Borrowers-Kate Coomber

The book the Borrowers by Mary Norton, I think was not a very good book. I thought that it was boring the whole time. I think it could have been better if the author would have put some more exciting and dramatic detail in it. It also seemed as though the plot was pattern, because the same things kept on happening. So my overall opinion was that it just wasn’t as exciting as I’d hoped it’d be.

One of the reasons that I thought it was boring was because, throughout the book whenever a problem happened, there was hardly any detail at all. For instance when Arrietty gets seen by a boy, all that happens is the mother and father get a little bit worried. Then they continue with the book. Another example of why this book is boring is when, the action scene happens(the part when Mrs.Driver was trying to get rid of the Borrowers) it only last 2 pages and has little detail like, "quietly Mrs.Driver, the exterminator, and the man who lived next door, lifted up the floor board and chased the Borrowers out from under the floor board".

Here is some advice for the author. I Think that Mary Norton shouldn’t have made the Borrowers or the boy leave in the end. I think the book should have had a happy ending. I also think that Mrs. May’s(she’s the narrator) brother should have been telling the story to Kate(little girl) because he is the one that saw the borrowers all along.

So as you can see from my examples, that I did not like this book at all! I mainly didn't like it because it didn't have any detail, was boring, and didn't have a strong problem. I give this book 1 tree.

P.S Doing the play actually made me hate this book even more.