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katemarie99 's review for:
Spindle's End
by Robin McKinley
-I like that it is more about Katriona than Rosie
-kind of like the Prince and the pauper version of sleeping beauty?
-what is it with McKinley and truly terrible endings? It feels like she didn’t plan out the ending ahead of time but kind of threw it together last minute this is confusing and disjointed and distracting. I did not like it
-as always, she tells the story as if she is a distant observer so that we can never get close to any of the characters. Usually if a story is in first person, this can be remedied, but as Beauty was told in the first person and still managed to have this quality, it obviously does not apply in all circumstances
-I get the impression that this is the author’s attempt to maintain the tradition of a narrator telling a fairtytale. Fairytales are a kind of skeleton that each parent can embellish as they like. But McKinley of all people should know that when you’re retelling a fairytale, you can break some of the rules – you can have an ugly Belle, a stunning Beast, kind stepsisters and mother, a not-so-handsome Prince Charming. That’s what retellings are FOR
-it feels distant! I want to love those characters but she rarely if ever lets you get inside their heads to see what they’re thinking or better yet – their hearts to know what they’re feeling
-barely any dialogue also contributes to this problem
-kind of like the Prince and the pauper version of sleeping beauty?
-what is it with McKinley and truly terrible endings? It feels like she didn’t plan out the ending ahead of time but kind of threw it together last minute this is confusing and disjointed and distracting. I did not like it
-as always, she tells the story as if she is a distant observer so that we can never get close to any of the characters. Usually if a story is in first person, this can be remedied, but as Beauty was told in the first person and still managed to have this quality, it obviously does not apply in all circumstances
-I get the impression that this is the author’s attempt to maintain the tradition of a narrator telling a fairtytale. Fairytales are a kind of skeleton that each parent can embellish as they like. But McKinley of all people should know that when you’re retelling a fairytale, you can break some of the rules – you can have an ugly Belle, a stunning Beast, kind stepsisters and mother, a not-so-handsome Prince Charming. That’s what retellings are FOR
-it feels distant! I want to love those characters but she rarely if ever lets you get inside their heads to see what they’re thinking or better yet – their hearts to know what they’re feeling
-barely any dialogue also contributes to this problem