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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
Why this book has four stars:
1) I have rated worse books than this four stars, so I feel that I must give this four stars
2) I read it all in one sitting, and that must say something for it
3) The writing was surprisingly good--often, Young Adult books have sub-par writing to the point of being distracting, but I didn't find that to be true in this book.
4) Although it dealt mainly in clichés, rewriting an old fairy tale using characters I've encountered before in YA fiction, it did it well. And although the characters were well known, they did develop and change throughout the story.
5) The romance, though predictable, wasn't sickening or illogical, and for once there wasn't a love triangle (thank you Lewis). I ended up actually liking both characters, despite the fact that they were in love with one another.
6) Moral ambiguity. I was actually questioning the main character toward the end. it wasn't a terribly original choice, but it was an unusual decision in that final confrontation ()
7) I just have a soft spot in my heart for sci-fi and fantasy mashups.
8) That cover. Possibly my favorite book cover from this year. Mmmm.
9) Finally, cage fighting. Just yes.
That's all.
1) I have rated worse books than this four stars, so I feel that I must give this four stars
2) I read it all in one sitting, and that must say something for it
3) The writing was surprisingly good--often, Young Adult books have sub-par writing to the point of being distracting, but I didn't find that to be true in this book.
4) Although it dealt mainly in clichés, rewriting an old fairy tale using characters I've encountered before in YA fiction, it did it well. And although the characters were well known, they did develop and change throughout the story.
5) The romance, though predictable, wasn't sickening or illogical, and for once there wasn't a love triangle (thank you Lewis). I ended up actually liking both characters, despite the fact that they were in love with one another.
6) Moral ambiguity. I was actually questioning the main character toward the end. it wasn't a terribly original choice, but it was an unusual decision in that final confrontation (
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I think I might have liked this book better if she'd left Dane dead, actually. I have a lot of respect for people who kill off love interests7) I just have a soft spot in my heart for sci-fi and fantasy mashups.
8) That cover. Possibly my favorite book cover from this year. Mmmm.
9) Finally, cage fighting. Just yes.
That's all.
É muito raro eu resistir a um retelling e se tiver a componente de ficção científica pelo meio, género que eu tinha muitas saudades de folhear, torna-se ainda mais complicado não ceder a tentação – efeito Marissa Meyer, creio eu.
Enfim, pensei em traduzir a sinopse para começar a minha opinião, mas confesso que desisti – o enredo soava-me sempre um pouco tonto. Assim sendo, fixem apenas que "Stitching Snow" é um retelling da Branca de Neve da ousada e violenta versão dos Irmãos Grimm, repleto de paralelismos com o original que me deixaram encantada.
Por exemplo, os sete anões são substituídos por sete drones, a protagonista Snow é geneticamente alterada pelo pai para ser mesmo branca como a neve, a madrasta é uma assassina, etcetera… está tudo presente.
De um modo geral tenho de admitir que adorei a história, a forma como o desenvolvimento foi caminhando para o desenlace, com muitos detalhes e pormenores, com muita criatividade, não descuidando as emoções e o crescimento das personagens, tudo isso foi fantástico. No entanto, também tenho de confessar que o primeiro terço do livro foi muito lento e quase me fez desistir.
Que dizer-vos... se gostam do género FC e retellings sejam fortes e dêem-lhe uma oportunidade até à página 80, porque além de ter todas as componentes destes géneros literários, o livro é muito completo na forma como traz à luz temáticas como corrupção, política, tudo com regado com muita violência e, na mesma medida, cenários encantadores (palacianos). Além disto, claro que o romance e questões familiares estão incluídas como no original, mas depois à pequenos apontamentos, como desigualdade social, que acabam por levar o livro a outro nível.
Eu só não dou cinco estrelas pelo início, mas é sem dúvida uma história que estou feliz por ter dado uma oportunidade.
Enfim, pensei em traduzir a sinopse para começar a minha opinião, mas confesso que desisti – o enredo soava-me sempre um pouco tonto. Assim sendo, fixem apenas que "Stitching Snow" é um retelling da Branca de Neve da ousada e violenta versão dos Irmãos Grimm, repleto de paralelismos com o original que me deixaram encantada.
Por exemplo, os sete anões são substituídos por sete drones, a protagonista Snow é geneticamente alterada pelo pai para ser mesmo branca como a neve, a madrasta é uma assassina, etcetera… está tudo presente.
De um modo geral tenho de admitir que adorei a história, a forma como o desenvolvimento foi caminhando para o desenlace, com muitos detalhes e pormenores, com muita criatividade, não descuidando as emoções e o crescimento das personagens, tudo isso foi fantástico. No entanto, também tenho de confessar que o primeiro terço do livro foi muito lento e quase me fez desistir.
Que dizer-vos... se gostam do género FC e retellings sejam fortes e dêem-lhe uma oportunidade até à página 80, porque além de ter todas as componentes destes géneros literários, o livro é muito completo na forma como traz à luz temáticas como corrupção, política, tudo com regado com muita violência e, na mesma medida, cenários encantadores (palacianos). Além disto, claro que o romance e questões familiares estão incluídas como no original, mas depois à pequenos apontamentos, como desigualdade social, que acabam por levar o livro a outro nível.
Eu só não dou cinco estrelas pelo início, mas é sem dúvida uma história que estou feliz por ter dado uma oportunidade.
I'm beginning to realize that I have a soft spot for YA sci-fi. I (almost) always end up really enjoying them and this one was no exception. Space ships and secrets and intrigue for the win!
I ended up really liking the main character Essie. She's pretty gruff and, while her pushing everyone away got a touch annoying, her strong spirit more than won me over. Let'a just say Essie is one tough chick. Seriously, she makes extra money by fighting a bunch of surly miners. And builds robots in her spare time.
Speaking of Essie's robots, I really enjoyed them and the parallels to the seen dwarves they represent. Especially Dimwit, who I totally fell in love with.
Then there's Dane. A crash landing brings them together, but there's a lot more than that to keep them together (not always with both party's consent). I really liked Dane. He actually probably one of my favourite YA boys of 2014.
The part with Essie's dad really creeped me out a lot. However, I feel like it should have been bigger somehow to have a bit more impact, because I do think it added another layer to the story.
Overall, I'd call Stitching Snow a win. Definitely adding it to my list of YA Sci-fi, which is possibly becoming my new favourite sub-genre.
I ended up really liking the main character Essie. She's pretty gruff and, while her pushing everyone away got a touch annoying, her strong spirit more than won me over. Let'a just say Essie is one tough chick. Seriously, she makes extra money by fighting a bunch of surly miners. And builds robots in her spare time.
Speaking of Essie's robots, I really enjoyed them and the parallels to the seen dwarves they represent. Especially Dimwit, who I totally fell in love with.
Then there's Dane. A crash landing brings them together, but there's a lot more than that to keep them together (not always with both party's consent). I really liked Dane. He actually probably one of my favourite YA boys of 2014.
The part with Essie's dad really creeped me out a lot. However, I feel like it should have been bigger somehow to have a bit more impact, because I do think it added another layer to the story.
Overall, I'd call Stitching Snow a win. Definitely adding it to my list of YA Sci-fi, which is possibly becoming my new favourite sub-genre.
Nice sci-fi retelling of Snow White. I liked the little references to the original story. Essie was a great character and Dane turned out to be a great one too. I enjoyed their story. And I LOVED the drones :D especially Dimwit, of course. He was hilarious.
Keeping in mind this is meant for teen-ya, I did not expect elaborated story, so I could enjoy it as it was. Fun, action, tiny bit of romance, amazing drones, retelling backround, space travelling. Very good one. There were couple of things that I felt bit out of the space in the story and I would like more confrontating with Olivia but we need to keep in mind it was a stand-alone, so limited space. In overall, I liked it. It was not perfect but very much enjoyable read.
Keeping in mind this is meant for teen-ya, I did not expect elaborated story, so I could enjoy it as it was. Fun, action, tiny bit of romance, amazing drones, retelling backround, space travelling. Very good one. There were couple of things that I felt bit out of the space in the story
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what her father did to her when a kid and tried to do once back, I dont know, it felt weird in this story, out of space, such topic is a very delicate one, if you want to use such a thing, give it the importance and depth, so it could carry a message, here it felt more like "hmm I need something more, okay let´s use abusing father, let just briefly mention it and let him try once" Weird, this topic needs depth, here it was unnecesary or at least not treated right
I really liked the idea behind this and it would have been five stars if it weren't for the romance (sometimes I didn't think the chemistry was right) and I thought there was a plot hole or two. Otherwise, great retelling with a fresh twist on Snow White!
I love a good fairytale retelling and that’s exactly what Stiching Snow is. The synopsis didn’t completely enthrall me but the characters and the story pulled me in. There was a lot of action without the story or characters getting lost and the plot didn’t move too fast or too slow. I gave it five stars because I thought it was a great book. Essie made me laugh out loud a couple of times and I cried some tears in the end.
So there's this book...it's called Cinder (a Snow White retelling)...it was crazily similar to Stitching Snow (also a Snow White retelling)...I didn't really enjoy Cinder...
Stitching Snow, however, found the winning combination of what it takes to get my attention and held it for the whole span of the book. As I started reading it and realized the similarities I grew worried that it would end up on my DNF shelf, so it was with a sigh of relief and a goofy smile that I turned the last page.
The pacing, the plot, a kick ass heroine, crazy droid sidekicks, and hints of romance all flowed perfectly together creating this amazing story full of suspense, betrayal, and learning to embrace your destiny.
I did feel like the ending was a bit rushed. Like I said there was a hint of romance...there wasn't a whole lot of building up to it, just a thought here or a touch there. So when the ending came around, and things happened, it didn't fit quite right. But I do love the fact that this seems to be a stand alone rather than a series, that hardly happens anymore!
Overall I thoroughly enjoyed this retelling and while there are definite similarities between Stitching and Cinder there are enough differences to make Stitching Snow it's own book. Besides, with retellings there is always the same base story being built off of.
Stitching Snow, however, found the winning combination of what it takes to get my attention and held it for the whole span of the book. As I started reading it and realized the similarities I grew worried that it would end up on my DNF shelf, so it was with a sigh of relief and a goofy smile that I turned the last page.
The pacing, the plot, a kick ass heroine, crazy droid sidekicks, and hints of romance all flowed perfectly together creating this amazing story full of suspense, betrayal, and learning to embrace your destiny.
I did feel like the ending was a bit rushed. Like I said there was a hint of romance...there wasn't a whole lot of building up to it, just a thought here or a touch there. So when the ending came around, and things happened, it didn't fit quite right. But I do love the fact that this seems to be a stand alone rather than a series, that hardly happens anymore!
Overall I thoroughly enjoyed this retelling and while there are definite similarities between Stitching and Cinder there are enough differences to make Stitching Snow it's own book. Besides, with retellings there is always the same base story being built off of.
I didn't know this was a fairytale retelling or even science fiction until I was hooked. But that didn't take too long. This book immediately sweeps you away from this world into the world of Thanda and the tough living Essie makes of fighting and repairing robots for the miners. It was cold and dreary while I was reading this book so I could immediately feel the world of Thanda. No hope is the best way to describe it. It's the last stop to nowhere. Though I figured out who Essie was pretty quickly I had no idea how she had gotten where she was and why (except for the original story line).
Then Dane crashes into her world, literally, and everything changes. Dane seems innocent enough and likable. But Essie is cautious of anyone, especially strangers. She's always waited for the day when someone came looking for her. But Dane appears to be on the up and up. He just wants to free his people and beat the cruel rulers of Windsong, which happens to be Essie's home planet. He tries to enlist her help, but she wants nothing to do with it. Hoping her secret is safe, she helps to patch his shuttle and hopes to send him on his way. That's what she wants. Dane has another agenda.
The romance in the novel is what we all hope for, but seldom get. Essie is suspicious of Dane. Dane treats her as a hostage. But they slowly become friends and then into more. But it is slow. I wouldn't even call it a burn. There is a huge obstacle standing between their intimacy, one I never guessed at and had to think about before I came to terms with it being in the story. I couldn't decide why it felt like it was just thrown in there at the last minute. But then I went back to examine Essie's behavior and realized there were clues to this all along. In fact, I couldn't understand the hatred she had for this person, why she didn't trust him when it seemed he may have been a victim as well. But then this thing that happened, it explained her feelings and in the end made sense to me. I'm just surprised I didn't see the signs before the ending.
There are a lot of twists and turns in the novel. A lot of, "it's a small world after all," moments. And interesting world building. Dane and the inhabitants of his planet have an unusual ability, Essie has it as well though it doesn't come as easy for her. I like how it was introduced slowly, then explained and put into action. And the "stitching" has nothing to do with a needle and thread. I loved how R.C. Lewis used that word to describe what Essie did, bridging the original story of Snow White to this updated, unique spin on the story.
Though the ending was satisfying, it felt just a tad bit rushed. Some of the drama could have been drawn out. And I was left with a few questions. But I was so glad it was not a series. It was the perfect read overall. I highly recommend it for lovers of YA fiction with a bent towards Science Fiction, Paranormal Abilities and Fairytale Retellings. There is a romance in it as well for those of us that need a love story to make us happy! There is violence and some suggestion of attempted rape.
Then Dane crashes into her world, literally, and everything changes. Dane seems innocent enough and likable. But Essie is cautious of anyone, especially strangers. She's always waited for the day when someone came looking for her. But Dane appears to be on the up and up. He just wants to free his people and beat the cruel rulers of Windsong, which happens to be Essie's home planet. He tries to enlist her help, but she wants nothing to do with it. Hoping her secret is safe, she helps to patch his shuttle and hopes to send him on his way. That's what she wants. Dane has another agenda.
The romance in the novel is what we all hope for, but seldom get. Essie is suspicious of Dane. Dane treats her as a hostage. But they slowly become friends and then into more. But it is slow. I wouldn't even call it a burn. There is a huge obstacle standing between their intimacy, one I never guessed at and had to think about before I came to terms with it being in the story. I couldn't decide why it felt like it was just thrown in there at the last minute. But then I went back to examine Essie's behavior and realized there were clues to this all along. In fact, I couldn't understand the hatred she had for this person, why she didn't trust him when it seemed he may have been a victim as well. But then this thing that happened, it explained her feelings and in the end made sense to me. I'm just surprised I didn't see the signs before the ending.
There are a lot of twists and turns in the novel. A lot of, "it's a small world after all," moments. And interesting world building. Dane and the inhabitants of his planet have an unusual ability, Essie has it as well though it doesn't come as easy for her. I like how it was introduced slowly, then explained and put into action. And the "stitching" has nothing to do with a needle and thread. I loved how R.C. Lewis used that word to describe what Essie did, bridging the original story of Snow White to this updated, unique spin on the story.
Though the ending was satisfying, it felt just a tad bit rushed. Some of the drama could have been drawn out. And I was left with a few questions. But I was so glad it was not a series. It was the perfect read overall. I highly recommend it for lovers of YA fiction with a bent towards Science Fiction, Paranormal Abilities and Fairytale Retellings. There is a romance in it as well for those of us that need a love story to make us happy! There is violence and some suggestion of attempted rape.
"Brave is being scared and doing what needs to be done anyway."
This one ended up being pretty darn good. I don't know how I managed it, but I"m reading 2! different Snow White re-tellings. But, so far, I like them both.
This one worried me around the middle - because it felt like it was starting to drag. But it kicked back up and got going again and ended strong.
I ended up like Essie. I wasn't so sure at first, but she ended up being alright. Dane was cute too, and Cusser. But by far Dimwit was my favorite.
This one ended up being pretty darn good. I don't know how I managed it, but I"m reading 2! different Snow White re-tellings. But, so far, I like them both.
This one worried me around the middle - because it felt like it was starting to drag. But it kicked back up and got going again and ended strong.
I ended up like Essie. I wasn't so sure at first, but she ended up being alright. Dane was cute too, and Cusser. But by far Dimwit was my favorite.