Reviews - Wilbur und Charlotte

3.84k reviews for:

Wilbur und Charlotte

E.B. White

4.08 AVERAGE

drstockholm333's review against another edition

3.0

emotional lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

lizthelizzard's review against another edition

4.0

I think this is a classic children's book. It was the first chapter book I remember reading, and I loved it. It just holds so many good memories for me :D

lrjohnson13's review against another edition

3.0

I liked the movie a lot better than the book growing up my now that I'm older I don't really like the story that much.

asdrvft's review against another edition

3.5

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

bluewindow228's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

t0ll3l3g3's review against another edition

3.0

It’s a children’s book and it deals with mortality, probably the first to do so in the genre. That’s appreciated but like many readers the story didn’t ring true to this reader. I picture Wilbur in his the old age sitting in a gloomy barn draped in thick layers of cobwebs surrounded by millions of spiders. Kind of a bizarre and gothic image. But if you extend the story that’s how it’ll end, I think. Also, the idea the pig should get all the attention when it was clearly the spider who was exceptional speaks to the way women of talent and genius were either pushed to the background, or to the side or just ignored just the way Charlotte was in the story, while an unexceptional version of a pig gets all the attention. So, it’s a sad book but not in the way the author intended it. Look, I get it. It’s a children’s book. You’re not supposed to think that much about it. But that’s not the problem with other beloved children’s books, Alice in Wonderland, the Little Prince or the Giving Tree and many others besides. We all have our opinions and that’s mine.

_faithmyah's review against another edition

4.0

Found this in my drawer of books that I forgot about (oops) and I found my little 14 year old self’s annotations. I remember reading and writing about this in my journals, super cute book.