Mirror Mirror
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780755341
Publish date: 2009
Publisher: Headline Review
Pages no: 331
Edition language: English
Can't finish this. I didn't think there would come a day where I would say I disliked one of Gregory Maguire's novels, but it is so. This was a strange book that felt jagged and empty. I may someday attempt to finish it, but for now I'm putting it back on my shelf.
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