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Rose Daughter
by Robin McKinley
I really liked this book. Beauty and the Beast has always been my favorite fairy tale and McKinley does it justice. Her writing is like a garden. It is full of prettiness and stuff to look at and so very descriptive. It makes reading so very wonderful, but it can also make it a little difficult to get into. Fantasy has always been my genre of choice, but I have not been reading much of it lately. I am glad that I read this book.
Robin McKinley’s view of magic in this book is so very fairytale, and almost not there. It makes for a wonderful story. I loved her clever use of names for the characters and places. Once I got past the first chapter and the different writing style, I wanted to keep reading. I wanted to know what happened. I wanted to find out what happened to Beauty and her sisters, the merchant and Longchance as well. The idea of roses as a major theme of a story was wonderful. The roses were so integral to the story that they almost became a character of their own. The use of a myth in the story was wonderful as well. This was close enough to the Beauty and the Beast that I know, and different enough for me to keep reading.
If you like fantasy and fairytales and sweet stories, you should definitely read this.
Robin McKinley’s view of magic in this book is so very fairytale, and almost not there. It makes for a wonderful story. I loved her clever use of names for the characters and places. Once I got past the first chapter and the different writing style, I wanted to keep reading. I wanted to know what happened. I wanted to find out what happened to Beauty and her sisters, the merchant and Longchance as well. The idea of roses as a major theme of a story was wonderful. The roses were so integral to the story that they almost became a character of their own. The use of a myth in the story was wonderful as well. This was close enough to the Beauty and the Beast that I know, and different enough for me to keep reading.
If you like fantasy and fairytales and sweet stories, you should definitely read this.