Reviews with content warning for Animal death - Charlotte's Web

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Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

28 reviews

lys_____'s review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

I reread this book for a man who said it was his favourite book growing up. I couldn't remember the book very well, but he said he remembered the playful banter between the animals. When I read it I found there was anything but playful banter. Wilbur got bullied constantly by the other farm animals, was cast aside by the humans, and used as a prop. When he was crying about

the fact all the humans in his life plotted for his death

the other animals told him to shut up and stop being a crybaby. This is the kind of book you have to be a child not to find disturbing. The constant impending sense of death throughout the book would give even the youngest reader a morality complex. It was however, fairly well written for the age group it targets, and with proper guidance can be a good book for teaching the importance of bei g friendly and accepting of peers that don't quiet fit in.

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buzzinfly's review against another edition

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hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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v_____'s review against another edition

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slow-paced

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

0.5

This book is so cruel and not cute at all.

Wilbur has a heat stroke - twice! The humans talk about slaughtering him when the winter comes all the time. And Charlotte tries to save him, with her webs and then DIES. Wtf?! I mean, how sad ist this!

Besides that, it's quite a drag

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jadziaaudrey's review against another edition

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hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.75

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sandysmith's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted sad fast-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? Yes

4.25

A classic children's read. It's a story of a little girl called Fern, her pig Wilbur and Wilburs friend Charlotte a spider. A charming children's book, with beautiful illustrations,enjoyed as an adult, just as wonderful as when I read it as a child. Fab stuff.

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tigertheory's review against another edition

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adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-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? No

4.25

Not having grown up in the anglophone world, this was never part of the bedtime rotation for me. However, I now remember watching one of the newer movies and really liking it when I was about six.
That much for a child’s perspective.

As an adult, I really appreciate the complexity of the story – it takes its young readers seriously instead of falling into a trap of preachy morality and analogy. None of the usual animal stereotypes apply; if anything, the humans in this story are less complex than the animals. Probably exacerbated by the quite rigid gender roles they seem to operate under.

I wasn’t a big fan of Fern’s development, her just completely losing interest in Wilbur seemed uncharacteristic. But I guess that too is part of life – Friends come and go.

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