A review by srk001
Stuart Little by E.B. White

lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

As others have noted, the books seems to end mid-story. The open-ending itself isn't the bad part. But taking the story as a whole there just doesn't seem to be any point to it. Not to mention, even if read as magical realism, the whole human birthing a mouse bit was just jarring, almost horror-like to me. And it wasn't relevant to the story in any way, shape or form. He could have as easily been a talking pet (which is how he was treated anyway) and it wouldn't change the story one bit. Not for me, and not a book I'd recommend as bedtime story for children. There're better books out there that you can bond over with together with your kids. 

As with all "classics" we try to find meaning in them, but I fail to see one in Stuart Little. This is one of those stories that might as well have been kept unpublished. Something the writer might have wanted to get out of his head, but not something that should then be put out to the rest of the world. Anyway, different times and all that, I guess. Though I don't find myself all that curious about how it was received back then. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child abuse

Minor: Racism

If one views Stuart Little as a legitimate child that is also an animal, there's both animal cruelty and child abuse as part of the story.