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Goblin Market by Sasha Newborn, Christina Rossetti

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emergingmuses's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

sanjastajdohar's review against another edition

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5.0

Sometimes I just crave hearing a story in verse and this is a great one. Having never read C. Rosetti before, I only knew her by name and had no expectations, but now I think I will indulge more in her work. Such a great story (take the symbolism of it to mean what you like, a morale story of light erotica, pick and choose), but more than the story I enjoyed such great word and verse mastery, such a delight to listen to it rather than read. All recommendations.

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5.0

This is an absolute treasure of a poem!

I read it in order to see if I want to do research on it for a course in my PhD, and I’m almost completely sold on doing so. There is just so much to unpack in Rossetti’s words and so much symbolism that I feel like diving in and seeing where I come out.

Lizzie and Laura are like two sides of a coin and are tempted by the wicked goblin men to come and “eat their fruits.” One sister does and it’s up to the other sister to save her. It’s an insanely simple plot, but so complex in its undertaking that I could read this poem over and over and see something new each time.