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A review by saguaros
Jack the Giant Killer by Charles de Lint
5.0
Charles de Lint's books are very meaningful to me and, in many ways, have been life-changing, but apart from The Cats of Tanglewood last year (which I didn't like much and was disappointed with and scared it meant the end of my love affair with his books) I hadn't read him in a few years.
But I had a fairy itch that needed scratching--fairies and fairytales--and I wanted something a bit older, a bit less contemporary, and I thought, why not read this older fairytale retelling Charles the Lint wrote back in the 80s that I've never read?
I loved it! It was exactly what I needed and I was charmed to pieces. I had no idea that the protagonist was a female!Jack which made it all the better. Also awesome: that it took place in Ottawa. Not many fantasy books take place in Canada/in Canadian cities, and it felt really good to read one where the action took place in a city I know, in a country I'm from.
That's a case of a fun book that was at the right time and right place for me :)))
But I had a fairy itch that needed scratching--fairies and fairytales--and I wanted something a bit older, a bit less contemporary, and I thought, why not read this older fairytale retelling Charles the Lint wrote back in the 80s that I've never read?
I loved it! It was exactly what I needed and I was charmed to pieces. I had no idea that the protagonist was a female!Jack which made it all the better. Also awesome: that it took place in Ottawa. Not many fantasy books take place in Canada/in Canadian cities, and it felt really good to read one where the action took place in a city I know, in a country I'm from.
That's a case of a fun book that was at the right time and right place for me :)))