Bionicle Encyclopedia by Greg Farshtey
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Book Summary Author: Greg Farshtey Edition: Paperback Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published) Published: 2007-10-01 ISBN: 0439916402 Number of pages: 160 Publisher: Scholastic Inc. |
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Book Reviews of the Bionicle Encyclopedia
Customer Review: Caution For Parents Re: Bionicle Obsessions
Summary: 1 Stars
When I first found that my 8-year old son was interested in Bionicles, I wondered why because they seemed to be dark, mean-looking figures, very unlike the typical LEGO figures he had liked previously. I went along with it anyway, assuming that they could not be that bad.
Over time, I learned that I was wrong. Not only are these Bionicle figures and their stories filled with dark images of death and cruelty, the paranormal, occult aspects are very liberally seen throughout the books. This dark world comes with an entire alternate reality, including it's own language, geography, religion and politics. It is very easy for boys of any age to get all caught in this dark world and the consequences could be very disturbing.
Both my son and his friend voluntarily stopped playing with their Bionicles. My son could not tell me why except to say that he did not want to get "addicted" to them. After doing some research on my own and taking the time to read through some of the books (which I should have done in the beginning!), I began to see why my son was drawing away.
We are Christians who teach our children the Bible and undoubtedly my son could sense how the themes of Bionicles were very different than those we were teaching at home and what he was hearing at church.
My advice is that ALL parents thoroughly review the Bionicle books before giving them to your children to read. My previous work in the field of child counseling showed me that children of today have enough problems with dark thoughts and tendencies (ie. the skyrocketing rates of childhood depression and suicide, boys getting "lost" in fantasy worlds, etc.) and do not need books with dark themes.
Christian parents who value raising children with a biblical worldview might well consider avoiding the Bionicle series as it will send messages that will conflict with views you desire your children to grow up with.