Gillian's review
Mirror Mirror: A Novel
by Gregory Maguire
Gillian's review
Mirror Mirror: A Novel by Gregory Maguire
Gillian's review
rating:
Not Wicked, never Wicked. The historical (Renaissance/ Borgias family) context was interesting and all the gory psychology behind Snow White was present. The only thing, in my opinion, Maguire is really missing is an actual intriguing story with all the complexity and depth that is present in Wicked. I wanted to know the characters better. They were somewhat flat even Lucrezia Borgia (The Wicked Stepmother.) This was mostly due the the novel's length, I think. You could tell Maguire was trying hard maybe even the way I did when I wrote my Shakespeare papers in college. My ideas were good but I didn't reach far enough to develop some satifying depth for the reader. His idea to set Snow White in the Renaissance with real life characters is brilliant though. Maybe he'll rewrite it.
