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The Snow Song

Sally Gardner

3.79 AVERAGE


I don't enjoy fairy tail retellings as a general rule, so having an original story set in a similar format was a breath of fresh air, the pacing was great and the conclusion was very cathartic.
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freya_amber's review

3.0

A rather depressing read with a horrible racist/sexist villain. There were just more and more awful things about him revealed as the book went on.

The ending tied things together nicely.

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ema_j's review

4.5

bethd2828's review

3.0
adventurous dark mysterious sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
challenging dark inspiring mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Is your life yours or is a revival of a folklore tale?
This story is like living in a tale, where all the characters have a magnetic force, for good or bad, making the story powerful and magic that will let you mesmerized with this powerful book.
This is the story of Edith, she lives with her alcoholic father in a small village controlled by elders and their closed minds.
Everything will change when she will meet Demetrius, a shepherd, they fall in love instantly, but as an outsider of the village no one sees their relation with good eyes and the butcher (Edith suitor) forces them to make a promise that maybe will not be possible, arranging a forced marriage.
This is a story about love, but told with delicacy and full of fables intertwined within the story.; It will make the reader impossible to stop reading.
The story is beautiful, full of twists and mysteries but modern and strong, never doubt the power of the words, they are more harmful than we think.
If you are looking for a story to fall in love and never forget this is the book you are searching; you’ll want to read again and again.
Ready to discover “The Snow Song”?
adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Falling for a shepherd, Edith is promised to the Butcher if he does not return by winter. As the first snow falls, Edith's hair turns white and she loses the power of speech. Running away from her wedding she finds a shelter in the woods and survives to the next year, returning to her village and being viewed as a demon. But Edith's lack of voice has allowed others to find theirs and the village starts to rebel against tradition.
This is a rather oddly endearing book. At first I found it frustrating with the faux naif style and the simplistic folk tale, then it started to get darker and very adult themes of sex and violence were hinted at. A fairy story for modern generations and strangely excellent
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imaginesysiphus's review

DID NOT FINISH: 9%

Dnf'd in chapter three because of the writing style.