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erinys 's review for:
The Tale of Despereaux
by Kate DiCamillo
I quite enjoyed this little book, which I was able to read in a single day a few weeks ago. It's a mythic tale which touches on the subject of pain and loss from a number of angles. It has a surprisingly simple approach and its metaphors and symbols are not complicated...but powerful nonetheless.
I will probably remember it most for the character of the mouse Despereaux, who seems to embody a certain type of very sweet but very child-like love--wanting to be like the heroes in the stories, and falling profoundly in love with a human Princess who towers over him. How he finds a way to serve and save her is very touching, and perhaps there is some truth to the notion that sincere love, no matter how strange or small, is a powerful force.
And there is always some way to make the life of someone you love better, no matter how tiny you think you are.
I will probably remember it most for the character of the mouse Despereaux, who seems to embody a certain type of very sweet but very child-like love--wanting to be like the heroes in the stories, and falling profoundly in love with a human Princess who towers over him. How he finds a way to serve and save her is very touching, and perhaps there is some truth to the notion that sincere love, no matter how strange or small, is a powerful force.
And there is always some way to make the life of someone you love better, no matter how tiny you think you are.