers will probably be put off by the inconsistencies which arise from trying to create circumstances where living dolls can believably inhabit a human world. There seem to be a lot of rules about being a living doll which are never really made clear to the reader. A few funny moments occur when the indestructable modern dolls are compared with the century old victorian style dolls but they do not outweigh the creep factor when Martin unsuccessfully climbs out of her human head to write from a doll's perspective.

No comments:

Post a Comment