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This is one of the best Maguire books I've read, right up there with the first couple Oz retellings (I only read the first two but heard the later ones weren't as good.)
Similar to "Mirror, Mirror," Maguire places the story of Cinderella within a firm historical time and place -- Holland at the start of the tulip trade. But unlike "Mirror, Mirror," it doesn't have the strange conflagration of fantasy and historical realism that didn't quite work for me. "Confessions" could be read as a straight h ...more
Similar to "Mirror, Mirror," Maguire places the story of Cinderella within a firm historical time and place -- Holland at the start of the tulip trade. But unlike "Mirror, Mirror," it doesn't have the strange conflagration of fantasy and historical realism that didn't quite work for me. "Confessions" could be read as a straight h ...more
It didn't immediately draw me in like the other books of his that I've read. I just didn't like the characters. But I got more into after the first few chapters and wasn't able to put it down :) The characters were still a little bizarre which made them hard to relate to, but I believe they were intended that way. Still, love Gregory Maguire and his story telling. I would recommend Mirror Mirror over this one, but I ended up enjoying it!
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