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z_thatsit's review against another edition
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Physical abuse, Abandonment, and Child abuse
Moderate: Blood, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Addiction, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Gaslighting, Infertility, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Pregnancy, and War
syd991's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I’m not exactly sure what to say about this book. I generally enjoy the idea of twisted fairytales and retellings, but I didn’t love this one.
I didn’t overly enjoy any of the characters or story. I do feel intrigued enough to perhaps pick up another book in the series someday.
I feel like the thing that really turned me off of this book was the style, it’s very straight to the point, and I feel like I would have loved it more if there was a bit more expressiveness in the writing.
So overall, not my personal cup of tea, but I still somewhat enjoyed it, so maybe you will too.
I didn’t overly enjoy any of the characters or story. I do feel intrigued enough to perhaps pick up another book in the series someday.
I feel like the thing that really turned me off of this book was the style, it’s very straight to the point, and I feel like I would have loved it more if there was a bit more expressiveness in the writing.
So overall, not my personal cup of tea, but I still somewhat enjoyed it, so maybe you will too.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Abandonment, Addiction, and Child abuse
Minor: War and Violence
studiouspoppy's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
I started reading this book because I'm interested in stories that show a different perspective of a classical story such as Snow White. Although I didn't dislike this book, it never really caught me in the plot, and I felt like the character development of the Wicked Queen was very stereotypical.
For once, the idea of the Queen being good at the beginning is represented by a very "motherly/nurturing" woman, who was once abused as a child and tries to be a good mother to her stepdaughter. Then, grief turns her into an evil woman, who is addicted to her father's approval (which she wished for all her life), and part of her "evilness" is represented by her lack of maternal feeling towards Snow, and her ambition. Obviously, there are other aspects of her new personality, like jealousy and cruelty, but I think is kind of sexist to turn her into an ambitious woman to make her look bad, making ambition to be an un-womanly trait.
There's also the idea of the mirror telling the Queen she has "matured" and that she has grown to not care about the matters of the heart, which was necessary to rule and care about more important matters. I think this is too similar to the idea of men being rationals and women being emotional, which has been used as an argument to exclude women from public life and politics.
For once, the idea of the Queen being good at the beginning is represented by a very "motherly/nurturing" woman, who was once abused as a child and tries to be a good mother to her stepdaughter. Then, grief turns her into an evil woman, who is addicted to her father's approval (which she wished for all her life), and part of her "evilness" is represented by her lack of maternal feeling towards Snow, and her ambition. Obviously, there are other aspects of her new personality, like jealousy and cruelty, but I think is kind of sexist to turn her into an ambitious woman to make her look bad, making ambition to be an un-womanly trait.
There's also the idea of the mirror telling the Queen she has "matured" and that she has grown to not care about the matters of the heart, which was necessary to rule and care about more important matters. I think this is too similar to the idea of men being rationals and women being emotional, which has been used as an argument to exclude women from public life and politics.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Addiction, and Child abuse
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