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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
"Listener, I hope you have found some light here."
“The world is dark, and light is precious. Come closer, dear reader. You must trust me. I am telling you a story”
This is the book I’ve reread the most times in my entire life, and it is perfect every time. The story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread will always have a special place in my heart.
This is the book I’ve reread the most times in my entire life, and it is perfect every time. The story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread will always have a special place in my heart.
Read this with both kids. I wanted to love it and just didn’t. It held their interest though for the most part. Meh.
Themes of story-telling, love, hope, forgiveness, and some relative realism (for a fairy tale): what's not to love?
Enjoyable to read, with memorable characters--a mouse, a rat, a princess, and a bumbling servant girl, all at a royal castle--but I found the story a bit too heavy on the dark elements. The ending was happy and what I wanted, but seemed to be wrapped up too simply.
Started reading this book to our 5-year-old grandson last summer, left off, and now his kindergarten teacher is reading it to his pod-class, so I finished it off by myself--just as our distant 7-year-old granddaughter asked me to read her a story over video calls, so I'll be reading it again.
Started reading this book to our 5-year-old grandson last summer, left off, and now his kindergarten teacher is reading it to his pod-class, so I finished it off by myself--just as our distant 7-year-old granddaughter asked me to read her a story over video calls, so I'll be reading it again.
Really truly hated this book. Overwritten and pedantic. Wasn’t crazy about the “love story”, or the representation of women. I get that it’s trying for a classic fairy tale feeling, but I’ll stick with Gail Carson Levine for that.
dark
medium-paced
