Status
Available
Local notes
PB Nor
Collection
Series
Genres
Publication
Sandpiper (1990), Edition: Reissue, 304 pages
Description
Escaping from an attic where they had been held captive over the long, dark winter, a family of tiny people sets up house in an old rectory.
Subjects
Awards
Original language
English
Original publication date
1982
Physical description
304 p.; 5.25 x 1 inches
User reviews
LibraryThing member KarenLeeField
This is the fifth and final book in the series. Firstly, after the disappointment of the previous book, I started this one with low expectations. However, it turned out to be much better than I thought it would be and I enjoyed it.
The story picks up where the previous one left off (as do all the
There is mention of Arrietty planning her future with Spiller, who isn’t in this book very much. There’s also a strong bond developing with Pea Green. And we get a strong notion that the family will settle in their new home and be happy.
The book ends ... in a way that felt to me that the author planned on writing a sixth book, but never had the chance before her death. I suppose the ending allows the reader to fill in the blanks. This means what I think will happen is purely up to my imagination. And that is the case for any reader. And there’s always the truth—there is no real end to a story.
The series is good. The concept is brilliant and easily accepted. The author did a good job yet there were many flaws, unresolved plots, out of whack timelines and little things that really should have been fixed because of consistency issues. However, if the reader can get passed all this and just accept the story, the characters and the plots for what they are then they are in for a treat.
Recommended.
The story picks up where the previous one left off (as do all the
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books) and we follow the family to their new life at the rectory. Arrietty’s aunt and uncle have moved into the church next door and we meet a new character, Pea Green, who is already living in the rectory (and seems quite lonely so it was good to see the family move in and provide companionship for him).There is mention of Arrietty planning her future with Spiller, who isn’t in this book very much. There’s also a strong bond developing with Pea Green. And we get a strong notion that the family will settle in their new home and be happy.
The book ends ... in a way that felt to me that the author planned on writing a sixth book, but never had the chance before her death. I suppose the ending allows the reader to fill in the blanks. This means what I think will happen is purely up to my imagination. And that is the case for any reader. And there’s always the truth—there is no real end to a story.
The series is good. The concept is brilliant and easily accepted. The author did a good job yet there were many flaws, unresolved plots, out of whack timelines and little things that really should have been fixed because of consistency issues. However, if the reader can get passed all this and just accept the story, the characters and the plots for what they are then they are in for a treat.
Recommended.
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LibraryThing member JoClare
This is a delightful fantasy series, all about the adventures of a tiny family, just a few inches tall. Known as "Borrowers", they and their kind have learned to adapt to living secretly with "Human Beans" by "borrowing" all the items necessary for life.
In the fifth and final book, The Clock family
Beautifully written and sure to please children of all ages.
In the fifth and final book, The Clock family
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has escaped from the Platter's, who wanted to display them in a zoo. They realize that the miniature village in not safe for "Borrowers" and set off once more to find a safe place to call home. With the help of Spiller, they find a large vacant manor house, with a live in caretaker. Setting up housekeeping in their new home, they encounter new dangers, and discover they are not alone; a solitary borrower also lives there. Beautifully written and sure to please children of all ages.
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LibraryThing member Figgles
The final Borrowers book (written much later than the rest of the series) and one that was new to me. It continues the tale of the tiny family - Arrietty, her parents Pod and Homily - and their search for a safe home. Here the evil Platters (who the family had escaped from in "The Borrowers Aloft")
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get their comeuppance but quite a lot is still left hanging. Still it's an enjoyable finale to the series. (And now I need to find which family member has Afloat and Aloft as I need to read these to complete the cycle!) Show Less
LibraryThing member NadineC.Keels
So...after the "What...???" reaction I had as I finished The Borrowers Avenged, I found out the rather open-ended conclusion of the previous book is a rewrite, intended to make room for this next book that didn't come until decades later.
Well. It's another open-ended, dissatisfying conclusion here.
And although this fifth novel is the last and longest of the series, it has no real need to be so long, since it's a pretty redundant story for the borrowers. Different locations. Villains with different names. But nothing truly new driving the plot, and no growth for the main characters who had such an interesting, promising start in the first, wonderful novel.
I'm rather disappointed that the overall progression of the series doesn't do justice to the way it began. Still, I understand this kind of thing just happens sometimes.
Not everything always pans out as planned in publishing, and authors are human.
So. Unless you're dying to see the various ways this last novel goes wrong, I'd recommend either getting your hands on an original copy of Book Four, The Borrowers Aloft, or finding its original conclusion online somewhere. Then let that original ending be The End.
Well. It's another open-ended, dissatisfying conclusion here.
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It seems there was supposed to be at least one more book after this one, but it never came.And although this fifth novel is the last and longest of the series, it has no real need to be so long, since it's a pretty redundant story for the borrowers. Different locations. Villains with different names. But nothing truly new driving the plot, and no growth for the main characters who had such an interesting, promising start in the first, wonderful novel.
I'm rather disappointed that the overall progression of the series doesn't do justice to the way it began. Still, I understand this kind of thing just happens sometimes.
Not everything always pans out as planned in publishing, and authors are human.
So. Unless you're dying to see the various ways this last novel goes wrong, I'd recommend either getting your hands on an original copy of Book Four, The Borrowers Aloft, or finding its original conclusion online somewhere. Then let that original ending be The End.
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LibraryThing member Ghost_Boy
This is the last of the Borrower books and wasn't published till 20 years later. You can kind of tell in the writing that Mary Norton took long break because the writing was a little longer and different from the other books. I still liked this though even though she added a new character that was
I still think the Borrowers is a great series for people to check out. One of the few kids books that has the main kid stay with her parents. It's most about survival, being nomadic, and being different from others. Still think it's interesting that I think there is a connection with the four elements and these books (fire, water, earth, and air, and also life).
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kind of like Arrietty's love interest.I still think the Borrowers is a great series for people to check out. One of the few kids books that has the main kid stay with her parents. It's most about survival, being nomadic, and being different from others. Still think it's interesting that I think there is a connection with the four elements and these books (fire, water, earth, and air, and also life).
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