By Jonathan Swift
This is an odd kind of book. The author describes his (accidental) voyages to Lilliput, where everyone is about 6 inches high, and to Brobdingnag, where everyone is about 60 feet high. There is no plot, as such – the author merely gets stranded on said islands, is captured by the locals, learns to communicate with them, and eventually finds his way back to England again.
It is quite interesting to see the details Gulliver thought to include, such as the various punishments passed on criminals, court intrigues, exactly how many Lilliputian sheep were needed to make up a meal for a standard-issue human, the philosophical musings of the respective kings of the realm and so on. Ingenious and very easy to read, but it just didn’t really grab me. I was vaguely expecting talking horse-people, so maybe that was why I was disappointed. I wondered if perhaps it might be more fun to read aloud with children?
Rating: 5 out of 10
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