Stuart Little by E. B. White Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Stuart Little
Book Review: NOT For Five Year Olds
Summary: 5 Stars
The fact that the hero of the story is a mouse does not make this a good book for young children. The language is difficult and the humor is rather understated, i.e. "The doctor was delighted with Stuart, and said that it was very unusual for an American family to have a mouse." At its heart, Stuart Little is a comedy of manners, and the fantasy takes a back seat to the witty dialogue and neat prose. Children will enjoy it at ten and love it in adulthood.Book Review: Not for anyone over Six
Summary: 2 Stars
I see the reading level as 9-12. Yikes! If Harry Potter is 9-12, then Little should be 1-3. I did love the beginning of this story. There is no explanation as to why a human mother presumably gives birth to a mouse instead of a human child. The story goes on without anymore reference to it. As if this is just the way it was. End of discussion. I loved that! Funny. And the writing is charming, to be sure, but the story just goes on without getting anywhere. It's one adventure after another without an end in sight. No goal. That's my trouble with Stuart Little.
To explain the sudden and unsatisfying ending, I did hear that the author, White, was quite a hypochondriac. At the time of this book's writing, he was convinced he was going to die at any moment, (He ended up living a number of decades after Stuart Little was first published.) So, fearing certain death, White demanded the publisher to publish the book now!, as is, "before I die tomorrow!" Amazing, but true.
Book Review: Not just for children
Summary: 5 Stars
My daughter started reading this book as she was sitting next to me on the couch. I looked over her shoulder and started reading. This book is GREAT!!! We decided to read it out loud as a family because we liked it so muchBook Review: Okay for grownups - not great for kids
Summary: 2 Stars
I read this book to my five-year-old. I was expecting a wonderful adventure story and was disappointed - so was he. It started out fine - with descriptions of Stuart's family situation and the struggles he had with being "like a mouse." But the story quickly went south as Stuart went north to look for his bird friend. He simply leaves his family and doesn't seem to miss them because he is so obsessed with this bird. Some of the situations were funny to me as an adult but were totally lost on my child. Therefore, I think this would be a good book for adults but not a good story for kids. We rented the movie this weekend and it was much better than the book (I don't think I've ever thought that before!)Book Review: Perhaps this would have been a "masterpiece" if...
Summary: 2 Stars
The beginning was good, the middle was good, but the ending? Blah...And I quote " He headed north, and somehow, he knew he was going in the right direction" What kind of an ending is that, I ask? And of course, E.B. White didn't write a sequal, so you never know how the story ends! Skip this one and read "Charlotte's Web".