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dvija's review against another edition
Was not as magical as I thought. The mom was annoying as fuck. I was not having a good time reading it. I was slogging through the pages. Not loook forward to reading it. It was like punishment. I noticed myself skimming the pages. It was horrible. I’m no longer the target audience for this.
sumayyaha's review against another edition
3.0
Rating - 2.5 Stars
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I liked the concept, I just thought it was boring. I also found the characters from the movie a lot more endearing.
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I liked the concept, I just thought it was boring. I also found the characters from the movie a lot more endearing.
sheisnovel's review against another edition
5.0
This was one of my most favorite books as a kid. I would read again to my kids, but secretly enjoy it all over again.
emsies's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
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."
eggjen's review against another edition
3.0
I read this out loud to the kids. The story was interesting but it was kind of a bear to read out loud and a little anticlimactic.
zachwaddington123's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Started reading to Máximo. Finished it myself. A great read aloud but quite archaic language.
katykelly's review against another edition
5.0
Classic story, not aged well for young readers but will always hold interest.
Bookended by two scenes with characters telling the story of the Borrowers, years after the events, contemporary readers may be unfamiliar with this device and find this slow. The narrative itself is also a little old-fashioned for some, though the story is wonderful of course.
My son listened to me read this over a couple of weeks. I noticed how very 'traditional' roles are, how shrewish Homily is, how very appropriate Arrietty is as a Lockdown Heroine. And how the story doesn't stand alone without the next books - I wanted (as did my nine-year-old) to move straight on to the next and find out what happened afterwards.
The Clock family, Pod, Homily and Arrietty, live under the kitchen floor of a nearly-empty house. 'Borrowing' what they need to survive, Arrietty dreams of being allowed out to help her father and see more of the world than the small space she occupies. When her parents eventually let her, she accidentally is 'Seen' by a visiting Boy...
Being 'Seen' by a human... just what will the consequences be for the Clock family?
A brief story, that ends before the real story gets going. Though the characters of adventurous teenager Arrietty, the houseproud Homily and wearied but practical Pod are set early on, the story itself barely gets going before the book ends. Luckily our edition is the 'Complete' Borrowers, and I think my son is going to explore the next stories alone, when things really start to happen. As a series-opener, it's great, setting the scene and the world of the Borrowers, but it doesn't feel complete.
Quite like the bookends, it does give that 'tale teller' feel, of someone relating something from their own childhood that might or might not be real. The language and setting - the old house and old ladies - might flummox some readers who can't picture the context clearly. But it's a story that will capture imaginations.
One for ages 9-12.
Bookended by two scenes with characters telling the story of the Borrowers, years after the events, contemporary readers may be unfamiliar with this device and find this slow. The narrative itself is also a little old-fashioned for some, though the story is wonderful of course.
My son listened to me read this over a couple of weeks. I noticed how very 'traditional' roles are, how shrewish Homily is, how very appropriate Arrietty is as a Lockdown Heroine. And how the story doesn't stand alone without the next books - I wanted (as did my nine-year-old) to move straight on to the next and find out what happened afterwards.
The Clock family, Pod, Homily and Arrietty, live under the kitchen floor of a nearly-empty house. 'Borrowing' what they need to survive, Arrietty dreams of being allowed out to help her father and see more of the world than the small space she occupies. When her parents eventually let her, she accidentally is 'Seen' by a visiting Boy...
Being 'Seen' by a human... just what will the consequences be for the Clock family?
A brief story, that ends before the real story gets going. Though the characters of adventurous teenager Arrietty, the houseproud Homily and wearied but practical Pod are set early on, the story itself barely gets going before the book ends. Luckily our edition is the 'Complete' Borrowers, and I think my son is going to explore the next stories alone, when things really start to happen. As a series-opener, it's great, setting the scene and the world of the Borrowers, but it doesn't feel complete.
Quite like the bookends, it does give that 'tale teller' feel, of someone relating something from their own childhood that might or might not be real. The language and setting - the old house and old ladies - might flummox some readers who can't picture the context clearly. But it's a story that will capture imaginations.
One for ages 9-12.