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weewaa13 's review for:
Spindle's End
by Robin McKinley
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
So I had such fond memories of reading this as a child, and some of that magic was there this time around, but somehow I had concocted a completely different version in my head??
I genuinely remembered it being so much queerer than it was!! I was convinced that this was the first canonically queer book I ever read but I guess not??? I guess child me interpreted it that way because that was the only way I could skim over the fact that Rosie gets with Narl, a man who KNEW HER AS A YOUNG CHILD AND IS PROBABLY AT LEAST TWICE HER AGE???? Young (also closeted to be fair) me was like ~oh la di da, Rosie and Peony are ~~soulmates~~ connected so that their hearts beat as one and then Rosie saves her with a kiss on the lips, so even if it wasn’t gay it was the ~power of friendship~ not LITERAL GROOMING. This is so funny to me. Also I guess now that I’m older all the animal characters are kind of boring in a way?
This book will always have a fond place in my heart, but I think I’m going to have to revert back to the version I had in my head lol
This book will always have a fond place in my heart, but I think I’m going to have to revert back to the version I had in my head lol