SarahJanet's Books

Cheaper by the Dozen

I don't usually bother with movie books when it's a movie I haven't seen and don't really have any intention of seeing, but I read this book mostly on a whim. It was kind of entertaining, but it mostly just horrified me to think of having 11 siblings.

Some of it was verging on the unbelieveable - an instance in which most of the kids have their tonsils out is kind of ludicrous - and the story is kind of repetitive, but it has the advantage of having that whole train-wreck aspect to it.

And from what I've seen of the movie trailers, it's horribly butchered in the recent remake. But I think they tried to update it, which is reasonable, since it's pretty obviously old-fashioned in a lot of places.

posted by SarahJanet @ 1:33 PM