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A review by tanja_alina_berg
In a Glass Grimmly by Adam Gidwitz
4.0
Rating 4* out of 5. I don't know why I've had this on my kindle for almost a year without reading it - it's a true gem and I loved the first book, "A Tale Dark and Grimm". One of the things I particularly enjoyed is the voice of the author commenting certain events or actions. Normally I cringe at such a thing, but here it fits. This is, after all, a fairy tale and commentary is occasionally warranted.
It's a short book, I read it in one evening and there was no question of going to sleep before I had finished. I needed to know what happened to Frog, Jack and Jill, who need to find a seeing glass or they will die. Along the way they encounter a mermaid, goblins and a giant lizard. There is obvious moral in this tale, without it being moralizing for that reason. It also happens to be one of the things I've learned myself: "the older I get, the less I care about what other people think of me and the happier I become".
This is a highly readable little book. The story is good, there is insight into human nature, complete with some bloodcurdling horror. I was about to say it isn't a children's book - but this is certainly no worse than an average Grimm fairytale!
It's a short book, I read it in one evening and there was no question of going to sleep before I had finished. I needed to know what happened to Frog, Jack and Jill, who need to find a seeing glass or they will die. Along the way they encounter a mermaid, goblins and a giant lizard. There is obvious moral in this tale, without it being moralizing for that reason. It also happens to be one of the things I've learned myself: "the older I get, the less I care about what other people think of me and the happier I become".
This is a highly readable little book. The story is good, there is insight into human nature, complete with some bloodcurdling horror. I was about to say it isn't a children's book - but this is certainly no worse than an average Grimm fairytale!