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peachyguro 's review for:
In a Glass Grimmly
by Adam Gidwitz
I personally found the first edition to be better than this one, but I, nevertheless, enjoyed this. I decided to really read it during the power outage that happened recently with hurricane Irma. In a lot of ways, I didn't really connect with anything in particular, but I do enjoy reading story tale retellings. There's something nice about seeing how people do their own spin on the subjects that they present.
Oh, and I adore the little inserts he does to break the fourth wall in the novels. I always thought it to be playful and witty rather than annoying or something that breaks the atmosphere of the novel. It's consistent, but I'm just not that fond of the adventures themselves. The only part that I really liked was with the mermaid. Now, that I felt a sting to my heart. I think it's because it's relevant in my life right now - that sense of someone telling you nice things only to bestow harm onto you later. I felt so warm inside with a candle lit in the corner of my room as I kept reading "beautiful girl" over and over from the mermaid. Then I just felt slightly unsettled when the mermaid doesn't have its own twist, and it's still as cruel as the fisherman proposed the situation to be.
Ah, well, this book wasn't a waste of time, and god, finally I get to say I finished a goddamn book for once after so many months!
Oh, and I adore the little inserts he does to break the fourth wall in the novels. I always thought it to be playful and witty rather than annoying or something that breaks the atmosphere of the novel. It's consistent, but I'm just not that fond of the adventures themselves. The only part that I really liked was with the mermaid. Now, that I felt a sting to my heart. I think it's because it's relevant in my life right now - that sense of someone telling you nice things only to bestow harm onto you later. I felt so warm inside with a candle lit in the corner of my room as I kept reading "beautiful girl" over and over from the mermaid. Then I just felt slightly unsettled when the mermaid doesn't have its own twist, and it's still as cruel as the fisherman proposed the situation to be.
Ah, well, this book wasn't a waste of time, and god, finally I get to say I finished a goddamn book for once after so many months!