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Undine by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué

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m_a_j's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

emlickliter's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

Undine by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué – This German ancestor to The Little Mermaid is just as sad if not worse! But it was really cool! Happy Reading!

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3.0

amusing & entertaining

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1.0

Sadly, the mermaids here are far and few between, like most mermaid stories I read. She's a human for about all of the book. She's some sort of orphaned water-nymph taken in by parents, and she never betrays a non-human nature. She marries a wandering knight, and then there's some strife and betrayal. To be honest, I tuned out the last quarter of the book once I realized the mermaids were not happening.

The nice thing about it was that it was classic romance genre, so there was nothing complex about it. It smacked of Ivanhoe -- wandering knight, torn between two women, and I think there was a joust. But it was much shorter so that was good. I can also see where Hans Christian Andersen got some of his influences for The Little Mermaid. If you want to say you've read some classic romantic literature, this is a good place to start.