I’d read conflicting reviews about this one, so I wasn’t sure how much I would like it. I found myself pleasantly surprised–there were some moments that didn’t work for me, but overall I really enjoyed it! I especially liked the fact that Ursu takes the inevitable Narnia comparison and explicitly ad...
The Snow Queen is one of my favorite fairy tales. It's haunting and nostalgic, bleak yet hopeful. The villain isn't some wolf lurking in the forest, or an evil witch who casts curses on newborns; it's not even the Snow Queen herself. Rather, the villainy lies in our own heart, capable of being ma...
Wendy recommended this one to me, and it's rare that a Wendy recommendation doesn't knock me out with either its goodness or its awfulness. This one, though, this one crawled into parts of me my conscious mind has no access to and stirred. I was entirely uncomfortable, scratchy and thick the whole t...
Protagonist transracial adoptee. Terrific incorporation of favorite fantasy books from childhood. Love the voice.I'm still not sure how I feel about the fantastical second half after the realist first half, but each half individually is amazingly well done. And I love Hazel.
Best thing so far: Hazel has read The Wall and the Wing!The list of books referred to subtly or directly would be long and illustrious. I would expect this to be a huge hit with dedicated readers. It is, as well, an excellent fairy tale. I loved it.Library copy.
A girl who feels like she doesn't fit in loses her best friend to a witch, so she must go into a fantasy woods to save him. The writing was really nice, with some great imagery, and I especially liked the first half of the book, set in Minnesota. When she goes into the woods, it gets pretty interest...
As a rule, even though I probably do it too much myself, I think comparing two books that are literally similar tends to do neither book any favors. So, unless you’re trying to crush something despicable in one of the books, pitting one against another doesn’t make that much sense to me. Thoughtle...
This book really, really wants me to like it—it keeps telling me, over and over and over, that only girls like me, girls who read all the right (fantasy) books and liked to make things up and were outsiders in groups, are interesting or cool or special. It's off-putting. I expect the authorial voice...
I don't read a lot of juvenile fiction - that is, stuff aimed at the 8-12 demographic - because, well, it's been a long time since I've had the concerns of the prepubescent. Juvenile fiction is often too linear, straightforward, sexless and light for me to find much interest there, though I am not s...
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