The fatal flaw of Stuart Little

[curt_holman]

Sweetness and I read Stuart Little last month. It's one of my childhood favorites and we enjoyed it, although the inconclusive ending puts me off a little. She's been listening to the book on tape read by Julie Harris

Comments

[foodpoisoningsf]

It's obvious you're too old for this book. Move on to something more believable. Like The Old Testament.

[ursulahitler]

I only saw the films, but it sounds like they were smart to purge some of the more baffling elements. As I recall, they adopt Stewart in the films... Which gets around the awkward "Gena Davis gives birth to a mouse" scene. And they ditched the invisible car. But they kept the housecat!

A few years back, Salon.com did a whole article about how Stewart's mouseness was symbolic for gayness. Uh... OK.

[ghost_light]

My issue with Stewart Little when I was a small child was that I was terrified by the ending. I hated the idea that he was sailing away without any idea of where he was going or if he would ever see his family again. I talked about this, as an adult, to one of my friends who insisted this was the best part of the story and that it was exciting that he was sailing off to have adventures in the Great Unknown.

We finally chalked this up to one of the fundamental differences between boys and girls.