As with my last Robin McKinley reading experience, I've come away with mixed emotions. First off, I want to say that I admire Robin McKinley. I do. She inspired some of my favorite authors, she's got a lot of solid books to her name, I don't think it's exaggerating to say she's changed the way peo...
3.5/5 to be exact. After a really long time I started and finished a book all in one day. That's how much this novel drew me in. This is my first Robin McKinley, and I quite enjoyed her writing. I have to admit, though, that at times the story seemed to move a bit slow, but the story telling was pre...
(4/13) Re-read #1(?): the dreamy introspection of Mirasol didn't draw me into each detail this second time through. I was just as invested as ever, however, in her struggle to keep her home together. The details with her bees were lovely, and again the Master is as charming and romantic as the Beast...
Reading this book was a little like listening to a long, rambling story, I suppose. I could kind of curl up and feel warm and fuzzy and absorb the gist of the story while I was reading it, without really absorbing every word as it came at me. Once I finished the book, all I really had were impressio...
I finally read Chalice. It was recommended to me about five thousand years ago and I finally bought it about six months ago, so I figured it was probably about time to read it. I liked it, I guess. Here’s my thing with Robin. She’s the author I find myself most able to get lost in. I love Damar, I...
I have been reading Robin McKinley's books for more than 20 years, and she usually manages to surprise me. Everything I've read of hers in recent years seems to have been a reframing of a fairy tale - Snow White & Rose Red, Beauty & the Beast, etc. - exploring the stories of the characters, the und...
McKinley has her own field. It's a little like The Mists of Avalon in ways: there's magic inherent in the landscape, a preindustrial society, adventure, romance. Her worlds are more egalitarian, although there is still some differentiation between normal gender roles. There are things that girls don...
Aaaand this is why Robin is one of my all-time fave authors. I'm reading eeever so sloowwwly thru her book, wondering where it's going and then all of a sudden I find myself sobbing ignobly whilst slumpt over a chair wondering how I got there and why am I in this state and how did this author do thi...
7/27/11 ** Robin McKinley has created an entirely new world for this tale, one in which the land is close to its magical roots and must be nurtured by a Circle of experts: Master, Chalice, Grand Seneschal, Landsman, Talisman, etc. As the story opens, both the previous Master and Chalice have died un...
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