Book Review: The Ickabog

by Danelle Ling (4C)

“The Ickabog” is written by  J.K.Rowling, one of the most famous writers in the world.

Once upon a time, the Kingdom of Cornucopia was the happiest place in the world, except for the misty Marshland to the North, which was home to the monstrous Ickabog. The Ickabog only ate children and sheep. However, a Lord called Spittleworth who was greedy wanted to take over King Fred‘s place and kill the Ickabog. Luckily, Mr Dovetail’s daughter, Daisy, taught the Ickabog to be friendly. Daisy befriended the Ickabog, and helped King Fred to regain his place.

My favourite character is Daisy because she used care, love and kindness to tell the Ickabog how to be a friendly monster. Daisy had been kidnapped by Spittleworth, but the Ickabog was in the same jail as her. The Ickabog was so fierce that it wanted to eat Daisy, but she told the Ickabog to be calm. So, at night the Ickabog and Daisy snuck out to a mountain hole to relax. Daisy started to sing for the Ickabog. Suddenly, the Ickabog realised that it was wrong: it should be friendly instead of eating children and sheep. At the end of the story, the Ickabog learnt that it should be kind and love one another. It lived happily ever after.

I really liked this story because it is exciting and it taught us the moral lesson that we have to love one another. I would have liked if the story had also concluded by telling us what happened to Spittleworth, but in spite of this, it is the best story I have ever read.