A review by shallihavemydwarf
The Life of Elves by Muriel Barbery

3.0

This is a fantasy novel that feels like it has been written by someone who has never read a fantasy novel but all the same assumes that she and her readers all share the same general conception of what one should be. Everything is drawn in the broadest of strokes with very little effort into world-building, and there's magic and good and evil and some sort of battle but characterizations of either side are hazy at best. There are 2 little girls who I guess are elves, but it doesn't really matter. Honestly, I think the only people who would really like this are people who have been yearning to read real fantasy but maybe don't know it.