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Title | : | Rose Daughter (Folktales) |
Author | : | Robin McKinley |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 304 pages |
Published | : | December 1st 1998 by Ace (first published September 16th 1997) |
Categories | : | Fantasy. Fairy Tales. Young Adult. Romance. Fiction. Retellings |
Robin McKinley
Paperback | Pages: 304 pages Rating: 3.77 | 18554 Users | 1146 Reviews
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It is the heart of this place, and it is dying, says the Beast. And it is true; the center of the Beast's palace, the glittering glasshouse that brings Beauty both comfort and delight in her strange new environment, is filled with leafless brown rosebushes. But deep within this enchanted world, new life, at once subtle and strong, is about to awaken.Twenty years ago, Robin McKinley dazzled readers with the power of her novel Beauty. Now this extraordinarily gifted novelist returns to the story of Beauty and the Beast with a fresh perspective, ingenuity, and mature insight. With Rose Daughter, she presents her finest and most deeply felt work--a compelling, richly imagined, and haunting exploration of the transformative power of love.
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Original Title: | Rose Daughter |
ISBN: | 0441005837 (ISBN13: 9780441005833) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | Folktales |
Literary Awards: | Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Children's Literature (1998) |
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I talk about my love for Robin McKinley's books a lot. I know everyone's read Beauty. It was her first book. It's essentially a classic of fairy tale retellings now. And I love it and will always love it for giving me a Beauty who was not beautiful and avoided mirrors at all cost and a Beast with a library of books from all the ages, including ones that hadn't even been written yet. Makes my little heart sing just thinking of it and the way I absorbed it when I was twelve. But fewer people areTitle: Rose DaughterAuthor: Robin McKinley Publisher: Greenwillow Books, 1997Genre: YA Fantasy, YA Retellings This review can be found on my Blog, TeacherofYAs Tumblr, or my Goodreads page My ReviewSo I didnt get the one with this pretty cover at the library. My copy had a plain blue cover with a tiny graphic, which means I had the original 1997 release. But Im sorry, I couldnt bear to put that ugly thing on this page. Like Drew @ TheTattooedBookGeek, I should do a cover challenge (Friday
This is Robin McKinley's second take on the Beauty and the Beast fairy tale. I'm a lifelong fan of McKinley, but this book was my first indication that her writing style might be headed in a direction that is, shall we say, less accessible to the average reader. I've read Rose Daughter twice, several years apart, but still have extremely mixed emotions about it. It's slow-paced, it introduces interesting ideas and then simply drops them, the magical part is and always has been confusing to me
I read this book as a teenager but retained no memory of it. After reading it again, I know why. McKinley says in the afterward that she chose to revisit the Beauty and Beast story because she had more to say, especially about roses. Well, that's about all she has to say in this book. Lots about gardening, description of stuff, and cutesy-wootsy little animals. Other than that, nothing goes on in this book whatsoever.The problem with this book is there's just no conflict. All the possible
2.5 starsThe first half wasn't that bad....Actually, mid-way through this book I thought it was pretty good, and I was sure that this one was going to end up wrangling 4 or 5 stars out of me. Oh well, I've been wrong before. Several things happened that lowered my enjoyment level down to nothing, and they all happened toward the end. First, it's not like the pace in Rose Daughter was very fast to begin with, but I was dealing with it (admirably, I thought). You know how sometimes the beginning
what a mess. a slow, painful, overly descriptive mess. it took me F.O.R.E.V.E.R to get into it and then once i did, i found the story only remotely interesting. AND even that was like pulling teeth to get through.-why does she fall in love with him? because of 6 or 7 encounters and conversations?-what's with all the animals? and the cat that gave birth on her bed while she was sleeping? gross. burn those sheets.-i know there had to be some allusions and whatever with all her descriptions of the
*4.5 STARSI adored this book so much! First off, the writing. I LOVED IT!! I literally found myself laughing out loud at point. Multiple times which doesn't happen often for me. And the character were also a delight. I loved them all! They were all very distinct and felt like different people. It's also refreshing to find a retelling that not only has "Beauty" have sisters ( I love Disney's Beauty and the Beast but I blame them for this key plot often being left out of retellings nowadays) but
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