While Beauty Slept

Una novela que disfruté muchísimo, aunque no era lo que esperaba. Definitivamente, influye en las expectativas el hecho de que sea presentada como un retelling de La Bella Durmiente, sumado a su hermosa (pero poco representativa) portada. Por explicarlo de algún modo, la narrativa e hilo conductor se......more

I love fairy tale re-imaginings. I like seeing how a story teller can take core elements and then make it into something entirely new and entertaining. I really didn’t like this re-imagining as it really wasn’t one. What I expected was more along the lines of or But what I got was The stor......more

Imagine you're a 17-year-old girl, and you're telling an old lady's life story. But you're telling it from your perspective, like you're 65 years old. That's what this book is like. It's told from the perspective of an old woman, but she remembers all the tiny details of the story as if it all is ha......more