I reviewed
Bambi: A Life in the Woods by Felix Salten earlier this week. Right now we’re
going to have a look at its sequel: Bambi’s Children: A Story of a Forest
Family. Let’s do that, shall we? Spoilers ahead.
This story follows Bambi’s children who appeared at the end
of the first book. We meet earnest Geno, a young buck, and tomboyish and
curious Gurri, a doe. The duo make all kinds of friends in the forest and wind
up in all sorts of adventures. Man is still a looming threat as ever, of
course.
Much like the first Bambi, this isn’t really a story with a
real plot going on other than survival. However, I’d argue it’s better executed
here. The story feels more balanced with a wide array of threats that aren’t
just He almost always. We meet feral wolfdogs and foxes, for example. It also
just felt better-paced and I was more intrigued in it here.
The characters were a huge step up from the original. Both
Geno and Gurri have set personalities and actually show character. Faline, too.
We also meet other characters such as Boso, Lana, Membo and Nello. They’re not
all wonderfully flashed out, but it was just interesting to see these
characters with way more personality to them than the first. Heck, even a He
and a fox get assigned some character, which was cool to see, as before they
were mostly just shown without any depth to them.
I also appreciated this showing that not all hunters are
bad. We got a snippet of this in Bambi, where Gobo was saved by humans, but
here we have more, like the hunter who actually does good things here, such as
hunting down the wolfdog and putting a poacher in his place.
Overall, I’d say this is an improvement over the
already-awesome first! Check it out after reading Bambi!
Rating: 4/5
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