This week I read 'The Goose
Girl' by Shannon Hale.
'The Goose Girl is a
fantasy novel by Shannon Hale based on the Brothers
Grimm fairy tale of the same title.'
(I had no idea about
this!) I think if I had known, I could have possibly written more about
her originality and the difference between the two.
'At the age of sixteen
Crown Princess Ani is told she must leave everything she knows, to marry
someone else she has never met. It will create a powerful alliance. But fate
has much worse in store for her. Ani must use every ounce of cunning and
determination to defend what is rightfully hers, from those who want to take it
from her.'
The first thing that stuck
me about this book was its beautiful detail. I read the synopsis on the back of
the book and assumed it would be a little fairytale about a Princess who was
not understood and oh my, has such a hard time being a Princess, but I was
actually surprised. (I did make a note myself that I wouldn't give any of the
vital bits in the story away and ruin it for anyone who wants to read it, so
don't worry!) The detail that author, Shannon Hale goes into let me feel the
bitterness of winter on the back of my neck. I could feel the sun on my hair
and the wind on my neck, like it did with the character, Ani.
When I started reading the
first chapter or two, I was actually put off by the names and I'm so glad they
were shortened. Anidori-Kiladra Talianna Isilee was Ani throughout
but I was still left with, Falada, Terne, Conrad, Ungalod, Geric and not to
mention the name of her own Kingdom- Kildentree. Whilst all of that is
nice, I couldn't help but skip and glaze over their names. I recognised them as
I read them without actually reading them (if you know what I mean). I guess
it's better than using normal boring names since this is a fictional story so I
guess anything goes.
About half-way through I
was wondering when some action was going to happen, as I read on and read on I
was thinking that the pages towards the end of the book where getting shorter
and shorter and I was wondering if the story would end how I wanted it to
because there seemed little pages left for all the things that had yet to
happen in the story. Luckily for me, the things I wanted to happen, did happen
but all a bit too quickly for my liking. I expected it to be a bit more dragged
out but before I knew it, the story was moving on and I felt a little
disappointed that the story had moved on so fast.
Ani seems like she's so
out of place with the royal family she shares her life with. Eventually, she
finds where she belongs and although this book is fiction, there's a little
under lying meaning of truth that perhaps anyone who is lost, will find
themselves. It's a story of love, it's a story of loss.
I think anyone looking for
an easy read would enjoy this book. The way it's written is beautiful and I
literally couldn't put it down. I'm a fast reader so for me, the book ended all
too quickly but I'd definitely read it again.
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