USA Today bestselling author Alix E. Harrow's A Spindle Splintered brings her patented charm to a new version of a classic story. Featuring Arthur Rackham's original illustrations for The Sleeping Beauty, fractured and reimagined.“A vivid, subversive and feminist reimagining of Sleeping Beauty, where implacable destiny is no match for courage, sisterhood, stubbornness and a good working knowledge of fairy tales.” ―Katherine ArdenIt's Zinnia Gray's twenty-first birthday, which is extra-special because it's the last birthday she'll ever have. When she was young, an industrial accident left Zinnia with a rare condition. Not much is known about her illness, just that no-one has lived past twenty-one.Her best friend Charm is intent on making Zinnia's last birthday special with a full sleeping beauty experience, complete with a tower and a spinning wheel. But when Zinnia pricks her finger, something strange and unexpected happens, and she finds herself falling through worlds, with another sleeping beauty, just as desperate to escape her fate.
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A Spindle Splintered (Fractured Fables, 1)
von Alix E. Harrow
USA Today bestselling author Alix E. Harrow's A Spindle Splintered brings her patented charm to a new version of a classic story. Featuring Arthur Rackham's original illustrations for The Sleeping Beauty, fractured and reimagined.“A vivid, subversive and feminist reimagining of Sleeping Beauty, where implacable destiny is no match for courage, sisterhood, stubbornness and a good working knowledge of fairy tales.” ―Katherine ArdenIt's Zinnia Gray's twenty-first birthday, which is extra-special because it's the last birthday she'll ever have. When she was young, an industrial accident left Zinnia with a rare condition. Not much is known about her illness, just that no-one has lived past twenty-one.Her best friend Charm is intent on making Zinnia's last birthday special with a full sleeping beauty experience, complete with a tower and a spinning wheel. But when Zinnia pricks her finger, something strange and unexpected happens, and she finds herself falling through worlds, with another sleeping beauty, just as desperate to escape her fate.
Aktuelle Rezensionen(2)
Rezension von AlethyaI have very little to say about this and that itself says a lot. A cute, little short-story about dying, being queer and fairytales.
Rezension von kenActual rating is 3.5. As far as retellings go, I enjoyed this because of its equal parts irreverence and self-awareness. In most cases, I don't enjoy self-aware narrators but when it comes to folklore and fairy tale retellings, A SPINDLE SPLINTERED performs well. Compared to, say, [b:The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making|9591398|The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (Fairyland, #1)|Catherynne M. Valente|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388179691l/9591398._SY75_.jpg|6749837] which is almost academic in nature (and the only other fairy tale-centric book I've read in recent memory). Though maybe I'm just saying that because I distinctly remember taking a Fairy Tales and Fantasy class in university while I was reading that book. Either way. I would like to thank this story for re-opening up my fascination for queered fairy tale retellings. I think this is the only way I can accept the sarcastic, self-aware narrator. Unfortunate, too, but the Rackham silhouette illustrations did nothing for me. It reminded me too much of early 2010s blog aesthetics with all those spidery lines. And silhouettes do nothing for me, aesthetically. That didn't affect my rating though. At least, I don't think so. <spoiler>And the "Harold, they're lesbians" reference? Perfect timing in its execution.</spoiler>