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

2.0

I found Stuart Little to be a strange book. The chapters are short, and although they do connect to make a loose story, most of the them could be read individually and it wouldn't matter. Stuart is not the most likeable character but that is probably because the author wasn't trying to develop the characters in any way. Most of the chapters are about how Stuart gets himself in and out of different mischievous situations. Nothing in the story makes a lot of sense (even for a kid's book) and needs to be taken with a grain of salt. For instance, is Stuart a boy or a mouse? Why do the humans understand the animals? Would a family with a son like a mouse really have a pet cat?
The ending was very rushed and ended on a cliff hanger. I almost thought that I had read an abridged version or that my book was missing chapters, but no, White ended his story in a very vague and abrupt manner with many loose ends. I don't think Stuart Little will be living on in my memory for long like Charlotte's Web does, but it is nice to see how much better White's storytelling got in just six years.