I think I'll pass

[gillo]

When I had my kindle, I signed up on a number of ebook sites. One of them sent me this today:

Slug: The Reluctant ButterflyParenting/Children, by Steve Copland

Comments

[enigmaticblues]

Um...ooookay. You know, I'm as spiritual as the next person, but I get very twitchy when folks start talking about "God's plan for every life, and true happiness is found in living His plan." Mostly because I hear my dad's voice in my head, and he always told me, "Do your best, follow your dreams, and most of all, be happy. That's what God wants most."

I always thought that was sage advice.

[gillo]

I find this sort of obvious allegory just plain tacky.

And what in hell do disobedient caterpillars who indulge in worldly activities actually do? The mind boggles at the concept of sinning caterpillars. And why is the centre of the tree an evil place to be?

Nope. It makes the sort of sense that is not.

[enigmaticblues]

They probably munch the leaves of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. As for the center of the tree, who knows? Maybe they're only supposed to be on the right side of the tree.

[gillo]

The caterpillars on the left side of teh tree fall off into the outer darkness?

[empresspatti]

URK!

[gillo]

Nicely put.

[speakr2customrs]

Fanfic it! Maybe as an all-caterpillar Spuffy AU!

[willowgreen]

Oh, yes, please!

[gillo]

Aaaagh.

[gillo]

Trust you to come up with that idea. OMG.

[zanthinegirl]

Everything else aside that sounds like an incredibly dull book. "Mommy, mommy! Read the one about the sinful caterpillar resisting the divine will of God again!"

[gillo]

It sounds ghastly in every respect, I agree.

[doublemeat]

The worst thing is the implication of "Hey kid, you're a worthless loser until you ACCEPT JESUS!" I mean they even name the character Slug.

[gillo]

A bloody stupid name for a caterpillar.

I assume only a very converted family would read this to a child (poor little bugger) so the implication would pass them by, but you are right, of course.