The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
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Book Reviews of The Neverending Story
Book Review: 5 and a half stars for Bastian and Atreyu! A neverending epic tale.
Summary: 5 Stars
I read the whole story through in three days taking small breaks. it seems to draw you in like the movie, and never let's you go. I felt when I read it that I was part of the world of Bastian Balthazar Bux, Atreyu and The Neverending Story, and had become a part of it myself. You would see what I mean if you have a good imagination. It's full of mysticality, magic and intrigue, and stuff that blows your mind at trying to visualize it because it's so peculiar and imaginative. When Bastian steals the book The Neverending Story from Coreander's Book store, he feels he is drawn to the book by some force-one which he is subtly aware of. This force is apparently a guiding beacon, for the book is a portal to Fantastica. The book describes parts of Bastians life though, which really amazes Bastian. Fantastica is a realm that actually has a reality all it's own, and some of the inhabitants, including it's ruler The Empress-know about earthlings. Pretty mind boggling to begin to describe. If you love books that are full of imaginitave and original concepts, this book is for you. The Neverending Story to me is a fantasy world that symbolizes all that inspiration, creativity and imagination can create through love. It's a MUST READ.Book Review: fantastical
Summary: 5 Stars
this is one of the most beautiful books i have ever read. i come back to it because i feel that there is a very important message in it.
in buddhism there is a profound experience called anatta, also known as no self or the unborn. this experience where you no longer have an 'I' is an experience of pristine emptiness. a bit like the emptiness of pure water... you can see and feel it within you... well my emptiness was attacked by this grey meaningless 'nothingness' and i found that i had to create a new 'i' for myself. otherwise, i think i would have been lost totally in limbo.
since this experience, i have come even more to see this story as true and a real magical interface with our aspect of reality. nothingness is real and it is attacking our world. just look at the grey concrete tower blocks, the grey streets in some of our cities. the unemotional coldness and indifference so many people feel nowadays.
this man did not write this story, it birthed itself. michael ende merely held the pen and bastian bulthazzar bux leaped through a magical doorway into our world.
so watch out for the nothingness, the grey wolves are on the prowl...
love snow-flake xxx
Book Review: I LOVE THIS BOOK
Summary: 5 Stars
Okay, i first received a copy of this book on my 7th birthday. I read it then cover to cover (and by the way, the red and green type at the beginning turns almost exclusively to dark green pretty quickly, so it's not annoying, it's COOL). It would be very confusing actually without the color change because you dart back and forth between the fantasy world and the real world within a matter of sentances and without the color change, you might become quite lost. And i've read it cover to cover every year since then (I am now 23) and it is still one of my absolute favorites!!! It is an absolute epic though and one you won't want to put down until you find out what happens next, so definately set aside a 3-day weekend unless you want to stay up 24 hours straight reading!! The illustrations that embellish the first letter of each of the chapters ( each chapter begins with the alphabet A-Z so there are 26 chapters in all) is absolutely exquisite in both editions I own (i wore the first one out!) Let me tell you, the movie only covers about the first 3 chapters of the book and the second movie only covers about 2 more! so you've got another 19 chapters to be surprised by! Buy this book, you'll love it forever and ever.Book Review: A strange and whimsical masterpiece of fantasy
Summary: 5 Stars
I grew up watching the movie version of the Neverending Story and it quickly became one of my favorite movies of all time, and the theme song to Neverending Story (which I am listening to as I write) is one of my favorite songs of all time. I did not even know the book existed until I came across it at a school book fair. I bought it immediately and read it, and it is now one of my favorite books of all time.
It tells the story with a depth and detail that the movie only began to reveal, not so much in the story itself, but the philosophy as well. I love the entire concept of the story, how the book Bastian takes is essentially a bridge into the boundless world of dreams and imaginations, how the characters can hear him and what he does will determine the fate of Fantasia (Fantastica in the book). The concepts addressed in the movie appear tenfold in the book. At some points the book is surprisingly dark and eerie, but brilliant all the same.
This is book is like no other fantasy I have read. It is a classic of the genre. I only wish I had the hardcover edition with the red and green ink and the color plates. A must-read for anyone who loves the movie or fantasy in general.
Book Review: PURE MAGIC...
Summary: 5 Stars
Bastian Balthazar Bux escapes his dreary life by reading books,and when he stumbles upon an old volume entitled ''The Never Ending Story'' he feels he must have it. In order to read the book,he hides in the school attic in hope that no one will find him. From the very first chapter,he is captivated by the magical world of Fantastica (the setting ot the story).But he discovers he has an important mission to fufill in this unusual world and is physically transported to the land of Fantastica. When he arrives, he discovers he has the ability to ''wish'' things into Fantastica, but with each wish, he looses part of his true idedntity. For me, this means we must visit out imaginations, and yet stay in tact with reality. The world Ende creates is as strange and wondorous as ''Wonderland'' or ''Oz'', and with an equal amount of charms and surprises.
In the begginnig, the world is presented as a dull and dreary place, as Batian sees it. When he comes back from Fantastica, we see the world through Bastian's enlightened eyes.
THE NEVER ENDING STORY leaves the reader with a shimering feeling of wonder, which stays with him long after the cover is closed.