Kirsten's review
Mirror Mirror: A Novel
by Gregory Maguire
Kirsten's review
Mirror Mirror: A Novel by Gregory Maguire
Kirsten's review
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A fascinating retelling of Snow White. It's always interesting to have fairy tales re-cast in a specific time and place; it seems to dampen, but deepen, the fantastical elements. My only complaint is that I didn't really quite feel I'd engaged with any of the characters; some would offer brief moments where I would be totally engaged, but then the author would shift viewpoint, or the character would disappear from the story for a couple hundred pages (as in the case of the woodsman). While Maguire strayed from his previous trend towards making the villian of the story the hero (as in Wicked and Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister), Lucrezia Borgia, the "wicked queen" in this version, is still the most well-rounded of the characters. I found that I wanted her to get her comeuppance, but I was also most interested in the story when she was around.
