You need to sign in or sign up before continuing.
Take a photo of a barcode or cover
A review by azar_salahi
Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier
2.0
2.5
This story is based on a fairytale (which I'm not familiar with). And it felt just like reading your average fairytale but in 600 pages instead of 20.
My problem is that I don't understand the point of this book. The writing was beautiful, yes, and that's why I finished it and didn't just dnf (also listening to the audiobook helped a lot, I wouldn't have lasted reading it by myself).
I think there must be a purpose to retelling or expanding an already existing story other than just going through the details. This was pretty straightforward, with no subversion of the fairytale tropes, no new perspectives, nothing new to add. It just painted a very vivid picture of every single aspect of the fairytale. And to be honest, I've never read a fairytale and thought to myself, I wish it was 600 pages long
This story is based on a fairytale (which I'm not familiar with). And it felt just like reading your average fairytale but in 600 pages instead of 20.
My problem is that I don't understand the point of this book. The writing was beautiful, yes, and that's why I finished it and didn't just dnf (also listening to the audiobook helped a lot, I wouldn't have lasted reading it by myself).
I think there must be a purpose to retelling or expanding an already existing story other than just going through the details. This was pretty straightforward, with no subversion of the fairytale tropes, no new perspectives, nothing new to add. It just painted a very vivid picture of every single aspect of the fairytale. And to be honest, I've never read a fairytale and thought to myself, I wish it was 600 pages long