The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame is a classic piece of literature, generally classed as children's lit or family friendly, but as an adult (without kids and never intending to, thank you very much) I found the story charming, beautifully rendered, and very telling. It had much to say about pride, about happiness, about addiction and learning from your mistakes. But then, nobody reads books for their morals anymore. No, it wasn't the morals that I loved, it was the brilliantly convincing story line as well as the moving, lyrical prose and the explosively lovely setting. It was exactly my kind of book, and it was moving. I devoured the book in just over 24 hrs.
I could keep going, but one of two things would happen. Either I would spoil the plot (in which case, you would want to stop reading) or I would just go on saying the same lovely things about the book (and in that case, you still might as well stop reading). So I will just end this post saying, this book was amazing, one of my new favorite books of all time, and you really, really, really should read this book!
Oh, and this book is free to read on the kindle. So now you have no excuses.
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