[issybird]

Originally Posted by fantasyfan

I share many of the reservations others have expressed about this novel. I particularly dislike the “little boy language” Carroll seems to find necessary for Bruno.

Everyone seems to detest Bruno's twee language; somewhere Carroll commented on how charming he finds Bruno, but I wasn't able to track it down. That makes one.

It is worth pointing out that there is an opinion that Sylvie and Bruno is an astonishing masterpiece far ahead of its time. While clearly one doesn’t have to accept this position it is worth reading an apologia for the book. Here is one such:

http://popculturephilosopher.com/sylvie-and-bruno/

Thanks for the link, fantasyfan! This is what's so frustrating to me about this book; certainly there are the elements of greatness in it, but the execution is abominable.