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When the Sea Turned to Silver
by Grace Lin
Rounding up to 4 stars because I recognize the merit of this story. I just didn't...feel it.
When the Sea Turned to Silver follows the storyteller's granddaughter as she tries to rescue her grandma from the evil emperor. As she goes, she tells the stories she learned and the mythology she weaves plays into the other characters in the narrative.
I agree with all the other positive reviews on here--this would be a great story to read to children. It a delightful homage to Chinese mythology and oral tradition and a high-stakes adventure novel with myth and fantasy.
I just really, really struggled to get into it.
I've been poking at it for almost a year now and feel some relief at being done. But I've got the other two books by this author and I suppose I should read those and return all of them to my cousin before another year sneaks by with me holding onto her books...
When the Sea Turned to Silver follows the storyteller's granddaughter as she tries to rescue her grandma from the evil emperor. As she goes, she tells the stories she learned and the mythology she weaves plays into the other characters in the narrative.
I agree with all the other positive reviews on here--this would be a great story to read to children. It a delightful homage to Chinese mythology and oral tradition and a high-stakes adventure novel with myth and fantasy.
I just really, really struggled to get into it.
I've been poking at it for almost a year now and feel some relief at being done. But I've got the other two books by this author and I suppose I should read those and return all of them to my cousin before another year sneaks by with me holding onto her books...