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"Love is ridiculous. How could she. Serving as entertainment. And powerful." That's what Ms. Dicamillo said in her book, I would rather sit with my daughter outside watching the stars in the sky. Dicamillo intended to deliver in her book "The Tale of Despereaux". But love is also wonderful. What's the purpose of all such cruelty to the poor girl.
Unfortunately, this message starts to blur as the plot unfolds gradually, and finally the story leaves the reader in a fog of sadness, disappointment and confusion.Despereaux, a lovable, courageous mouse who ridiculously fell in love with a beautiful princess, was unintentionally overshadowed by the poor, tragic girl, Miggery Sow.She was abandoned and sold by her father "for a tablecloth, a hen, and a handful of cigarettes"; she was so badly abused by her buyer "Uncle" so frequently that her painful ears "became about as useful to her as pieces of cauliflower"; miserably, under the author's pen, she was also fat, lazy and "her head stayed small". All of these didn't seem horrible enough to her, the author abused her further by keeping ridiculing her ruthlessly through the demeaning narration with details in a sweet tone. I can't believe it.Oh, if the world is dark, as Ms.
Besides, you already know the story.scrawny, big-eared mouse gets rejected by his family, falls in love with a princess, sent to a dungeon amid an overwhelming love for Princess Pea. Oh, why not. I wanted to begin this review with a favorite passage from Kate DiCamillo's Newbery Award Winning book, but there were too many. I do want to mention my only problem with this book. Despereaux is not only a great book for young readers, a great book for parents/grandparents to read to young ones, if you're an author, or planning to be one, read this book and study the ease, the wit, the charm and the total connection with the reader. Villaneous rats, "death by soup," a silly, reactionary king, blah, blah, blah. About two-thirds through, I began to make comparisons to.dare I say it.
There. How could I possibly pick one.or two.or twenty. To Kill A Mockingbird. So, I won't go into that. I became so enthralled with the writing, I had to remind myself of the story. Call me crazy, but that's how the perfectly-tuned voice of DiCamillo struck me. The Magician's CastleThe Magician's Castle (Cynthia's Attic)WOOF: Women Only Over Fifty
I read this after I saw the movie. from the movie, I was and remain a tremendous Despereaux fan. the movie ended more satisfyingly. the end here is as if the author got tired suddenly.Still, it was a nice read. I would give the DVD to someone first before I would give them the book, though.It is a good book for children. Not too scary, and, I suppose, with a pleasant satisfying-enough ending.
If you love fiction you will love this book. I read it once and now i'm reading it again. the author has out done it. again
Kate's books are always so refreshing, simple and well written. The tale of Despereaux is proof - although my favorite is The Magician's Elephant, this book was a great read. Very insightful with many wise words. Would highly recommend and read again.
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