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A review by svnz
Letters to Zell by Camille Griep
4.0
This would probably be more of a 3.5*.
I loved fairy tales growing up and I'm always interested in retellings. The book summary suggested a contemporary style setting which don't usually appeal to me greatly, but I decided to give it a try as it was on Kindle Unlimited. And I'm glad I did because I enjoyed this surprisingly more than I expected!
This is probably what one would call "chick lit" but I'm not a huge fan of the term so only mentioning it to give people an idea of the type of story telling technique they can expect. The entire narrative is in the form of letters and there are no actual interactions between characters outside of recounting incidents. I'm quite impressed that the story flows fairly well and that the modern contemporary twists on our favourite fairy tale princesses actually work well.
There were some parts I felt let down by, especially
I'd recommend the audio version of the book. The narrator does a fairly good job of differentiating the voices and I think first person style narratives generally work well in audio format.
I loved fairy tales growing up and I'm always interested in retellings. The book summary suggested a contemporary style setting which don't usually appeal to me greatly, but I decided to give it a try as it was on Kindle Unlimited. And I'm glad I did because I enjoyed this surprisingly more than I expected!
This is probably what one would call "chick lit" but I'm not a huge fan of the term so only mentioning it to give people an idea of the type of story telling technique they can expect. The entire narrative is in the form of letters and there are no actual interactions between characters outside of recounting incidents. I'm quite impressed that the story flows fairly well and that the modern contemporary twists on our favourite fairy tale princesses actually work well.
There were some parts I felt let down by, especially
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bashing Maro significantly more when both she and Henry were equally at fault. I felt this perpetuates the classic stereotype of women being bitches to other women and this is probably not what the author likely intended.I'd recommend the audio version of the book. The narrator does a fairly good job of differentiating the voices and I think first person style narratives generally work well in audio format.