![]() ![]() ![]() Unfortunately, saying Eloise is satire is a little like saying Back to the Future is a movie about renewable energy. Let’s never hang out.) I already hear the smarty-pants defenders of Eloise claiming that it’s a satire and a critique of spoiled bourgeoisie brats. (If that elevator pitch sounds appealing to you, great. When did we all decide this book was okay much less actually good?įor the contemporary parent, reading Eloise is like being submerged into some kind nightmare Sex and the City Carrie Bradshaw origin story penned by Neil Gaiman and shot by a painfully drunk Wes Anderson. Though Eloise is not the worst children’s book of all time (that would be “Dick, Dick What Did You Lick?”), cultist devotion to this 1955 “classic” - resulting in a 124% increase in girls given that name in 2016 alone and Lena Dunham’s worst tattoo - makes zero sense. ![]() If you hope your kid grows up to be like the wine-drunk mom from Arrested Development, I can suggest no finer children’s book than Eloise, an outdated ode to self-indulgence, materialism, entitlement, and narcissism. ![]()
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