Spindle's End

Final review, first posted on Fantasy Literature: Spindle’s End is long and leisurely-paced, but I found it an absorbing retelling of the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale, with fascinating details and appealing animals (Robin McKinley excels at both of those things) and a few major twists to the classic st......more

Spindle's End (a retelling of Sleeping Beauty) is odd in a lot of respects, and therefore a lot of people aren't going to like it. To outline these: 1. Most of the book is narration. There is very little in the way of dialogue, even when it comes to things that most other authors would have left for......more

This could have been an interesting retelling of Sleeping Beauty. McKinley had some good ideas, but the plot rambled along at such a boring pace that it's hard to remember what they were. Long-winded and useless descriptions of every mundane thing you can imagine were a huge part of what bogged the......more

Este libro es el summum del costumbrismo-cottagecore-de cuentos de hadas. DIOS COMO LO HE DISFRUTADO. No es perfecto, a ver, es uno de estos libros que tú ves que no es perfecto (la trama... ¿qué trama? se le va de las manos y el final es... raro) pero para ti sí que lo es. Está escrito para ti, lleva......more

You think you know the story of Sleeping Beauty? Think again! This retelling of the popular fairy tale will take you through some unexpected twists and turns in search of happy ever after. - Beth M. From ten stories up, golden eagles see details on the ground that are beyond our ken. They see colors......more