One of my classic fiction picks for the year, The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry definitely delivered. Check out my full review of The Little Prince!
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Why is this book so powerful? Is it the adorable blonde kid rambling about roses and sunsets? Or the way it sneaks in life lessons like a parent hiding veggies in mac and cheese?
Oh, did I mention that the author, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, basically wrote this while he was away from France during World War II, crashed his plane in the Sahara desert. Yeah. The man lived his own metaphor.
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This tiny little book with a golden-haired kid wandering around space, chatting with roses and foxes, and somehow it has the entire world wrapped around its finger.
Sure, it’s charming—sheep in boxes, planets the size of living rooms—but then, BAM! It hits you with existential questions and the cruelty of adulthood. Thanks for the emotional ride up and down, Saint-Exupéry.
It’s all about taming and being tamed, which sounds sweet until you realize it’s basically a poetic way of saying “heartbreak is inevitable.” And yet… I loved it. Even if it left me thinking, “Am I just another grown-up who doesn’t get it?”
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We’ve all read books written simply that got shredded by critics for being too… well, simple. Is it because grown-ups are low-key tired of being all serious and adult-y and just want to feel like kids again? Maybe.
But here’s the thing—adults actually like being treated like adults. (They wear their “maturity” like some VIP badge at a club). So, if you patronize them too much, their egos go up in flames like fireworks.
So, what makes The Little Prince special? Is it the heartbreak? Oh, definitely. I mean, this book is emotional but sweet slap. Here’s a little prince talking about sunsets and roses, and suddenly—bam! Existential despair. Responsibility. Death.
But here’s the real thing: The Little Prince tricks you. It reels you in with cute illustrations of a boy who wants a sheep and ends up ripping your heart out with bittersweet truths about love, loneliness, and that terrifying, inevitable thing called growing up.
You can’t really hate The Little Prince without sounding like a total grinch. It’s like walking up to a puppy and saying, “I despise you for your adorable face and floppy ears.” So, of course, it’s universally loved. Because it feels personal.
It speaks directly to that child we all used to be—the one who understood that what’s essential is invisible to the eye. And if you’re rolling your eyes right now, well, congrats—you’ve officially grown up. It’s the Hotel California of literature—once you check in, you never quite leave.
Overall I liked the book and i give it a solid ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨4.5/5, at least you can still look up at the stars and laugh. And maybe, just maybe, you’ll hear a tiny voice laughing back.
Why 4.5/5? Maybe because it’s a little too short, like meeting a fascinating stranger on a train ride and parting ways before you can ask them everything. But that’s also part of the charm, isn’t it? It leaves you hungry for more, thinking at meaning like the narrator is just right.
Source: Audiobook from Audible
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“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
