by Sally Gardner
Someone reviewing the Merrybegot recommended this over it. They are both interesting stories. Both involve witch hunting but really that's where they diverge. Actually "I, Coriander" compares well with "Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell" if a lot lighter. It is a story of London and a London besid...
I loved the historical (Cromwell-era) setting. I was a little disappointed by what I felt was an instalove romance, though.
This is really just under a four. Woulda been a solid 4, but the ending knocked it back to 3.5 territory.Sally Gardner pulled no punches in I, Coriander. Her Cromwell-era England is harsh and full and the perfect backdrop to the very dark - and very darkly human - tale she tells. No one's life is...
This was a lovely little fairy-tale story. I can just imagine reading this to little girls, who will inevitably beg for just one more chapter before having to go to bed. It's so easy to imagine said little girls dreaming of being a fairy princess, even though this isn't your typical fairy princess s...
This book is magnificent, really. I am in awe of Sally Gardner, who didn't even learn how to read or write until she was 14 due to dyslexia! She sure showed all the people that wrote her off, didn't she? This is a fairy tale...the story is lovely and lyrical and SO well written. It was at times hila...
I enjoyed the fairytale aspects of this book and I really wanted to give it three stars, both for a unique writing style and the artful inclusion of the history of the period, which I thought was done very well. I especially liked how Gardner presented such a wide range of poltical and religious vie...
This was a lovely reading (by Juliet Stevenson) of an interesting mix of fairy tale and historical novel. A young girl with a mother of mysterious origin lives through the time of Cromwell in London. One day, she is the recipient of silver shoes, and her life changes at breakneck pace.
"The alligator was no devil; I knew one who was though, and he went by the name - Arise Fell."-Beautifully written, cool story.
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