"The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry is overrated IMO.

By chapter-cricket10

I know everyone seems to love this book, so I’m not trying to start drama or anything. I just honestly don’t think it’s as great as people make it sound, and I want to figure out what I’m missing. I read it straight through, and I did have fun with it. The story is interesting and entertaining, but it didn’t feel really deep to me. To me it comes off like it’s just recycling a bunch of popular “life lessons” like how adults are selfish, how business people are mean, that love is everything, that beauty is subjective, “follow your heart,” that kind of thing. No disrespect, but it feels kinda surface-level. And then I see it called this huge classic for kids—does it actually connect with children? I haven’t really heard any kids talk about it, so I can’t help wondering if it’s more like what adults romanticize about childhood, or what parents hope their kids are like. The only part that actually struck me was the fox part, with the whole “taming” idea and how something becomes special through that. So yeah—what do people genuinely love about it besides that?