relf 's review for:

The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
3.0

Enjoyable to read, with memorable characters--a mouse, a rat, a princess, and a bumbling servant girl, all at a royal castle--but I found the story a bit too heavy on the dark elements. The ending was happy and what I wanted, but seemed to be wrapped up too simply.

Started reading this book to our 5-year-old grandson last summer, left off, and now his kindergarten teacher is reading it to his pod-class, so I finished it off by myself--just as our distant 7-year-old granddaughter asked me to read her a story over video calls, so I'll be reading it again.