653 reviews for:

The Borrowers

Mary Norton

3.86 AVERAGE

kfernandez's review against another edition

5.0

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This book is a must read for fans of miniatures and tiny beings. It is number 1 on Miyazaki's list of top 50 books for children, which is not too surprising since it inspired him to create Arrietty. http://www.openculture.com/2017/05/hayao-miyazaki-picks-his-50-favorite-childrens-books.html

novellenovels's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

christinajl_gb's review against another edition

5.0

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My favourite book (and series) as a child.

alysian_fields's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

dustytiger29's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I started to read this book to my class of 11-12 year olds but after around 60 pages the kids decided they didn't want to continue. Authorship has come along way since this was written and it was hard for the kids to appreciate that the time in which it was written was quite different. Being Australian we found it hard to connect with the characters and their lives and found that the author did a lot of 'telling' and not a lot of 'showing', which is something they work hard at in their own writing. However, I kept reading it in my own time and found that the story developed some interesting twists and turns and enjoyed the way it was left open for the sequels. My rating would be different to my student's rating. 

flighthowl71's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny lighthearted slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

sirensfindings's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Such a cute book, just what I needed in the adult world I live in. Now I want to watch the Ghibli movie again!

firefly_reading's review against another edition

2.0

slow-paced

Loveable characters: No

nayomi_reads's review against another edition

3.5

funny lighthearted relaxing

elhealy5's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

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This was sweet! It’s so different from the movie and I really wanted more descriptions of the borrowers space and tbh the characters were annoying but I love the idea