Audiobook Reviews & Discussion

The two questions that popped immediately to mind when I was listening to Robinson Crusoe are below along with my answers.

1. If you were stranded on a desert island, and could only have one thing, what would it be and why.

I haven’t ever had a good answer to this question – to be honest, I’m not sure I would fare as well as Robinson did, but I think having a journal and a bible would help keep me a bit sane, though I would want ink enough to last my whole time.

2. Do you think being stranded for as long as Robinson was that it would make you closer to God, or turn farther from him?

I think initially, it might make me a bit angry, and wonder why God had left me stranded on this island, but then after a time, I think it would draw me closer – because, as Robinson found, seeing God’s creation, and how it all interacts together, and how he provides for each living creature would make me understand him more.

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The Secret Garden has so many great messages in it.  That children should not be rude and disagreeable, that sickness is sometimes only in your head, that fresh air can cure a myriad of things.  That it is not good for a child to have nothing he or she wants, nor is it good for a child to have everything he or she wants.

1. How did Mary change throughout the book – was it more physical or emotional?

2. Why was Dicken’s mother allowed to be let in on the secret?

3. What role does Dickon play in the story?  Do you think his upbringing was better or worse than that of Mary and Colin?  Why?

1. What does Neverland look like to you?

2. What do you think it would be like to be able to fly with a little pixie dust?