hs This collection is not as good as the previous collection, though it does have slightly more international feel (several stories are translations). Despite the title, there is more than Greek mythology in play here as well. Perhaps because it is sadder, the term that Bernheimer us...
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For the most part, these stories didn't really work for me, and their interrelatedness was tenuous. I often felt like I was reading something that was supposed to be deep, but it took too much effort to sort it out (maybe I read too many books for kids these days??). My favorite was the story "Clare...
Underwhelmed a little by it, despite it winning a book prize.
I had some reservations while reading the first third of the book, but they mostly went away when I started to read the 2nd section. The writing is almost architectural, and she uses the lake to great effect. What really won me over though was the epilogue which includes a transcript of, what I assu...
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