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McKinley, Robin._Spindle's end_,2000 [0-399-23466-7]
This is a loose retelling and expansion of Briar Rose/Sleeping
Beauty. The King and Queen finally have a child in this magical
kingdom and on her naming day an evil fairy appears and warns
that on or before her 21st birthday, the child will prick her finger on
a spinning wheel and die. The child is quickly, secretly and
mysteriously given to a peasant fairy to raise. For the next 21
years the child grows up not knowing she is the princess. Finally
they come for her for her 21st birthday party ball where all the
kingdom's fairies and magicians weave spells to protect her. Of
course the evil fairy shows up and all the excitement happens. I
found this 422 page book to be a very long read. The first chapter
or two the author tries to hard to be clever, to the point I found it
irritating. The bulk of the book takes place during the waiting 21
years where the reader learns much about magic and the world of
spells and fairies. I found this section to be interminably long. The
authors sentence structure is long and tedioius at times. This book
will only be enjoyed by upper level fantasy readers.
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