The Goose Girl
by:
Shannon Hale (author)
ISBN:
9781598953992 (1598953990)
Edition language: English
Series: The Books of Bayern (#1)
Shannon Hale writes perfect fairytale-style modern fantasies. Every book reminds me of stories I read as a kid, but the level of storytelling sophistication and nuance in characterization holds up by today's standards. The Goose Girl launches a classic, almost remote or detached-feeling princess s...
3/5 starsSo the theme of my books this week seems to be unloving mothers. I went from Flowers in the Attic to this and in comparison Ani’s mother is a saint, but still. Ani was always different, her aunt taught her at a young age how to speak to the swans and that she has a speech on her tongue that...
This book had many elements that made into a very enjoyable book. To begin with, it's a fairly big book that allows you to really get into it and get to know the characters.It's not rushed at any point, the characters are interesting. It is slightly predictable, but that's usually the case with fair...
People have recommended this book to me for over a decade now, no joke, but I finally found the motivation to try it out, and all I can say is that I'm glad I did.Wow! It's been a few months since I've read a novel that I enjoyed this much. The only other novel of Shannon Hale's that I've read is Au...
I knew nothing about The Goose Girl when I started reading it. I hadn't even read the synopsis, so I had no clue what to expect from it. It was only after I started reading it that I realized it was based off of a fairy tale of the same name that I had read. I'm a sucker for fairy tale adaptations, ...