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A review by naynayreads
Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
4.0
This is a beautifully written story. I have always loved fairy tales and have always been interested about learning about the Holocaust.
I loved how Yolen tied in the tale of sleeping beauty with one womans experience during WWII. It was both beautiful and devastating. The beginning was a little slow just because there really wasn't any mystery, from the cover of the book I already had an idea that it had to do with being a prisoner in a concentration camp. But it surprised me how in depth the story and mystery of the fairy tale actually went.
One of my favorite things about this story is the character development. All the important characters have such vibrant personalities that as a reader you feel like you know them just as much as if you were actually in the story.
And I also like that not everything was explained, usually that drives me crazy but in this story it worked. This story is a great mix of fantasy meets realistic fiction.
I loved how Yolen tied in the tale of sleeping beauty with one womans experience during WWII. It was both beautiful and devastating. The beginning was a little slow just because there really wasn't any mystery, from the cover of the book I already had an idea that it had to do with being a prisoner in a concentration camp. But it surprised me how in depth the story and mystery of the fairy tale actually went.
One of my favorite things about this story is the character development. All the important characters have such vibrant personalities that as a reader you feel like you know them just as much as if you were actually in the story.
And I also like that not everything was explained, usually that drives me crazy but in this story it worked. This story is a great mix of fantasy meets realistic fiction.