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vimesbootstheory 's review for:
The Borrowers
by Mary Norton
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Diverse cast of characters:
No
A cozy tale, I liked it. The world-building for the borrowers is constantly amusing; I knew to anticipate all the fun little scaled-down equivalencies -- swimming in soups, using thread spools as stools, that sort of thing -- but the sociological world-building ended up being more interesting. I loved reading about the pride and entitlement of the Borrowers, and how they assumed that human "beans" were dying off, simply because they hadn't seen many in that house in particular. Loved the family-to-family differences based on where in the house they'd settled in. The ambiguity of the ending was an unexpected joy, in a funny way. I usually hate ambiguous endings but this one worked for me, even if the existence of the sequels spoil the ambiguity.