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I don't know...I liked the first third or so of the book a lot...then it got hard to stick with...then I really loved the last 3 chapters or so. So, middle of the road for me.
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About two-thirds of the way through this one I stopped and thought to myself, "I need to buy a copy of this one, because I really want to read it to my kids some day." It is somewhat dark, but Connolly crafts the tremendous moral center that's made the not-exactly-cheery-themselves classic fairy tales such a lasting part of our culture. It's tough to pay tribute to fairy tales and create a new one in a way that's not fake or false; thankfully, Connolly acquits himself admirably at the task.
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Trying too hard to be whimsical and not quite succeeding.
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 17.0
Boy this book was gory.
Jul 23, 2008
Ashley
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