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A review by cheyennemathews
The Storyteller's Daughter: A Retelling of the Arabian Nights by Cameron Dokey
3.0
“What have I done? What have I done? What have I done?
And just as swiftly as her mind posed the question, her heart gave the reply: What I must. What I must. What I must.”
This quote is a perfect depiction of The Storyteller’s Daughter by Cameron Dokey and the Arabian Nights tale in general. This retelling follows the pattern of every other Arabian Nights tale, but it had a few small deviations that made it its own story. The intro made me want to set down the book and stop reading, but once I got past that, it was a very fast read. The intro began the novel with the ‘storyteller’ or narrator asking us if we were comfortable, how interested we were, and other things about us turning the page that made me very bored. The problem with intros like that is I wasn’t actually doing any of the things she said I was. So that fell flat for me.
The general story outside of the beginning was okay, nothing new. The hidden gem in this novel was actually one of the stories told by the storyteller’s daughter about a girl who wanted to save her father. That was a nice tale.
This book was very mushy and all about seeing each others hearts. For the unromantic out there, this is not the book for you.
And just as swiftly as her mind posed the question, her heart gave the reply: What I must. What I must. What I must.”
This quote is a perfect depiction of The Storyteller’s Daughter by Cameron Dokey and the Arabian Nights tale in general. This retelling follows the pattern of every other Arabian Nights tale, but it had a few small deviations that made it its own story. The intro made me want to set down the book and stop reading, but once I got past that, it was a very fast read. The intro began the novel with the ‘storyteller’ or narrator asking us if we were comfortable, how interested we were, and other things about us turning the page that made me very bored. The problem with intros like that is I wasn’t actually doing any of the things she said I was. So that fell flat for me.
The general story outside of the beginning was okay, nothing new. The hidden gem in this novel was actually one of the stories told by the storyteller’s daughter about a girl who wanted to save her father. That was a nice tale.
This book was very mushy and all about seeing each others hearts. For the unromantic out there, this is not the book for you.