The Tale of Despereaux

I really liked the first half of this book, and I was very excited for the story and guessing what would happen. It was set up nicely with the mouse and rat who were similar but different characters and i was very invested in their stories. I lost a lot of interest during ‘book the third' and wasn't interested in Mig or any of the human characters. I felt like we were told repeatedly how much of a good person Pea was but we never really saw it. Hearing Mig say “Gor” about 2 thousand times was not very enticing but I get that this is a kid's book.
I found it a little disappointing how one-dimensional Roscuro was and he kinda just ended up being generic bad guy with a rushed redemption. I was expecting it to be a bit more nuanced so my expectations fell a little short.
I did enjoy this book though I thought it was cute and I loved the parts focussing on the rodents! There were a lot of really nice quote-able parts of this book and I'll be thinking about it for a while!