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aloysiuss's review against another edition
2.0
shallow, not very interesting. how can you write a book where music and singing are supposed to be important and not put even one little cheesy line of italisized song text in the story. leon and blaine were totally useless characters, and perrin didn't do jack shit to get his protagonist status. not sure this would have captured my attention even if i was a little child. illustrations were ok, nothing groundbreaking. it was a book though.
melaniegaum's review against another edition
3.0
This version of "The Magic Brocade" (with some elements from "The Princess on the Glass Hill") was fine and had nice illustrations, but I think [b:The Weaving of a Dream|591240|The Weaving of a Dream|Marilee Heyer|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1391048310l/591240._SX50_.jpg|577993] by Marilee Heyer was far more well done and remained true to the Chinese setting.
elevetha's review against another edition
3.0
A beautiful fairytale retelling of the Chinese tale "The Magic Brocade" and the Norwegian tale "The Princess On the Glass Hill".
Legitimately though, it wouldn't be a fairytale without a helpful, and apparently independently wealthy, hermit handing out enchanted objects and/or gold to random passerby to aid them in their quests.
Legitimately though, it wouldn't be a fairytale without a helpful, and apparently independently wealthy, hermit handing out enchanted objects and/or gold to random passerby to aid them in their quests.
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