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Type of bind: Paperback
EAN num: 9780441008650
ISBN number: 0441008658
Label: Ace
Manufacturer: Ace
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 368
Printing Date: June 01, 2001
Publishing house: Ace
Age index: Young Adult
Release Date: June 05, 2001
Sale Popularity Level: 452697
Studio: Ace
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Brief Book Summary:
In the tradition of Beauty and Rose Daughter, Newbery Award-winning author Robin McKinley 'lends a fresh perspective to a classic fairy tale, developing the story of Sleeping Beauty into a richly imagined, vividly depicted novel' (School Library Journal)
BRILLIANT...[a] sumptuous world. (New York Times Book Review)
MYTHIC GRANDEUR...with magical detail and all-too-human feeling. (Publishing houses Weekly starred review)
Satisfying reading, pleasing in the depth of the weaving and elaboration. (Chicago Tribune)
Rich prose and colorful description...keep readers spellbound. (Rocky Mountain News)
Amazon.com:
Renowned fantasy writer Robin McKinley, author of the lush 'Beauty and the Beast' retellings Beauty and Rose Daughter, has produced another re-mastered fairy tale, this time about the dreamy Sleeping Beauty. Much like in the original story, the infant princess, here named Rosie, is cursed by an evil fairy to die on her 21st birthday by pricking her finger on a spindle. That same day, Rosie is whisked away into hiding by a peasant fairy who raises her and conceals her royal identity. From that point on, McKinley's plot and characterization become wildly inventive. She imagines Rosie growing up into a strapping young woman who despises her golden hair, prefers leather breeches to ball gowns, and can communicate with animals. And on that fateful birthday, with no help from a prince, Rosie saves herself and her entire sleeping village from destruction, although she pays a realistic price. In a final master stroke, McKinley cleverly takes creative license when the spell-breaking kiss (made famous in 'Sleeping Beauty') comes from a surprising source and is bestowed upon the character least expected.
Although the entire novel is well written, McKinley's characterization of Rosie's animal friends is exceptionally fine. Observations such as '...foxes generally wanted to talk about butterflies and grasses and weather for a long time while they sized you up,' will spark reader's imaginations. It won't be hard to persuade readers of any age to become lost in this marvelous tale; the difficult part will be convincing them to come back from McKinley's country, where 'the magic... was so thick and tenacious that it settled over the land like chalk dust....' Highly recommended. (Ages 12 and older) --Jennifer Hubert
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Definitely not your everyday retelling of Sleeping Beauty. Our heroine (perhaps I should say 'heroines') is not quite what one would expect.
Rosie (the princess) is not particularly 'beautiful' as she grows up a plain village maiden who prefers being a 'horse leech' and hanging around the smithy to doing fine needlepoint and other 'girlie' things. Her best friend, Peony, *is* beautiful (and sweet and noble and all the things a princess *should* be).
Absolutely loved the ending (which I will not spoil by giving it away except to say all's well that ends well and I couldn't be happier for the entire wonderful cast of characters).
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I'm a big fantasy fan, so I was interested to find this retelling of Sleeping Beauty. Unfortunately, I was not impressed. The author's writing style (at least in this book; I haven't read her others) was *very* slow. She seemed to have a problem with sentences shorter than, say, 9 words. Also, she never said anything directly, which I found infuriating at times.
Still, the basic plot was mostly interesting. The ending did leave me scratching my head, however. Overall, I would not recommend this book... too distracted, confusing, and s-l-o-w.
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Not as good as her other books, but still good. I would recommend some of the other books she's written a little more
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I bought this after having read several other McKinley books and loving them to pieces. This one was much slower and dryer. Also, I got the impression that the editing was poorly done, or not done at all. There were sentances that didn't end, and jumps in action that made no sense. I found the ending a bit unsatisfying too, but that is strictly opinion.
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It took me nearly a month to read this book. I kept slogging along because i really wanted to like it, and because I like McKinley's writing, but this book was s-l-o-w. One reason it took so long was it was just too easy to put down. The real reason, though, why I'm only giving it one star is because the ending was a huge disappointment. I don't want to say too much and ruin the ending for anybody else by giving something away. I'll just say this was one mess of an ending. I'll read more McKinley, but I won't re-read Spindle's End.
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