I, Coriander
by:
Sally Gardner (author)
The story is told by Coriander, daughter of a silk merchant in 1650s London. Her idyllic childhood ends when her mother dies and her father goes away, leaving Coriander with her stepmother, a widow who is in cahoots with a fundamentalist Puritan preacher
The story is told by Coriander, daughter of a silk merchant in 1650s London. Her idyllic childhood ends when her mother dies and her father goes away, leaving Coriander with her stepmother, a widow who is in cahoots with a fundamentalist Puritan preacher
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Format: kindle
ASIN: B0049MPH1C
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Magic,
Childrens,
Teen,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Middle Grade,
Fairy Tales
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...
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