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Review for the 河野 万里子 translation
Make sure you select the correct edition when reviewing and rating 星の王子さま, because there are several different translations of various difficulties.
In the back of this book there is a biography of the original author of The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, as well as some comments about the translation process from 河野 万里子. This section is significant harder than the story part of the book, but I'll just consider the story part when rating the difficulty.
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Decent beginner book (but slightly overrated)
I feel like i´m one of the few who have actually never heard of this book, so i may offer a bit of a unique perspective. I thought the book content-wise was alright. Pretty standard children flare with a few themes about imagination and so on. Pretty one-sided views as well, but since this is (hopefully) aimed at children, i´ll let it slide. I never quite got into any of the characters if i´m being honest. I thought the youth of the narrator at the very start of the book was actually the most in