371 reviews for:

Briar Rose

Jane Yolen, Terri Windling

3.78 AVERAGE

frostqueen's review against another edition

3.25

dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

deereads1's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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Interesting take on a Holocaust setting

booktraveller4life's review against another edition

3.0

emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

stacy_koster's review against another edition

5.0

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A masterfully written story.

bookishd's review against another edition

4.5

emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

heymeghan's review against another edition

3.0

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Don't be fooled - this is NOT a fairy tale retelling. Well, not in the classical sense, and I lOVE fairy tale retellings in the classical sense, so I was. Fooled that is. And disappointed. I don't even know if this book was any good because I was disappointed I wasn't reading a fairy tale retelling. *sigh*

mangoseaquest's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional slow-paced

engel_dreizehn's review against another edition

4.0

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Thought it was going to fantasy retelling but that was a very good historical fiction with the "sleeping beauty" fairytale used as an important motif-theme in the kid protagonist's investigation.

slowreadersanonymous's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

thecampinglibrarian's review against another edition

3.5

challenging emotional informative tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes