Deptford Mice

Ashleg · April 20, 2017, 10:40:19 PM

Because @Banya and I like these books and I want to talk about them.

MeadowR · April 20, 2017, 10:59:30 PM

I liked these books.

Unfortunately don't own them anymore due to a silly reason. (But if they sell the books in a smaller font-size someday, I'm up for re-buying!) I liked that although they are supposed to be 'children's books' they still had quite a dark edge to them, and quite grown-up concepts. It's been a while since I read them now.

What I still have, and owned before those, is The Alchymist's Cat, a prequel to The Deptford Mice. Dark stuff set at an interesting time in history.

Ashleg · April 20, 2017, 11:18:27 PM

Ha, interesting.
What's wrong with the font size?

MeadowR · April 24, 2017, 04:30:37 PM

It was massive on the page and that made it feel too childish for a (then) teenage me. I can be fussy like that. :0 That was the particular editions in print then, so it might be that other editions before or after have a maturer font size option. Would be good if you could get all three books in one. Might take a look.

Ashleg · April 24, 2017, 04:39:35 PM

Probably doesn't bother me because I have trouble reading small text, so for me it was an "Oh! I can actually read this!" kind of thing.

~~Also, I'm nearly done with the first one and I don't hate Oswald anymore...~~

Ashleg · September 23, 2017, 03:01:19 AM

GUYS.

@MeadowRabbit @Banya http://thedeptfordmiceforum.boards.net/

Joinnnnn. I'm Morgan. It's still under construction, though.

MeadowR · September 23, 2017, 05:50:49 PM

I shall take a look! Hopefully there are enough people to be found who like these books enough as they're far less in the public eye than Redwall. Makes me really want to buy the one about the Oaken squirrels - or whatever it was - now! Been meaning to for years.

Ashleg · September 23, 2017, 09:29:17 PM

Haha, I'm the only one right now, because it's my forum and I made it yesterday.

Madison · October 07, 2017, 07:40:41 PM

Just the other day I was telling people how messed up the ending to the Oaken Throne was (as well as other parts of it). It was really, really bleak. Like a kids' version of the ending to Cube II or something. >_>

Ashleg · October 07, 2017, 07:44:45 PM

I haven't read that one yet because I'm moving in publication order and therefore need to get my claws on The Alchymist's Cat first.

But I do own it, a little bummed there are no doodles inside this time.

Madison · October 07, 2017, 07:47:23 PM

I was going to actually say what happened, glad I didn't.

Ashleg · October 07, 2017, 07:48:38 PM

DO NOT.

MeadowR · October 08, 2017, 05:47:06 PM

Yeah, please don't! I still need to buy that one!

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