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The Snow Queen
by Naomi C. Lewis
Kay and Gerda are best friends living in a magical world inhabited by a Snow Queen. When Kay’s heart is pierced by a splinter from an enchanted mirror, he is suddenly unable to see the good in anyone. Shortly thereafter, he is kidnapped by the Snow Queen and carried away from his best friend. Little Gerda then takes off on a mission to bring Kay back home, encountering royalty, talking flowers, and highway robbers on her adventure.
So this past weekend, I was finishing up a few books when I realized that I had not opened a classic all month, and as part of my classics challenge, I’m supposed to be reading AT LEAST one classic a month. I was sitting at work and looking for a quick classic to read over a day or two (which is horrible, I shouldn’t be doing this for a quick read), and I stumbled upon Anna Karenina, which I started and really really liked, only, of course, at close to 1000 pages, it wasn’t going to be the quick read I was looking for. So I read a bit of that and then started listening to The Snow Queen while finishing up some work.
The Snow Queen was an enchanting read about the power of friendship and love and definitely did not feel 150 years old. There were a lot of thinly-veiled religious references, though, which might not be everyone’s cup of tea, and I don’t think it will be a book that sticks out in my memory as a particularly life-changing one. It is a winter classic that I will likely revisit one day, though, maybe with children, as that is its intended audience
So this past weekend, I was finishing up a few books when I realized that I had not opened a classic all month, and as part of my classics challenge, I’m supposed to be reading AT LEAST one classic a month. I was sitting at work and looking for a quick classic to read over a day or two (which is horrible, I shouldn’t be doing this for a quick read), and I stumbled upon Anna Karenina, which I started and really really liked, only, of course, at close to 1000 pages, it wasn’t going to be the quick read I was looking for. So I read a bit of that and then started listening to The Snow Queen while finishing up some work.
The Snow Queen was an enchanting read about the power of friendship and love and definitely did not feel 150 years old. There were a lot of thinly-veiled religious references, though, which might not be everyone’s cup of tea, and I don’t think it will be a book that sticks out in my memory as a particularly life-changing one. It is a winter classic that I will likely revisit one day, though, maybe with children, as that is its intended audience