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Sep 08, 2016
I enjoyed reading the Little Prince since it combines a whimsical main character’s adventure between planets with interesting philosophies about interacting with others. Antoine de Saint-Exupery in The Little Prince writes the story of a young prince who leaves his planet because he catches a rose, whom he loves, in a lie. Now lonely, the young prince visits other planets to meet new people. Through caricatures of businessmen, kings, and showmen, the book’s philosophy that being too focused or narrow minded is bad is presented. The moral of the story is highlighted in every interaction between characters, however, the little prince is childish and fun which keeps the story from becoming boring. I would recommend this book for both children and for adults since it is a whimsical and philosophical combination that can be interesting for a large range of ages. -@CookieMonster of The Hamilton Public Library's Teen Review Board Many people revere this book as a spiritual autobiography for every reader – a moral allegory that is so relatable it must be a good book. The book written in French tells the story how Antoine de Saint-Exupery wished it to be told, and so, that was the edition I read: this book was terribly pretentious. It may have been the circumstances under which I read this book; however, the only interesting part of the book was about what the flowers represented, and what happened to them. Honestly, it isn’t worth reading to even discuss any of that – the entire text felt like a diatribe about stickler adults, and when it wasn’t very transparently referencing that society would be better if run by children, it was incredibly thick with thinly veiled metaphors. Saint-Exupery decided when writing this book that ‘less is more’ is a ridiculous saying, and that he should push the boundaries of overcomplicating simple ideas with poor execution. - @FalcoLombardi of the Teen Review Board at the Hamilton Public Library