This is not a proper review, but these thoughts need to be expressed. Maguire's depictions of disability are problematic.SPOILERS BELOW.In Wicked, he presents Nessarose as helpless and off-balance due to a disability that doesn't make one either of those things (and she's a bitch, too). Here he show...
I really did love this book. The language took a bit of getting used to but other than that it was a great read. I enjoyed the surprise in the epilogue the most.
As always, Maguire has woven a world that is simultaneously appalling and magical. A world that reveals the failings of the mortal condition and muses on the meaning of beauty, or love. He's a brilliant wordsmith, but his books are often so achingly, beautifully bleak in their representation of th...
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister is way better than [b:Wicked|37442|Wicked The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Wicked Years, #1)|Gregory Maguire|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51WuYKK3vEL._SL75_.jpg|1479280], not least because the characters have consistent personalities and...
I read this at about the same time that I read Girl With Pearl Earring, which was a delightful pairing. I am, as noted, quite fond of stories that take extant characters or personages and craft fiction around them. And Maguire, of course, has made it his signature style.
From the beginning of this book, I was sure I understood who the point of view was from. To my surprise at the end, I was completely wrong. I enjoyed this concept a lot. I enjoy Maguire's shift again from a different perspective of Cinderella. Not all is as it seems. I've never been a super fan...
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