Pinocchio (Carlo Collodi)

I subscribed to Disney+ a few months back, as did basically the whole world, and so I've been on a tear with classic Disney movies. I came across Pinocchio and thought that I had better read the book before watching the animated adaptation again. I highly recommend.

This book is very much better than the movie, I'll just say that. It was a page turner for me. There are several more trials and toils that Pinocchio goes through, and it's super understandable why some of them didn't make it into the children's version.

The book is just over 200 pages, but it's very easy to read and can be finished in under two days, if you take breaks like I do. Themes of growth, maturation, handling hardship, recognizing right from wrong, resisting temptation, and doing right by those who do right by you fill the pages and speak to the overarching lesson of the book: don't be selfish, because that'll get you nowhere and you'll be sad pretty much always.

10/10