A review by hattifattener
Briar Rose by Jane Yolen

1.0

There are many worthy explorations of the Holocaust, enchanting retellings of Sleeping Beauty, & charming books by Jane Yolen. "Briar Rose" could have been all these things, & yet it is not a one.

I should have noted the cringeworthy & completely unnecessary #MeToo Red Flag moments of the Editor hitting on his 23-year-old beautiful jr. reporter & dropped the book as soon as he grabbed her by the chin to look into her eyes. Luckily the storytelling is extremely forgettable & I expect I'll be liberated of the bad memories.