A review by joriecalabrese
The Borrowers by Mary Norton

4.0

I had to read this as a classic for my Children's Lit class and I really enjoyed it. I'd seen the movie version before, but the book was more interesting. I loved the imagery in this and how I was able to picture the house and furniture and everything that the Borrowers used and I really enjoyed the characters. I thought the interactions between Arrietty and the boy were really fun to read. I wasn't a fan of the structuring of the story, how it was like, a story within a story? The story of the Borrowers was told by another character, which I found kind of distancing and I wasn't a massive fan of the ending. Overall, though, I enjoyed it.