Hey, guys! I don't know if you read my Mid-Reading Review of this book. Suffice to say, I hated it. We read The Little Prince, also known as Le Petit Prince in French class at my school, and I despised it. I can generally find something that I like about a book, but I just couldn't with The Little Prince. Essentially, it was a judgmental book filled with not necessarily true generalizations about mankind. In fact, I'd go as far as to say completely wrong generalizations.
Yet, The Little Prince is France's most translated book of all time and second most sold book (after The Bible). Can someone please explain this to me? I understand that some people have drastically different taste in books than me and will read this, but I cannot understand how it could be more popular than all of the other amazing books in the world. If you were stuck on a desert island, I can't imagine anyone would've brought The Little Prince.
The Cover:
The cover:
It shows the little prince on his little planet with its tiny volcano. (I might want to note that this is a children's book. Appropriate for all ages.)
Official Description:
Moral allegory and spiritual autobiography, The Little Prince is the most translated book in the French language. With a timeless charm it tells the story of a little boy who leaves the safety of his own tiny planet to travel the universe, learning the vagaries of adult behavior through a series of extraordinary encounters. His personal odyssey culminates in a voyage to Earth and further adventures.
My Review:
That description sounds mildly interesting, right? It was just misleading. His grasp of adult behavior came through a series a judgmental moments when he assumed that anyone who cared about anything, really, was too serious. For example, worrying about the day of water you have left when you are in the desert is too serious for the little prince. Dying of thirst is unimportant to him! Also, most of his "journeys" were two sentence conversations with people, after which he would judge them and leave. Half the book had no adventuring at all and was set in a literal desert.
I was not interested in the plot and hated the characters. And you know what? The thing the pilot drew in the first chapter wasn't a hat or a elephant with a boa inside it. It was a brown blob. Sir, just because your art skills are lacking doesn't mean that adults lack creativity.
(Drawing for reference):
I want to apologize here for disliking this book so much. I think that it is generally a really well-loved book, and I acknowledge that many people love this book, though I don't understand.
I wouldn't recommend reading this book, but if you want to anyway, I recommend reading the first chapter first. It stays at the same level as that chapter the rest of the book and doesn't get any better.
Phrase/Quote:
"Draw me a sheep!"
P.S. They are making this book into an animated movie by Paramount and Warner Brothers. I'm against this idea, obviously, but I though I'd share it with you. Oh, and one of the main characters is voiced by my least favorite actor of all time, Jeff Bridges.
Here's the trailer:
Yet, The Little Prince is France's most translated book of all time and second most sold book (after The Bible). Can someone please explain this to me? I understand that some people have drastically different taste in books than me and will read this, but I cannot understand how it could be more popular than all of the other amazing books in the world. If you were stuck on a desert island, I can't imagine anyone would've brought The Little Prince.
The Cover:
It shows the little prince on his little planet with its tiny volcano. (I might want to note that this is a children's book. Appropriate for all ages.)
Official Description:
Moral allegory and spiritual autobiography, The Little Prince is the most translated book in the French language. With a timeless charm it tells the story of a little boy who leaves the safety of his own tiny planet to travel the universe, learning the vagaries of adult behavior through a series of extraordinary encounters. His personal odyssey culminates in a voyage to Earth and further adventures.
My Review:
That description sounds mildly interesting, right? It was just misleading. His grasp of adult behavior came through a series a judgmental moments when he assumed that anyone who cared about anything, really, was too serious. For example, worrying about the day of water you have left when you are in the desert is too serious for the little prince. Dying of thirst is unimportant to him! Also, most of his "journeys" were two sentence conversations with people, after which he would judge them and leave. Half the book had no adventuring at all and was set in a literal desert.
I was not interested in the plot and hated the characters. And you know what? The thing the pilot drew in the first chapter wasn't a hat or a elephant with a boa inside it. It was a brown blob. Sir, just because your art skills are lacking doesn't mean that adults lack creativity.
(Drawing for reference):
Basically, it was awful. So awful. I have no idea how people can like this book. I started off the book mentally responding to everything the narrator said with, "Good point. Too bad it's obviously wrong!"
I don't think I can express how much I hated this book. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone unless you purposely want to punish yourself. It's not worth the time to buy, much less read.I want to apologize here for disliking this book so much. I think that it is generally a really well-loved book, and I acknowledge that many people love this book, though I don't understand.
I wouldn't recommend reading this book, but if you want to anyway, I recommend reading the first chapter first. It stays at the same level as that chapter the rest of the book and doesn't get any better.
Phrase/Quote:
"Draw me a sheep!"
P.S. They are making this book into an animated movie by Paramount and Warner Brothers. I'm against this idea, obviously, but I though I'd share it with you. Oh, and one of the main characters is voiced by my least favorite actor of all time, Jeff Bridges.
Here's the trailer:
Happy Reading!
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