The Neverending Story

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Summary: Another World
Review: This book was excellent!!! It is the kind of book that you really get caught up in! My mom had to keep pulling me out of the little world that I got in while reading the book!

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Summary: A book without boundaries...
Review: Perhaps the most telling thing about Ende's "Neverending Story" is the type of reader who seems to respond to it. Just glancing at the other reader reviews, one sees children and adults, males and females. In an age where films, novels, and music are targetted to specific gender and age groups, this powerful novel stands out as appealing to all. Using simple prose elegantly translated from the original German by Ralph Mannheim, Ende tells the story of a young boy searching vainly for his identity. Alienated from his widowed father and isolated from his classmates, Bastian finds his sole solace in books. The "Neverending Story" is the story of Bastian's quest--through a fantastical world contained in leather-bound volume. Much like the reader, Bastian is slowly drawn into the intricate narrative. One of the few books written for children which appeals equally to boys and girls, Ende's work is ultimately an anagogical, luminous work. Its appeal is that the novel stands on a number of levels. To the child, it is an exciting adventure tale; to the adult, it is a powerful parable about the most fundamental and difficult search--the search for self. One of the most engaging works I've had the pleasure to read. Five stars seem woefully insufficient.

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Summary: Best book ever!!!
Review: This was such a good book. If you've seen the movie, you've seen nothing! This book almost made me cry when I finished reading it, because it was so good. Every time I opened it, it came to life, and I felt like I actually knew the characters. I hope everyone who reads what I'm writing considers reading it. There are a bunch of parts from the book that were not even in the movie. READ IT!!!

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Summary: NeverEnding Story
Review: The NeverEnding Story is probably End's best children's novelasation. It has a great plot and very understandable text. It is personally my favorite childrens book.

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Summary: One of the best books I have ever read
Review: Whether you are an adult or child, whether you have seen this movie or not, this is a book worth reading. It is about Bastian, an unpopular, troubled, and unheroic boy. To become a hero, he must live his life over again, reborn in a world of the human soul. With its themes of great adventure and its surprisingly easy-to-follow plot, it is a book that everone can read, and one that truly touches the soul.

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Summary: The NeverEnding Story been #1 for 14 years now .
Review: I was obsessed with the movie when it was first shown on screen. Soon after, my dad gave me the book. It was the old Penguin paperback version without the red and green print. From the time I was in third grade to forth I must have read it over fourty times. I am 22 years old now. How many more times have I read it since? I love books. I've read tons of them. None of them are remotely as enveloping as the NeverEnding Story. As I grew older the story grew with me. It's been a slightly different story each time, I've noticed. It will never cease to fascinate me. Putting it softly, it has been an odessey of epic proportions for me. I don't know what it would be like for you but if you enjoy reading at all, it goes without saying what book I'd recommend. The 1st movie is a great children's movie. (The 2nd and 3rd, however, are best left unwatched.) The NeverEnding Story is for anyone who can read, regardless of age.

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Summary: I didn't like fantasies until I read this book!
Review: It's about a boy named Bastian who steals a book from a bookstore and runs away to read it. He reads it constantly. Finally, he realizes that he is one of the characters in The Neverending Story, would definitely recommend to 12 year olds and anyone.

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Summary: One of the Best Fantasy novels ever written!!!!
Review: The Neverending Story is by far one of the most compelling and beautifully written novels I have ever had the pleasure of reading. I read the novel when I was 13 and still recall the way this book made me feel. It was a real pleasure to turn to its pages of red and green ink and feel myself a living, breathing part of the book! It was a surreal experience, and one which I have to this day not forgotten. In every sense of the word, this book is magnificent. I would recommend this book to any young person curious about books on fantasy that also compell the reader to think and to believe in the power of believing in yourself!

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Summary: If I could rate this book more then 5 stars, I would!!!
Review: It was the best book I have EVER read and the biggest. The detail was amazing and I saw the movie after I read the book and I was disappointed because the movie seemed so short and when I read the book, I really felt like I was Artrey and Bastian. The last half of the book was great! The movie missed SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!! Sure, a movie can't be that long, but I have to say, anyone, young or old MUST read this book!!! I'm only 14, you may think, what do I know but that book touched me like no other!!! Amazing! I would rate this book as high as the stars go! Too bad they only go to 5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jas :)

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Summary: If fantasy is not your bag, read this book & think again.
Review: I hate fantasy and I'm sceptical of gushing overzealous reviews typified by the comments that surround this book. If you are like-minded and have been turned off by the readers' comments found herein, take my advice. I urge you to get hold of a copy of Michael Ende's 'The Neverending Story'. Whilst being a fantasy, it's not some third rate sci-fi rag or 'comic fantasy' in the mould of that cretin Terry Pratchet and it pre-dates cyber-punk dross too. Ende's masterpiece is a joy and worth it's weight in gold. He spins a story that is so farfetched and that lesser authors would never be able to carry off. The Neverending Story however is nothing if not absorbing. Hang up your disbelief and your hang-ups - this is the perfect tonic for cynics like you and me. Give it as a gift and get yourself a copy of his much briefer kid's book 'Momo' also. Whilst you're out buying get yourself some Steinbeck, Kesey, Eco, Charriere and Burgess too.