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friendlymilk 's review for:
The Snow Spider
by Jenny Nimmo
I read this book when I was in elementary school. I remember very few books that I read at those ages, but the feel of the Snow Spider Trilogy stuck with me. I like the dreamy, intuitive feel of the magic.
On my recent reread, though, I realized that the grandmother is a terrible person. She's wanted to be magic her entire life but she didn't inherit it, so she positioned herself as close to the magical world as possible. When she realized her grandchild did inherit magic, she pushed him into it with very little explanation or guidance.
Then she got mad at him when he let a bad spirit loose, even though the whole thing could have been prevented if she had bothered to ease him in, maybe give him some books on mythology or just STRAIGHT UP TELL HIM the origin of the creepy horse toy.
I bet she also knew what happened to his sister but just didn't feel like mentioning it.
On my recent reread, though, I realized that the grandmother is a terrible person. She's wanted to be magic her entire life but she didn't inherit it, so she positioned herself as close to the magical world as possible. When she realized her grandchild did inherit magic, she pushed him into it with very little explanation or guidance.
Then she got mad at him when he let a bad spirit loose, even though the whole thing could have been prevented if she had bothered to ease him in, maybe give him some books on mythology or just STRAIGHT UP TELL HIM the origin of the creepy horse toy.
I bet she also knew what happened to his sister but just didn't feel like mentioning it.