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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
lighthearted
fast-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
Very cute and nostalgic, since I first read this as a child.
adventurous
lighthearted
slow-paced
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
idk why but i was bored while reading it; it just felt like there wasn’t much happening
I remember this book from my childhood. I always believed they were real and I still do.
“...Borrower's don't steal."
"Except from human beings," said the boy.
Arrietty burst out laughing; she laughed so much that she had to hide her face in the primrose. "Oh dear," she gasped with tears in her eyes, "you are funny!" She stared upward at his puzzled face. "Human beans are for Borrowers - like bread's for butter!”
Well that's a wonderful, fun book. Tiny people that live under the floor and
It's a cute story. I love the characters, especially the Borrowers (a tiny teen is still a teen, and the mother's fear for her daughter and father's providing for the family hit home), although the full sized people are great to love and hate and get in the way as well.
The writing and world building is solid as well. There are constant mentions of things being reused in ways we'd never intend by people far far smaller than us. It really does feel like a real giant tiny world.
I think my favorite moment in the entire book was when Arietty meets the boy for the first time. Two children, living at once in the same and far far different worlds.
Well worth the read. I look forward to the sequels.
“Mrs. May looked back at her. "Kate," she said after a moment, "stories never really end. They can go on and on and on. It's just that sometimes, at a certain point, one stops telling them.”
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
When I first started this book I wasn’t too sure if I would get on with it but I’ve really enjoyed it. I really love how some of the language has been changed to fit with the borrowers perception of what humans say and I really enjoyed the imagery.
I would really recommend this to anyone, it’s a great short story and a classic.
I would really recommend this to anyone, it’s a great short story and a classic.
At the risk of sounding like a click-bait article: the last line will take your breath away.
My second grade teacher Mrs. Watson read this book to us in class. It was an amazing story!