A review by lyndamr
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

4.0

Until over a third of the way through this book, I was not sure that I liked it -- certainly it's far more cerebral than I am and I don't read Tolstoy or philosophy or know my Dutch painters or watch Japanese films (not movies, films). So there was a lot that I didn't get in this book, especially since it was alternating diaries of two people in one building, one the concierge and one a 12 year old girl. But then change came to the building and with it, new vision, new possibilities. And I loved the book.