The Goose Girl by Shannon HaleOnce Upon a Time II, Cardathon
I've had this book from the library for several weeks, and I had to renew it before I even started it. You know how there are books that people rave about and you want to read, but for some irrational reason, you avoid it. And what usually happens is the book is terrific, and you wonder why it took so long to decide to read it. This is one of those books.
It was lovely. Hale retells the fairy tale of The Goose Girl, a story I was not familiar with. Her writing is wonderful and she incorporates the mystical and magical parts of fairy tales in a way that seems perfectly natural. The characters are ordinary people with strengths and weaknesses, and love stories that make you root for the couple. There was the perfect mix of treachery and sword fights, mistaken identities and folk tales, royalty and common folk. Ani was a wonderfully strong character who grows and learns how strong she can be. She is different because she can communicate with animals and doesn't fit in, but finds out how to believe in herself. Her friend Enna was loyal and strong and the next book is called Enna Burning. I look forward to reading it.
If you have reviewed this book as well, leave a link in the comments.
I wish I could remember how to embed a link in the comments instead of cluttering up the page like this. I should really write down the steps. :)
ReplyDeletehttp://maggiereads.blogspot.com/2008/01/goose-girl-copy.html
Such a good book!
ReplyDeleteI've reivewed it here:
http://the-iceberg.blogspot.com/2007/06/goose-girl-by-shannon-hale.html
oh, The Goose Girl was one of my favourite stories. But it has been so long since I've even thought about it. I should take a look at the library for this one. Thanks for the review
ReplyDeleteI do know what you mean about dragging your feet when you've heard rave reviews about a book.
ReplyDeleteI reviewed Goose Girl here.
I'm glad you enjoyed this one :) Here's a link to my review.
ReplyDeleteGreat review. It's always nice to read a review that you totally agree with. I jsut reread my review and I think I need to read this book again. Here's the link:
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I am glad you enjoyed it as well. I am really looking forward to the next 2 in the series. A link to my review is: here
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