Reviews

The Puppets of Spelhorst by Kate DiCamillo

katytron's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful fast-paced

4.0

elfkey's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

ego8's review against another edition

adventurous reflective fast-paced

3.5

sagenguyen's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

woolyllamareads's review against another edition

hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

amotwell's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

readingthroughthelists's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

It is a fine thing to be part of a story, as the titular puppets of Spelhorst discover. 

However, I wish the said puppets had been given a little more story, a little more adventure (both separately and together), and a little less rhapsodizing about the magnificence of the story itself. (But this is a complaint I’ve had about a lot of recent DiCamillo.)

Lovely illustrations though. 

nerdybookworm23's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

3.0

storysteph's review against another edition

5.0

A work friend handed this off to me, saying "it's short and I think you'll like it." She was absolutely right on both counts.

lindseycornett's review against another edition

hopeful reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0