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Mirror Mirror: A Novel by: Gregory Maguire List Price: $16.00 CD-Charts Price: $10.88 You Save: $5.12 (32%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780060988654 ISBN: 0060988657 Label: Harper Paperbacks Manufacturer: Harper Paperbacks Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 304 Publication Date: October 01, 2004 Publisher: Harper Paperbacks Release Date: September 28, 2004 Studio: Harper Paperbacks Sales Rank: 11587 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Product Description: The year is 1502, and seven-year-old Bianca de Nevada lives perched high above the rolling hills and valleys of Tuscany and Umbria at Montefiore, the farm of her beloved father, Don Vicente. But one day a noble entourage makes its way up the winding slopes to the farm -- and the world comes to Montefiore. In the presence of Cesare Borgia and his sister, the lovely and vain Lucrezia -- decadent children of a wicked pope -- no one can claim innocence for very long. When Borgia sends Don Vicente on a years-long quest, he leaves Bianca under the care -- so to speak -- of Lucrezia. She plots a dire fate for the young girl in the woods below the farm, but in the dark forest salvation can be found as well ... A lyrical work of stunning creative vision, Mirror Mirror gives fresh life to the classic story of Snow White -- and has a truth and beauty all its own. Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Best book since WickedWith this book Maguire returns to recreating an amazing world with an amazing history you can believe. I really thought it was his best book since Wicked Rating: - Interesting TakeThis was a pretty good read overall. I thought the development with the gooseboy was an interesting take, but for the most part it was rather slow reading. I thought the characters were all full and believable, albeit eccentric like most of Maguire's creations. Rating:  - Disappointing and Crude(This review is based on the audio CD version of this book. It is my understanding that the audio is a word for word representation of the book.) I borrowed the audio CD of this book from the library to enjoy on a long car trip. After receiving many recomendations to read one of the author's other books ("Wicked"), I thought this might be a good substitute since "Wicked" was not available and the premise (re-telling of the fairy tale, with a twist) was the same. I couldn't have been more disappointed. I'd like to be able to give credit to the author at least for his creativity, but I cannot give much. The text was full of unnecessary crudity and the plot was very weak. The ending was a complete disappointment ... Read More: Rating: - Mirror MirrorIt took about two weeks for the book to arrive. It came in almost new condition. A few of the pages were bent (like a page marker) but it came in very great condition. I would buy from this user again. Rating:  - GoodI agree this was a bit slow, but the writing was beautiful. When compared to the others by GM, it suffers somewhat, but if it was the only book he'd written I'd have been blown away. |
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