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amysmithlinton's review
3.0
This retelling of the Seven Swans fairy tale, which I read thinking I was reading a sequel to Shannon Hale's Goose Girl, go figure, has a sassy protagonist who does one good deed and is rewarded with beauty and the ability to make gold. This puts her in an awkward position with one greedy king and one doltish prince, but neither she nor her trusty geese allow her to be coerced into a bad marriage. Light-weight amusement with a dash of girrrl power.
lunar3of5's review
5.0
Very cute and entertaining book. A great book for girls eight and older and those of us who love a great little story.
chrisannee's review
3.0
Kindl's heroines are usually thrust into their role reluctantly. Extremely reluctantly. I love the realism they possess. No "world peace" goals for them, at least in the beginning. No, when we meet them the goals are completely and unabashedly selfish. Money, position, a life free from all pain. And then, as the story progresses, they get painfully and irreversibly drawn out of themselves. And such is the case here. There were a couple of "old" comments that aged the audience, though. But it's not a complete waste of time. Try her Keeping The Castle too.
chrisannee's review against another edition
4.0
Kindl always creates a unique voice for her flawed narrating characters and this one is no different. Her main character is a goose girl who, at age 14, has allllll the opinions typical of that age.
Unfortunately blessed to cry diamonds and brush gold out of her hair, she is imprisoned by her would-be suitors, a violent king and a naive prince, until she decides between the two of them. Happily for the reader, Kindl's target audience is NOT the Twilight set and she is rescued by her geese.
What follows is a mesh of several fun fairy tales and, though it's not literature by any means, it's semi-original, fun, and includes some humorous, realistic growth.
Unfortunately blessed to cry diamonds and brush gold out of her hair, she is imprisoned by her would-be suitors, a violent king and a naive prince, until she decides between the two of them. Happily for the reader, Kindl's target audience is NOT the Twilight set and she is rescued by her geese.
What follows is a mesh of several fun fairy tales and, though it's not literature by any means, it's semi-original, fun, and includes some humorous, realistic growth.
krpinbooks's review
4.0
This was an adorably written book. The story was fun and moved along nice and quickly so that there was never a boring moment. There was a tiny bit of romance involved but I loved that the Goose Girl had no interest in marriage at all which was very appropriate for her age.
skundrik's review
4.0
It was annoying how the dialogue was a mixture of old-fashioned and 21st century language. Other than that, really good.
thecaptainsquarters's review
3.0
Ahoy there me mateys! I found out about this author when I read her book keeping the castle: a tale of romance, riches, and real estate. It was a silly and wonderful take on pride and prejudice and had a beautiful cover. I wanted the second book in the series and was checking at a local library to get it. They didn't have that but they did have this tale which is a spoof mixing many fairy tales.
The story follows Alexandria who used to be an ordinary goose girl when she fed a crone a piece of bread and was granted gifts. The problem is that these "gifts" including beauty, her tears turning into diamonds, and gold dust falling from her hair whenever she combs it, have led to her being locked in a tower and being fought over by the rulers of two kingdoms. Alexandria longs to be regular goose girl again and is determined to escape from her tower and be in control of her own destiny.
I thought this was a quick, silly, light, and fun read. Some of the fairy tales I recognized were the goose girl, Rapunzel, Cinderella, wild swans, and diamonds and toads. This is both an ode to fairy tales and a commentary on them at the same time. It's nothing ground-breaking but it was a very enjoyable tale that I be glad I read. Arrr!
The story follows Alexandria who used to be an ordinary goose girl when she fed a crone a piece of bread and was granted gifts. The problem is that these "gifts" including beauty, her tears turning into diamonds, and gold dust falling from her hair whenever she combs it, have led to her being locked in a tower and being fought over by the rulers of two kingdoms. Alexandria longs to be regular goose girl again and is determined to escape from her tower and be in control of her own destiny.
I thought this was a quick, silly, light, and fun read. Some of the fairy tales I recognized were the goose girl, Rapunzel, Cinderella, wild swans, and diamonds and toads. This is both an ode to fairy tales and a commentary on them at the same time. It's nothing ground-breaking but it was a very enjoyable tale that I be glad I read. Arrr!
loopy_do_bit's review
4.0
Cute story. At times, I thought it was a little too cheesy, but the ending helped make everything make sense.
magicaltats's review against another edition
4.0
I really do like this story, the main character is a mighty girl and I love her and the plot.