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A review by kiwikathleen
Goose Chase by Patrice Kindl
5.0
I think I need to make a new shelf for books that I absolutely know I'll enjoy reading again. All the Discworld will go on that shelf, of course, and everything I've read so far by this author. Everything that I give 5 stars to will obviously automatically go on the shelf, but there could well be others. Maybe that can be a challenge for the year I turn 70 - re-read everything I've ever loved.
So yes, this is a definite re-read. It's very funny, it's a wonderful mash-up of a few fairytales, the chief protagonist is acerbic-with-a-heart, the love interest is dim-but-nice-and-you-could-get-very-fond-of-him, and the villains are suitably real-fairytale-nasty. Brilliant use of old-fashioned language and vocabulary - no dumbing it down for an easy read, yet it's still a quick and fun story. Top marks!
So yes, this is a definite re-read. It's very funny, it's a wonderful mash-up of a few fairytales, the chief protagonist is acerbic-with-a-heart, the love interest is dim-but-nice-and-you-could-get-very-fond-of-him, and the villains are suitably real-fairytale-nasty. Brilliant use of old-fashioned language and vocabulary - no dumbing it down for an easy read, yet it's still a quick and fun story. Top marks!