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3.36 AVERAGE
3.36 AVERAGE
Echt een stuk leuker dan ik in het begin had verwacht! Maar pfoe het hoofdpersonage was af en toe niet heel snugger en daar ergerde ik me soms mateloos aan. :p
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i remember nothing about this book except that i was disappointed by the lack of compelling wolf characters
Boring,did not catch my attention I was just reading to get it off my TBR.The twist was predictable and so was the big reveal.I do not recommend this book.The writing is not at all impressive and it is very repetitive.
Just as magical as I remember it being. I read this book back in secondary school, during Year 7, I believe. I loved it then and I still love it now. Russian setting with snow, wolves and a royal mystery, kinda. I had been wanting to reread this for a while and I wanted to read something that I knew would make me smile, even a little bit.
I technically don't "own" this book as I've borrowed it from my younger sister's room, but I was the one who originally bought it; so it still belongs to me.
I technically don't "own" this book as I've borrowed it from my younger sister's room, but I was the one who originally bought it; so it still belongs to me.
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
a no.1 read, wolf princess was a fascinating tale of betrayal, and to what measures someone would go to have power.
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
An implausible but enjoyable YA novel about a young schoolgirl orphan who goes on a school trip to Russia and is drawn into a icy conspiracy in a frozen wilderness. In spite of all its many flaws, it is captivating, and I enjoyed it.
Sophie Smith has never been special or interesting. She is the poor girl at her elite private school complete with her shabby clothes, unbrushed hair and callous guardian.
Sophie thinks things might have gone differently if she wasn't an orphan. But she is. Trapped in her grey English boarding school. Trapped in her grey boring life even as dreams of winter in Russia, majestic wolves and a strange forest haunt her.
Nothing interesting ever happens to Sophie. She wouldn't expect anything different.
Then a stranger comes to the school and invites Sophie and her roommates--glamorous Delphine and bookish Marianne--on a school trip to St. Petersburg.
The following adventure is even more than Sophie could hope for as they girls are abandoned in a blizzard and whisked away to a wintry palace to rival Sophie's grandest dreams in The Wolf Princess (2012) by Cathryn Constable.
I went into this book with high expectations and only a vague sense of what to expect beyond a rags to riches fairy tale story.
In a way that is exactly what The Wolf Princess delivers. But in other ways it was a disappointment.
Sophie is fascinated with Russia in a way that should be endearing and draw readers in as well. Instead it comes off as vaguely condescending as she describes Russian words knocking into each other and, at one point, describes a Russian character's handwriting as distinctly foreign.
All of the characters in the story feel like caricatures complete with an icy winter princess, a sturdy Russian officer and, of course, one friend who is defined solely as being glamorous and half-French (no, really) and another who is interesting only in that she is intelligent (I don't even remember if we were ever told her hair color).
Beyond that Sophie is infuriating. She is a mousey heroine with absolutely know self-confidence. Instead of blossoming or coming into her own as the story progresses Sophie continues to doubt herself and remind readers and her friends that she is decidedly not special. Worse, her friends are quick to agree.
The book is also oddly out of time. Reference to cell phones suggest the book is set in the present although the atmosphere and attitudes of the characters seem to suggest an earlier time period. The characters are similarly ageless. The Wolf Princess is marketed for ages 10-14 meaning, because the ages are never implicitly stated, there is a huge spread for how old the characters can be. Taken as a middle grade novel Sophie's behavior might make more sense but I doubt it would make her more tolerable.
This story is likely to appeal to anyone who has enjoyed Leigh Bardugo's Grisha books or wants a riff on the tropes found in A Little Princess. However readers should be wary of the flaws in certain aspects of The Wolf Princess.
Possible Pairings: Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo, A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Dark Unwinding by Sharon Cameron, The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, Sender Unknown by Sallie Lowenstein, Kiki Strike by Kirsten Miller, The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Sophie thinks things might have gone differently if she wasn't an orphan. But she is. Trapped in her grey English boarding school. Trapped in her grey boring life even as dreams of winter in Russia, majestic wolves and a strange forest haunt her.
Nothing interesting ever happens to Sophie. She wouldn't expect anything different.
Then a stranger comes to the school and invites Sophie and her roommates--glamorous Delphine and bookish Marianne--on a school trip to St. Petersburg.
The following adventure is even more than Sophie could hope for as they girls are abandoned in a blizzard and whisked away to a wintry palace to rival Sophie's grandest dreams in The Wolf Princess (2012) by Cathryn Constable.
I went into this book with high expectations and only a vague sense of what to expect beyond a rags to riches fairy tale story.
In a way that is exactly what The Wolf Princess delivers. But in other ways it was a disappointment.
Sophie is fascinated with Russia in a way that should be endearing and draw readers in as well. Instead it comes off as vaguely condescending as she describes Russian words knocking into each other and, at one point, describes a Russian character's handwriting as distinctly foreign.
All of the characters in the story feel like caricatures complete with an icy winter princess, a sturdy Russian officer and, of course, one friend who is defined solely as being glamorous and half-French (no, really) and another who is interesting only in that she is intelligent (I don't even remember if we were ever told her hair color).
Beyond that Sophie is infuriating. She is a mousey heroine with absolutely know self-confidence. Instead of blossoming or coming into her own as the story progresses Sophie continues to doubt herself and remind readers and her friends that she is decidedly not special. Worse, her friends are quick to agree.
The book is also oddly out of time. Reference to cell phones suggest the book is set in the present although the atmosphere and attitudes of the characters seem to suggest an earlier time period. The characters are similarly ageless. The Wolf Princess is marketed for ages 10-14 meaning, because the ages are never implicitly stated, there is a huge spread for how old the characters can be. Taken as a middle grade novel Sophie's behavior might make more sense but I doubt it would make her more tolerable.
This story is likely to appeal to anyone who has enjoyed Leigh Bardugo's Grisha books or wants a riff on the tropes found in A Little Princess. However readers should be wary of the flaws in certain aspects of The Wolf Princess.
Possible Pairings: Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo, A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Dark Unwinding by Sharon Cameron, The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, Sender Unknown by Sallie Lowenstein, Kiki Strike by Kirsten Miller, The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
The Wolf Princess mainly takes place in Russia at the Volkonsky Winter Palace. My favorite part of the book was definitely the setting. The plot was okay, but I did find it to be predictable. While I liked the characters for the most part, the protagonist tended to be naïve at times which frustrated me. I gave this book a 3.5 out of 5 stars and a 6/10.