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4.06 AVERAGE
4.06 AVERAGE
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
mysterious
slow-paced
challenging
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Technically this is a poem, but it's a narrative poem so I'm counting it as a short story. Anyway, it was EXCELLENT. I've had it on my to-read shelf for a while, and with [b:The Goblins of Bellwater|33973968|The Goblins of Bellwater|Molly Ringle|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1487692398s/33973968.jpg|54960132] coming out (inspired by this poem), I got in the mood to finally read it.
Honestly, not enough people write about goblins. They really should.
Honestly, not enough people write about goblins. They really should.
relaxing
dark
fast-paced
what can i say? i'm a sucker for bodies and food as an imagery for desire and consumption?
a fascinating poem that can be read as a coming of age story, perhaps a metaphor for sexual violence from the goblins given the way that the goblin fruit is heavily sexualized. this reading would be particularly notable due to the way that laura & lizzie's relationship is--
another potent reading of this story is an examination of antisemitism in european literature/poetry. why is it these two young christian girls whose innocence are stolen by the jewish-coded goblins? interesting musings, and something i've started working on critiquing/commenting on by writing an adaptation of the story...anyways i digress. good poem.
Spoiler
in offering her sister the goblin fruit to cure Laura of her ailment, lizzie turns their relationship sexual, so incest here, while still a taboo ("forbidden fruit") is the beautiful softness that comes after laura's assault.another potent reading of this story is an examination of antisemitism in european literature/poetry. why is it these two young christian girls whose innocence are stolen by the jewish-coded goblins? interesting musings, and something i've started working on critiquing/commenting on by writing an adaptation of the story...anyways i digress. good poem.
dark
mysterious
fast-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:
Yes