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3.57 AVERAGE
3.57 AVERAGE
i love the little mouse, loved the movies as well, this was a reread of a childhood favorite and I love it still
This is a perfectly charming little book, but I definitely think my favorite of the author's is Charlotte's Web. I may have to go and revisit that one also, sometime soon.
I sort of admire the lack of narrative cohesion in this text; we start off with Stuart being with his family, and then he goes off on a road trip adventure with the express purpose of finding his friend Margalo the bird, and when the book ends, he has not found her, nor does he make any move towards returning home. Things end very much in the middle, after a series of chapters that were really just each their own little adventure or strange fun encounter on their own.
And yet that lack of cohesion is also what makes my reaction to this at the end of the day very much just a... *shrug* okay, that was cute. It's a book for kids written in the 1940's! I enjoyed it for the little glimpse of history that it is.
I sort of admire the lack of narrative cohesion in this text; we start off with Stuart being with his family, and then he goes off on a road trip adventure with the express purpose of finding his friend Margalo the bird, and when the book ends, he has not found her, nor does he make any move towards returning home. Things end very much in the middle, after a series of chapters that were really just each their own little adventure or strange fun encounter on their own.
And yet that lack of cohesion is also what makes my reaction to this at the end of the day very much just a... *shrug* okay, that was cute. It's a book for kids written in the 1940's! I enjoyed it for the little glimpse of history that it is.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Mi mente no podía dejar de pedir explicación para cada cosa que pasaba. No me logró atrapar ni divertir.
One of the rare occasions where I think the movie was better than the book. I just didn't get this one. Not for me, and not one I'll pull out later to read with my daughter.
stuart little's always a nice, light, children's read. it's not as good as some of white's other works, but i think the word to describe it would be "nice."
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
I never read this and decided on a whim to read it to my class. The premise was fairly whimsical—a mouse being adopted into a human family and having to adapt. The friendship with Margalo was sweet and I was sad to not find out what happened to her. The date he made with Harriet was awkward and pointless to say the very least. The same goes when he was a “substitute teacher”. I hate leaving books unfinished and I was quite relieved to get to the end and move on.
I thought going into this that I'd have a good idea on what I was getting into. Even if it was his first book, E.B. White had outdone himself as an author multiple times over! How bad could his debut novel be??
Well.. I wouldn't call it 'bad' so much as I'd call it 'unfinished'.
It's especially interesting since the writing itself already reflects White's style, especially with the first half of the book. The beginning vignettes with Stuart living with the Littles in New York seem like the most finished parts of the book, and it's when Stuart leaves his family that things start getting especially weird.
It's almost as if White wanted to tell a kind of experimental slice of life style that never got halfway through. By the end of the book we not only get left hanging on whether or not Stuart will ever find Margelo again, but we also have that bitter draft of never really hearing from his family again either.
There's also this really bizarre scene where Stuart attempts to impress an eight-inch human girl named Harriet. He fails, and then never sees her again. I don't know what reaction White wants us to have from this, especially since we never really get know Harriet and it seems like Stuart's letter to her was more on a whim than anything else.
So why would I rate this three stars if the book itself is such an unfinished mess? I guess it's just one of those guilty pleasures for me. The book's story is all over the place, but I still can't help liking it a bit. I think it's a combination of finding a lot of appeal in the ideas it tries to play with along with the pleasant illustrations. It's also got an overall melancholy vibe to it that's often so rare in children's lit. That's all entirely personal on my part though, so I wouldn't recommend this to anyone but those who are interested in White's work as a whole.
Well.. I wouldn't call it 'bad' so much as I'd call it 'unfinished'.
It's especially interesting since the writing itself already reflects White's style, especially with the first half of the book. The beginning vignettes with Stuart living with the Littles in New York seem like the most finished parts of the book, and it's when Stuart leaves his family that things start getting especially weird.
It's almost as if White wanted to tell a kind of experimental slice of life style that never got halfway through. By the end of the book we not only get left hanging on whether or not Stuart will ever find Margelo again, but we also have that bitter draft of never really hearing from his family again either.
There's also this really bizarre scene where Stuart attempts to impress an eight-inch human girl named Harriet. He fails, and then never sees her again. I don't know what reaction White wants us to have from this, especially since we never really get know Harriet and it seems like Stuart's letter to her was more on a whim than anything else.
So why would I rate this three stars if the book itself is such an unfinished mess? I guess it's just one of those guilty pleasures for me. The book's story is all over the place, but I still can't help liking it a bit. I think it's a combination of finding a lot of appeal in the ideas it tries to play with along with the pleasant illustrations. It's also got an overall melancholy vibe to it that's often so rare in children's lit. That's all entirely personal on my part though, so I wouldn't recommend this to anyone but those who are interested in White's work as a whole.