A review by jenniferaglayte
Briar Rose: A Novel of the Holocaust by Jane Yolen

2.0

This is the first Jane Yolen book I’ve read, and even though the topic of the Holocaust it explores is deeply important and even though she is a renowned writer, I confess that I wasn’t all that impressed. I wanted to care about the characters, but I didn’t. I felt like the story was disjointed, and the vehicle she used to discuss the real concerns of antisemitism and other prejudices (sleeping beauty) was kind of contrived and didn’t really work. The answers the narrator/character was looking for felt unsatisfying, maybe like the end of this review.