I mean, I partly loved it because the kids are having so much FUN, but also because I think there's another social parable here--really this whole section about the kids is a big social parable, and I find it fascinating. And disturbing as well, of course.
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I'm a bad bookworm. A terrible bookworm. They're gonna confiscate my bookworm license. But it's true, I loved every last bit of it, and the sheer joy they took in it. Lantenac's indifference to the library offended me, but the babies ripping the book apart? René-Jean giving each of his siblings an equal part to rip up? All of them kicking the book? Georgette tossing the tiny pieces out the window and calling them butterflies? I loved it.
I mean, I partly loved it because the kids are having so much FUN, but also because I think there's another social parable here--really this whole section about the kids is a big social parable, and I find it fascinating. And disturbing as well, of course.