Spinning Silver: A Novel

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This book is a must read. I cannot stress it enough, it was just so beautiful. I couldn't put it down, the mythology, the folklore transport the reader into different world. The concept of not going anything of paying the price of everything, every action having consequences, it will resonate with everyone. The book makes you believe in magic. Please read it.

This book is a must read. I cannot stress it enough, it was just so beautiful. I couldn't put it down, the mythology, the folklore transport the reader into different world. The concept of not going anything of paying the price of everything, every action having consequences, it will resonate with everyone. The book makes you believe in magic. Please read it.

This book is a must read. I cannot stress it enough, it was just so beautiful. I couldn't put it down, the mythology, the folklore transport the reader into different world. The concept of not going anything of paying the price of everything, every action having consequences, it will resonate with everyone. The book makes you believe in magic. Please read it.

This book is a must read. I cannot stress it enough, it was just so beautiful. I couldn't put it down, the mythology, the folklore transport the reader into different world. The concept of not going anything of paying the price of everything, every action having consequences, it will resonate with everyone. The book makes you believe in magic. Please read it.

This book is a must read. I cannot stress it enough, it was just so beautiful. I couldn't put it down, the mythology, the folklore transport the reader into different world. The concept of not going anything of paying the price of everything, every action having consequences, it will resonate with everyone. The book makes you believe in magic. Please read it.

This book is a must read. I cannot stress it enough, it was just so beautiful. I couldn't put it down, the mythology, the folklore transport the reader into different world. The concept of not going anything of paying the price of everything, every action having consequences, it will resonate with everyone. The book makes you believe in magic. Please read it.

This book is a must read. I cannot stress it enough, it was just so beautiful. I couldn't put it down, the mythology, the folklore transport the reader into different world. The concept of not going anything of paying the price of everything, every action having consequences, it will resonate with everyone. The book makes you believe in magic. Please read it.

This book is a must read. I cannot stress it enough, it was just so beautiful. I couldn't put it down, the mythology, the folklore transport the reader into different world. The concept of not going anything of paying the price of everything, every action having consequences, it will resonate with everyone. The book makes you believe in magic. Please read it.

Imagina a una joven lo suficiente inteligente y astuta como para hacerse cargo de su familia cuando los mayores simplemente no pueden. Es tan inteligente que primero atrae la atención de sus distantes abuelos y después la atención de un poderoso y temible ser al que se compromete hacer aún más rico gracias a sus habilidades.¿Hay un truco? Naturalmente y de eso va esta historia.

Imagina a una joven lo suficiente inteligente y astuta como para hacerse cargo de su familia cuando los mayores simplemente no pueden. Es tan inteligente que primero atrae la atención de sus distantes abuelos y después la atención de un poderoso y temible ser al que se compromete hacer aún más rico gracias a sus habilidades.¿Hay un truco? Naturalmente y de eso va esta historia.

Imagina a una joven lo suficiente inteligente y astuta como para hacerse cargo de su familia cuando los mayores simplemente no pueden. Es tan inteligente que primero atrae la atención de sus distantes abuelos y después la atención de un poderoso y temible ser al que se compromete hacer aún más rico gracias a sus habilidades.¿Hay un truco? Naturalmente y de eso va esta historia.

Imagina a una joven lo suficiente inteligente y astuta como para hacerse cargo de su familia cuando los mayores simplemente no pueden. Es tan inteligente que primero atrae la atención de sus distantes abuelos y después la atención de un poderoso y temible ser al que se compromete hacer aún más rico gracias a sus habilidades.¿Hay un truco? Naturalmente y de eso va esta historia.

Imagina a una joven lo suficiente inteligente y astuta como para hacerse cargo de su familia cuando los mayores simplemente no pueden. Es tan inteligente que primero atrae la atención de sus distantes abuelos y después la atención de un poderoso y temible ser al que se compromete hacer aún más rico gracias a sus habilidades.¿Hay un truco? Naturalmente y de eso va esta historia.

Imagina a una joven lo suficiente inteligente y astuta como para hacerse cargo de su familia cuando los mayores simplemente no pueden. Es tan inteligente que primero atrae la atención de sus distantes abuelos y después la atención de un poderoso y temible ser al que se compromete hacer aún más rico gracias a sus habilidades.¿Hay un truco? Naturalmente y de eso va esta historia.

Imagina a una joven lo suficiente inteligente y astuta como para hacerse cargo de su familia cuando los mayores simplemente no pueden. Es tan inteligente que primero atrae la atención de sus distantes abuelos y después la atención de un poderoso y temible ser al que se compromete hacer aún más rico gracias a sus habilidades.¿Hay un truco? Naturalmente y de eso va esta historia.

Imagina a una joven lo suficiente inteligente y astuta como para hacerse cargo de su familia cuando los mayores simplemente no pueden. Es tan inteligente que primero atrae la atención de sus distantes abuelos y después la atención de un poderoso y temible ser al que se compromete hacer aún más rico gracias a sus habilidades.¿Hay un truco? Naturalmente y de eso va esta historia.

I read this for a second time as I felt I read it too quickly last time. It was worth it. Naomi Novik is a masterful writer who creates stories that draw you in and in along with the tales. So I do admit I read it very quickly again as in lockdown for my excuse this time. Really great and diverse characters and stories with the fairy tale qualities that not all endings are sunny, but maybe sunny enough. I’ll be watching for more of this style is story from Naomi Novik. Thanks.

I read this for a second time as I felt I read it too quickly last time. It was worth it. Naomi Novik is a masterful writer who creates stories that draw you in and in along with the tales. So I do admit I read it very quickly again as in lockdown for my excuse this time. Really great and diverse characters and stories with the fairy tale qualities that not all endings are sunny, but maybe sunny enough. I’ll be watching for more of this style is story from Naomi Novik. Thanks.

I read this for a second time as I felt I read it too quickly last time. It was worth it. Naomi Novik is a masterful writer who creates stories that draw you in and in along with the tales. So I do admit I read it very quickly again as in lockdown for my excuse this time. Really great and diverse characters and stories with the fairy tale qualities that not all endings are sunny, but maybe sunny enough. I’ll be watching for more of this style is story from Naomi Novik. Thanks.

I read this for a second time as I felt I read it too quickly last time. It was worth it. Naomi Novik is a masterful writer who creates stories that draw you in and in along with the tales. So I do admit I read it very quickly again as in lockdown for my excuse this time. Really great and diverse characters and stories with the fairy tale qualities that not all endings are sunny, but maybe sunny enough. I’ll be watching for more of this style is story from Naomi Novik. Thanks.

I read this for a second time as I felt I read it too quickly last time. It was worth it. Naomi Novik is a masterful writer who creates stories that draw you in and in along with the tales. So I do admit I read it very quickly again as in lockdown for my excuse this time. Really great and diverse characters and stories with the fairy tale qualities that not all endings are sunny, but maybe sunny enough. I’ll be watching for more of this style is story from Naomi Novik. Thanks.

I read this for a second time as I felt I read it too quickly last time. It was worth it. Naomi Novik is a masterful writer who creates stories that draw you in and in along with the tales. So I do admit I read it very quickly again as in lockdown for my excuse this time. Really great and diverse characters and stories with the fairy tale qualities that not all endings are sunny, but maybe sunny enough. I’ll be watching for more of this style is story from Naomi Novik. Thanks.

I read this for a second time as I felt I read it too quickly last time. It was worth it. Naomi Novik is a masterful writer who creates stories that draw you in and in along with the tales. So I do admit I read it very quickly again as in lockdown for my excuse this time. Really great and diverse characters and stories with the fairy tale qualities that not all endings are sunny, but maybe sunny enough. I’ll be watching for more of this style is story from Naomi Novik. Thanks.

I read this for a second time as I felt I read it too quickly last time. It was worth it. Naomi Novik is a masterful writer who creates stories that draw you in and in along with the tales. So I do admit I read it very quickly again as in lockdown for my excuse this time. Really great and diverse characters and stories with the fairy tale qualities that not all endings are sunny, but maybe sunny enough. I’ll be watching for more of this style is story from Naomi Novik. Thanks.

The real story isn’t half as pretty as the one you’ve heard.The real story is, the miller’s daughter with her long golden hair wants to catch a lord, a prince, a rich man’s son, so she goes to the moneylender and borrows for a ring and a necklace and decks herself out for the festival. And she’s beautiful enough, so the lord, the prince, the rich man’s son notices her, and dances with her, and tumbles her in a quiet hayloft when the dancing is over, and afterwards he goes home and marries the rich woman his family has picked out for him.Then the miller’s despoiled daughter tells everyone that the moneylender’s in league with the devil, and the village runs him out or maybe even stones him, so at least she gets to keep the jewels for a dowry, and the blacksmith marries her before that firstborn child comes along a little early.Because that’s what the story’s really about: getting out of paying your debts. That’s not how they tell it, but I knew. My father was a moneylender, you see.He wasn’t very good at it.First impressions: I wanted to read this straightaway because I loved Uprooted. I am a massive fan of reimagined or ‘fractured’ fairytales so I have been very fond of the fashion for retellings over the last few years.I liked how Uprooted drew on folklore and fairytales. Recently, I have also been reading some Russian fairytales and some books based around them (The Bear and the Nightingale, The House with Chicken Legs etc) so I was excited to see that Spinning Silver drew on these, as well as the fact that it sounded like it was using Rumplestiltskin, not one of the more commonly recycled fairytales.Also, look at the beautiful cover!I still regret not getting a hardback of Uprooted as I was out of the country when it came out so I have just bought a copy of Spinning Silver in hardback to make sure I don’t miss out on it too!I loved following Miryem on her journey, from being the granddaughter of a very good moneylender and the daughter of a very poor one, to taking matters into her own hands and turning difficulty into prosperity. The introduction of the Staryk raised the stakes even further, with a careless boast leading to all sorts of problems for her. Just like in the old fairytales, which are often darker than the Disney-ified version that is most popular, the supernatural forces that she tangles with are capricious and could be deadly.We are then introduced to Wanda, an ordinary girl who suffers at the hands of a drunken father and wants to protect her brothers. When she catches wind of her father selling her off as a bride, she takes her fate into her won hands and it becomes entangled with Miryem’s. Finally we meet the third of our female protagonists, Irina, the rather-plan daughter of a lord who is able to catch the eye of the tsar himself thanks to the power of enchanted silver jewellery. Yet, the tsar is home to something far more powerful and malevolent than she could ever have imagined…The threads of the narrative wind tighter and tighter, finally bringing these three women together in a scenario where each of their strength and determination helps them to decide their own path. These are powerful women, without wielding a weapon, flawed, real and gripping.I loved all the little snippets of folklore and fairytales in each of the three narratives, the little nods towards a shared narrative history, yet with elements from history and a distinctly modern outlook.If you liked Uprooted, you will love this. And, if you haven’t read either yet, what are you waiting for?Spinning Silver will enthrall you from the first sentence, drawing you tighter into the story with every twist. Even if you’re reading it on a hot summer day, be prepared to feel the shiver of an icy wind…Enthralling, atmospheric and with plenty of girlpower, this is a re-imagined fairytale like no other!My mother’s face was full of misery. We didn’t speak.Would you rather we were sill poor and hungry?”I burst out to her finally, the silence between us heavy in the midst of the dark woods, and she put her arms around me and kissed me and said, “My darling, my darling, I’m sorry,” weeping a little.“Sorry?” I said. “To be warm instead of cold? To be rich and comfortable? To have a daughter who can turn silver into gold?”I pushed away from her.“To see you harden yourself to ice, to make it so,” she said.The horses trotted on more swiftly, but the Staryk road kept pace with us all the way home, shining between the trees. I could feel it on my side, a shimmer of colder wind trying to press against me and pierce through to my skin, but I didn’t care.I was colder inside than out.What I liked: I liked how the story was based on Russian folklore, the way several stories are melded together, the real-life aspects of anti-semitism which added an extra depth, the character development, particularly as the ‘baddies’ generally turn out to be more nuanced. I loved the central figures of each story being female, as well as the fact that they all changed their destinies through brains and hard work – you don’t have to have a sword to be kick-ass!Even better if: Can I have Naomi Novik’s next book already?How you could use it in your classroom: This would be a great book for older secondary pupils or at college/ university when looking at comparative literature and how all of the original threads from folklore, fairytale and history have been woven together to create a multi-faceted, rich story. I would also love to look at how he familiarity of fairytales affects our experience with this story e.g. the tree who contains the spirit of Wanda’s mother and the nut (like Cinderella) and the ‘witch’s house’ where certain tasks must be completed in return for hospitality, etc.

The real story isn’t half as pretty as the one you’ve heard.The real story is, the miller’s daughter with her long golden hair wants to catch a lord, a prince, a rich man’s son, so she goes to the moneylender and borrows for a ring and a necklace and decks herself out for the festival. And she’s beautiful enough, so the lord, the prince, the rich man’s son notices her, and dances with her, and tumbles her in a quiet hayloft when the dancing is over, and afterwards he goes home and marries the rich woman his family has picked out for him.Then the miller’s despoiled daughter tells everyone that the moneylender’s in league with the devil, and the village runs him out or maybe even stones him, so at least she gets to keep the jewels for a dowry, and the blacksmith marries her before that firstborn child comes along a little early.Because that’s what the story’s really about: getting out of paying your debts. That’s not how they tell it, but I knew. My father was a moneylender, you see.He wasn’t very good at it.First impressions: I wanted to read this straightaway because I loved Uprooted. I am a massive fan of reimagined or ‘fractured’ fairytales so I have been very fond of the fashion for retellings over the last few years.I liked how Uprooted drew on folklore and fairytales. Recently, I have also been reading some Russian fairytales and some books based around them (The Bear and the Nightingale, The House with Chicken Legs etc) so I was excited to see that Spinning Silver drew on these, as well as the fact that it sounded like it was using Rumplestiltskin, not one of the more commonly recycled fairytales.Also, look at the beautiful cover!I still regret not getting a hardback of Uprooted as I was out of the country when it came out so I have just bought a copy of Spinning Silver in hardback to make sure I don’t miss out on it too!I loved following Miryem on her journey, from being the granddaughter of a very good moneylender and the daughter of a very poor one, to taking matters into her own hands and turning difficulty into prosperity. The introduction of the Staryk raised the stakes even further, with a careless boast leading to all sorts of problems for her. Just like in the old fairytales, which are often darker than the Disney-ified version that is most popular, the supernatural forces that she tangles with are capricious and could be deadly.We are then introduced to Wanda, an ordinary girl who suffers at the hands of a drunken father and wants to protect her brothers. When she catches wind of her father selling her off as a bride, she takes her fate into her won hands and it becomes entangled with Miryem’s. Finally we meet the third of our female protagonists, Irina, the rather-plan daughter of a lord who is able to catch the eye of the tsar himself thanks to the power of enchanted silver jewellery. Yet, the tsar is home to something far more powerful and malevolent than she could ever have imagined…The threads of the narrative wind tighter and tighter, finally bringing these three women together in a scenario where each of their strength and determination helps them to decide their own path. These are powerful women, without wielding a weapon, flawed, real and gripping.I loved all the little snippets of folklore and fairytales in each of the three narratives, the little nods towards a shared narrative history, yet with elements from history and a distinctly modern outlook.If you liked Uprooted, you will love this. And, if you haven’t read either yet, what are you waiting for?Spinning Silver will enthrall you from the first sentence, drawing you tighter into the story with every twist. Even if you’re reading it on a hot summer day, be prepared to feel the shiver of an icy wind…Enthralling, atmospheric and with plenty of girlpower, this is a re-imagined fairytale like no other!My mother’s face was full of misery. We didn’t speak.Would you rather we were sill poor and hungry?”I burst out to her finally, the silence between us heavy in the midst of the dark woods, and she put her arms around me and kissed me and said, “My darling, my darling, I’m sorry,” weeping a little.“Sorry?” I said. “To be warm instead of cold? To be rich and comfortable? To have a daughter who can turn silver into gold?”I pushed away from her.“To see you harden yourself to ice, to make it so,” she said.The horses trotted on more swiftly, but the Staryk road kept pace with us all the way home, shining between the trees. I could feel it on my side, a shimmer of colder wind trying to press against me and pierce through to my skin, but I didn’t care.I was colder inside than out.What I liked: I liked how the story was based on Russian folklore, the way several stories are melded together, the real-life aspects of anti-semitism which added an extra depth, the character development, particularly as the ‘baddies’ generally turn out to be more nuanced. I loved the central figures of each story being female, as well as the fact that they all changed their destinies through brains and hard work – you don’t have to have a sword to be kick-ass!Even better if: Can I have Naomi Novik’s next book already?How you could use it in your classroom: This would be a great book for older secondary pupils or at college/ university when looking at comparative literature and how all of the original threads from folklore, fairytale and history have been woven together to create a multi-faceted, rich story. I would also love to look at how he familiarity of fairytales affects our experience with this story e.g. the tree who contains the spirit of Wanda’s mother and the nut (like Cinderella) and the ‘witch’s house’ where certain tasks must be completed in return for hospitality, etc.

The real story isn’t half as pretty as the one you’ve heard.The real story is, the miller’s daughter with her long golden hair wants to catch a lord, a prince, a rich man’s son, so she goes to the moneylender and borrows for a ring and a necklace and decks herself out for the festival. And she’s beautiful enough, so the lord, the prince, the rich man’s son notices her, and dances with her, and tumbles her in a quiet hayloft when the dancing is over, and afterwards he goes home and marries the rich woman his family has picked out for him.Then the miller’s despoiled daughter tells everyone that the moneylender’s in league with the devil, and the village runs him out or maybe even stones him, so at least she gets to keep the jewels for a dowry, and the blacksmith marries her before that firstborn child comes along a little early.Because that’s what the story’s really about: getting out of paying your debts. That’s not how they tell it, but I knew. My father was a moneylender, you see.He wasn’t very good at it.First impressions: I wanted to read this straightaway because I loved Uprooted. I am a massive fan of reimagined or ‘fractured’ fairytales so I have been very fond of the fashion for retellings over the last few years.I liked how Uprooted drew on folklore and fairytales. Recently, I have also been reading some Russian fairytales and some books based around them (The Bear and the Nightingale, The House with Chicken Legs etc) so I was excited to see that Spinning Silver drew on these, as well as the fact that it sounded like it was using Rumplestiltskin, not one of the more commonly recycled fairytales.Also, look at the beautiful cover!I still regret not getting a hardback of Uprooted as I was out of the country when it came out so I have just bought a copy of Spinning Silver in hardback to make sure I don’t miss out on it too!I loved following Miryem on her journey, from being the granddaughter of a very good moneylender and the daughter of a very poor one, to taking matters into her own hands and turning difficulty into prosperity. The introduction of the Staryk raised the stakes even further, with a careless boast leading to all sorts of problems for her. Just like in the old fairytales, which are often darker than the Disney-ified version that is most popular, the supernatural forces that she tangles with are capricious and could be deadly.We are then introduced to Wanda, an ordinary girl who suffers at the hands of a drunken father and wants to protect her brothers. When she catches wind of her father selling her off as a bride, she takes her fate into her won hands and it becomes entangled with Miryem’s. Finally we meet the third of our female protagonists, Irina, the rather-plan daughter of a lord who is able to catch the eye of the tsar himself thanks to the power of enchanted silver jewellery. Yet, the tsar is home to something far more powerful and malevolent than she could ever have imagined…The threads of the narrative wind tighter and tighter, finally bringing these three women together in a scenario where each of their strength and determination helps them to decide their own path. These are powerful women, without wielding a weapon, flawed, real and gripping.I loved all the little snippets of folklore and fairytales in each of the three narratives, the little nods towards a shared narrative history, yet with elements from history and a distinctly modern outlook.If you liked Uprooted, you will love this. And, if you haven’t read either yet, what are you waiting for?Spinning Silver will enthrall you from the first sentence, drawing you tighter into the story with every twist. Even if you’re reading it on a hot summer day, be prepared to feel the shiver of an icy wind…Enthralling, atmospheric and with plenty of girlpower, this is a re-imagined fairytale like no other!My mother’s face was full of misery. We didn’t speak.Would you rather we were sill poor and hungry?”I burst out to her finally, the silence between us heavy in the midst of the dark woods, and she put her arms around me and kissed me and said, “My darling, my darling, I’m sorry,” weeping a little.“Sorry?” I said. “To be warm instead of cold? To be rich and comfortable? To have a daughter who can turn silver into gold?”I pushed away from her.“To see you harden yourself to ice, to make it so,” she said.The horses trotted on more swiftly, but the Staryk road kept pace with us all the way home, shining between the trees. I could feel it on my side, a shimmer of colder wind trying to press against me and pierce through to my skin, but I didn’t care.I was colder inside than out.What I liked: I liked how the story was based on Russian folklore, the way several stories are melded together, the real-life aspects of anti-semitism which added an extra depth, the character development, particularly as the ‘baddies’ generally turn out to be more nuanced. I loved the central figures of each story being female, as well as the fact that they all changed their destinies through brains and hard work – you don’t have to have a sword to be kick-ass!Even better if: Can I have Naomi Novik’s next book already?How you could use it in your classroom: This would be a great book for older secondary pupils or at college/ university when looking at comparative literature and how all of the original threads from folklore, fairytale and history have been woven together to create a multi-faceted, rich story. I would also love to look at how he familiarity of fairytales affects our experience with this story e.g. the tree who contains the spirit of Wanda’s mother and the nut (like Cinderella) and the ‘witch’s house’ where certain tasks must be completed in return for hospitality, etc.

The real story isn’t half as pretty as the one you’ve heard.The real story is, the miller’s daughter with her long golden hair wants to catch a lord, a prince, a rich man’s son, so she goes to the moneylender and borrows for a ring and a necklace and decks herself out for the festival. And she’s beautiful enough, so the lord, the prince, the rich man’s son notices her, and dances with her, and tumbles her in a quiet hayloft when the dancing is over, and afterwards he goes home and marries the rich woman his family has picked out for him.Then the miller’s despoiled daughter tells everyone that the moneylender’s in league with the devil, and the village runs him out or maybe even stones him, so at least she gets to keep the jewels for a dowry, and the blacksmith marries her before that firstborn child comes along a little early.Because that’s what the story’s really about: getting out of paying your debts. That’s not how they tell it, but I knew. My father was a moneylender, you see.He wasn’t very good at it.First impressions: I wanted to read this straightaway because I loved Uprooted. I am a massive fan of reimagined or ‘fractured’ fairytales so I have been very fond of the fashion for retellings over the last few years.I liked how Uprooted drew on folklore and fairytales. Recently, I have also been reading some Russian fairytales and some books based around them (The Bear and the Nightingale, The House with Chicken Legs etc) so I was excited to see that Spinning Silver drew on these, as well as the fact that it sounded like it was using Rumplestiltskin, not one of the more commonly recycled fairytales.Also, look at the beautiful cover!I still regret not getting a hardback of Uprooted as I was out of the country when it came out so I have just bought a copy of Spinning Silver in hardback to make sure I don’t miss out on it too!I loved following Miryem on her journey, from being the granddaughter of a very good moneylender and the daughter of a very poor one, to taking matters into her own hands and turning difficulty into prosperity. The introduction of the Staryk raised the stakes even further, with a careless boast leading to all sorts of problems for her. Just like in the old fairytales, which are often darker than the Disney-ified version that is most popular, the supernatural forces that she tangles with are capricious and could be deadly.We are then introduced to Wanda, an ordinary girl who suffers at the hands of a drunken father and wants to protect her brothers. When she catches wind of her father selling her off as a bride, she takes her fate into her won hands and it becomes entangled with Miryem’s. Finally we meet the third of our female protagonists, Irina, the rather-plan daughter of a lord who is able to catch the eye of the tsar himself thanks to the power of enchanted silver jewellery. Yet, the tsar is home to something far more powerful and malevolent than she could ever have imagined…The threads of the narrative wind tighter and tighter, finally bringing these three women together in a scenario where each of their strength and determination helps them to decide their own path. These are powerful women, without wielding a weapon, flawed, real and gripping.I loved all the little snippets of folklore and fairytales in each of the three narratives, the little nods towards a shared narrative history, yet with elements from history and a distinctly modern outlook.If you liked Uprooted, you will love this. And, if you haven’t read either yet, what are you waiting for?Spinning Silver will enthrall you from the first sentence, drawing you tighter into the story with every twist. Even if you’re reading it on a hot summer day, be prepared to feel the shiver of an icy wind…Enthralling, atmospheric and with plenty of girlpower, this is a re-imagined fairytale like no other!My mother’s face was full of misery. We didn’t speak.Would you rather we were sill poor and hungry?”I burst out to her finally, the silence between us heavy in the midst of the dark woods, and she put her arms around me and kissed me and said, “My darling, my darling, I’m sorry,” weeping a little.“Sorry?” I said. “To be warm instead of cold? To be rich and comfortable? To have a daughter who can turn silver into gold?”I pushed away from her.“To see you harden yourself to ice, to make it so,” she said.The horses trotted on more swiftly, but the Staryk road kept pace with us all the way home, shining between the trees. I could feel it on my side, a shimmer of colder wind trying to press against me and pierce through to my skin, but I didn’t care.I was colder inside than out.What I liked: I liked how the story was based on Russian folklore, the way several stories are melded together, the real-life aspects of anti-semitism which added an extra depth, the character development, particularly as the ‘baddies’ generally turn out to be more nuanced. I loved the central figures of each story being female, as well as the fact that they all changed their destinies through brains and hard work – you don’t have to have a sword to be kick-ass!Even better if: Can I have Naomi Novik’s next book already?How you could use it in your classroom: This would be a great book for older secondary pupils or at college/ university when looking at comparative literature and how all of the original threads from folklore, fairytale and history have been woven together to create a multi-faceted, rich story. I would also love to look at how he familiarity of fairytales affects our experience with this story e.g. the tree who contains the spirit of Wanda’s mother and the nut (like Cinderella) and the ‘witch’s house’ where certain tasks must be completed in return for hospitality, etc.

The real story isn’t half as pretty as the one you’ve heard.The real story is, the miller’s daughter with her long golden hair wants to catch a lord, a prince, a rich man’s son, so she goes to the moneylender and borrows for a ring and a necklace and decks herself out for the festival. And she’s beautiful enough, so the lord, the prince, the rich man’s son notices her, and dances with her, and tumbles her in a quiet hayloft when the dancing is over, and afterwards he goes home and marries the rich woman his family has picked out for him.Then the miller’s despoiled daughter tells everyone that the moneylender’s in league with the devil, and the village runs him out or maybe even stones him, so at least she gets to keep the jewels for a dowry, and the blacksmith marries her before that firstborn child comes along a little early.Because that’s what the story’s really about: getting out of paying your debts. That’s not how they tell it, but I knew. My father was a moneylender, you see.He wasn’t very good at it.First impressions: I wanted to read this straightaway because I loved Uprooted. I am a massive fan of reimagined or ‘fractured’ fairytales so I have been very fond of the fashion for retellings over the last few years.I liked how Uprooted drew on folklore and fairytales. Recently, I have also been reading some Russian fairytales and some books based around them (The Bear and the Nightingale, The House with Chicken Legs etc) so I was excited to see that Spinning Silver drew on these, as well as the fact that it sounded like it was using Rumplestiltskin, not one of the more commonly recycled fairytales.Also, look at the beautiful cover!I still regret not getting a hardback of Uprooted as I was out of the country when it came out so I have just bought a copy of Spinning Silver in hardback to make sure I don’t miss out on it too!I loved following Miryem on her journey, from being the granddaughter of a very good moneylender and the daughter of a very poor one, to taking matters into her own hands and turning difficulty into prosperity. The introduction of the Staryk raised the stakes even further, with a careless boast leading to all sorts of problems for her. Just like in the old fairytales, which are often darker than the Disney-ified version that is most popular, the supernatural forces that she tangles with are capricious and could be deadly.We are then introduced to Wanda, an ordinary girl who suffers at the hands of a drunken father and wants to protect her brothers. When she catches wind of her father selling her off as a bride, she takes her fate into her won hands and it becomes entangled with Miryem’s. Finally we meet the third of our female protagonists, Irina, the rather-plan daughter of a lord who is able to catch the eye of the tsar himself thanks to the power of enchanted silver jewellery. Yet, the tsar is home to something far more powerful and malevolent than she could ever have imagined…The threads of the narrative wind tighter and tighter, finally bringing these three women together in a scenario where each of their strength and determination helps them to decide their own path. These are powerful women, without wielding a weapon, flawed, real and gripping.I loved all the little snippets of folklore and fairytales in each of the three narratives, the little nods towards a shared narrative history, yet with elements from history and a distinctly modern outlook.If you liked Uprooted, you will love this. And, if you haven’t read either yet, what are you waiting for?Spinning Silver will enthrall you from the first sentence, drawing you tighter into the story with every twist. Even if you’re reading it on a hot summer day, be prepared to feel the shiver of an icy wind…Enthralling, atmospheric and with plenty of girlpower, this is a re-imagined fairytale like no other!My mother’s face was full of misery. We didn’t speak.Would you rather we were sill poor and hungry?”I burst out to her finally, the silence between us heavy in the midst of the dark woods, and she put her arms around me and kissed me and said, “My darling, my darling, I’m sorry,” weeping a little.“Sorry?” I said. “To be warm instead of cold? To be rich and comfortable? To have a daughter who can turn silver into gold?”I pushed away from her.“To see you harden yourself to ice, to make it so,” she said.The horses trotted on more swiftly, but the Staryk road kept pace with us all the way home, shining between the trees. I could feel it on my side, a shimmer of colder wind trying to press against me and pierce through to my skin, but I didn’t care.I was colder inside than out.What I liked: I liked how the story was based on Russian folklore, the way several stories are melded together, the real-life aspects of anti-semitism which added an extra depth, the character development, particularly as the ‘baddies’ generally turn out to be more nuanced. I loved the central figures of each story being female, as well as the fact that they all changed their destinies through brains and hard work – you don’t have to have a sword to be kick-ass!Even better if: Can I have Naomi Novik’s next book already?How you could use it in your classroom: This would be a great book for older secondary pupils or at college/ university when looking at comparative literature and how all of the original threads from folklore, fairytale and history have been woven together to create a multi-faceted, rich story. I would also love to look at how he familiarity of fairytales affects our experience with this story e.g. the tree who contains the spirit of Wanda’s mother and the nut (like Cinderella) and the ‘witch’s house’ where certain tasks must be completed in return for hospitality, etc.

The real story isn’t half as pretty as the one you’ve heard.The real story is, the miller’s daughter with her long golden hair wants to catch a lord, a prince, a rich man’s son, so she goes to the moneylender and borrows for a ring and a necklace and decks herself out for the festival. And she’s beautiful enough, so the lord, the prince, the rich man’s son notices her, and dances with her, and tumbles her in a quiet hayloft when the dancing is over, and afterwards he goes home and marries the rich woman his family has picked out for him.Then the miller’s despoiled daughter tells everyone that the moneylender’s in league with the devil, and the village runs him out or maybe even stones him, so at least she gets to keep the jewels for a dowry, and the blacksmith marries her before that firstborn child comes along a little early.Because that’s what the story’s really about: getting out of paying your debts. That’s not how they tell it, but I knew. My father was a moneylender, you see.He wasn’t very good at it.First impressions: I wanted to read this straightaway because I loved Uprooted. I am a massive fan of reimagined or ‘fractured’ fairytales so I have been very fond of the fashion for retellings over the last few years.I liked how Uprooted drew on folklore and fairytales. Recently, I have also been reading some Russian fairytales and some books based around them (The Bear and the Nightingale, The House with Chicken Legs etc) so I was excited to see that Spinning Silver drew on these, as well as the fact that it sounded like it was using Rumplestiltskin, not one of the more commonly recycled fairytales.Also, look at the beautiful cover!I still regret not getting a hardback of Uprooted as I was out of the country when it came out so I have just bought a copy of Spinning Silver in hardback to make sure I don’t miss out on it too!I loved following Miryem on her journey, from being the granddaughter of a very good moneylender and the daughter of a very poor one, to taking matters into her own hands and turning difficulty into prosperity. The introduction of the Staryk raised the stakes even further, with a careless boast leading to all sorts of problems for her. Just like in the old fairytales, which are often darker than the Disney-ified version that is most popular, the supernatural forces that she tangles with are capricious and could be deadly.We are then introduced to Wanda, an ordinary girl who suffers at the hands of a drunken father and wants to protect her brothers. When she catches wind of her father selling her off as a bride, she takes her fate into her won hands and it becomes entangled with Miryem’s. Finally we meet the third of our female protagonists, Irina, the rather-plan daughter of a lord who is able to catch the eye of the tsar himself thanks to the power of enchanted silver jewellery. Yet, the tsar is home to something far more powerful and malevolent than she could ever have imagined…The threads of the narrative wind tighter and tighter, finally bringing these three women together in a scenario where each of their strength and determination helps them to decide their own path. These are powerful women, without wielding a weapon, flawed, real and gripping.I loved all the little snippets of folklore and fairytales in each of the three narratives, the little nods towards a shared narrative history, yet with elements from history and a distinctly modern outlook.If you liked Uprooted, you will love this. And, if you haven’t read either yet, what are you waiting for?Spinning Silver will enthrall you from the first sentence, drawing you tighter into the story with every twist. Even if you’re reading it on a hot summer day, be prepared to feel the shiver of an icy wind…Enthralling, atmospheric and with plenty of girlpower, this is a re-imagined fairytale like no other!My mother’s face was full of misery. We didn’t speak.Would you rather we were sill poor and hungry?”I burst out to her finally, the silence between us heavy in the midst of the dark woods, and she put her arms around me and kissed me and said, “My darling, my darling, I’m sorry,” weeping a little.“Sorry?” I said. “To be warm instead of cold? To be rich and comfortable? To have a daughter who can turn silver into gold?”I pushed away from her.“To see you harden yourself to ice, to make it so,” she said.The horses trotted on more swiftly, but the Staryk road kept pace with us all the way home, shining between the trees. I could feel it on my side, a shimmer of colder wind trying to press against me and pierce through to my skin, but I didn’t care.I was colder inside than out.What I liked: I liked how the story was based on Russian folklore, the way several stories are melded together, the real-life aspects of anti-semitism which added an extra depth, the character development, particularly as the ‘baddies’ generally turn out to be more nuanced. I loved the central figures of each story being female, as well as the fact that they all changed their destinies through brains and hard work – you don’t have to have a sword to be kick-ass!Even better if: Can I have Naomi Novik’s next book already?How you could use it in your classroom: This would be a great book for older secondary pupils or at college/ university when looking at comparative literature and how all of the original threads from folklore, fairytale and history have been woven together to create a multi-faceted, rich story. I would also love to look at how he familiarity of fairytales affects our experience with this story e.g. the tree who contains the spirit of Wanda’s mother and the nut (like Cinderella) and the ‘witch’s house’ where certain tasks must be completed in return for hospitality, etc.

The real story isn’t half as pretty as the one you’ve heard.The real story is, the miller’s daughter with her long golden hair wants to catch a lord, a prince, a rich man’s son, so she goes to the moneylender and borrows for a ring and a necklace and decks herself out for the festival. And she’s beautiful enough, so the lord, the prince, the rich man’s son notices her, and dances with her, and tumbles her in a quiet hayloft when the dancing is over, and afterwards he goes home and marries the rich woman his family has picked out for him.Then the miller’s despoiled daughter tells everyone that the moneylender’s in league with the devil, and the village runs him out or maybe even stones him, so at least she gets to keep the jewels for a dowry, and the blacksmith marries her before that firstborn child comes along a little early.Because that’s what the story’s really about: getting out of paying your debts. That’s not how they tell it, but I knew. My father was a moneylender, you see.He wasn’t very good at it.First impressions: I wanted to read this straightaway because I loved Uprooted. I am a massive fan of reimagined or ‘fractured’ fairytales so I have been very fond of the fashion for retellings over the last few years.I liked how Uprooted drew on folklore and fairytales. Recently, I have also been reading some Russian fairytales and some books based around them (The Bear and the Nightingale, The House with Chicken Legs etc) so I was excited to see that Spinning Silver drew on these, as well as the fact that it sounded like it was using Rumplestiltskin, not one of the more commonly recycled fairytales.Also, look at the beautiful cover!I still regret not getting a hardback of Uprooted as I was out of the country when it came out so I have just bought a copy of Spinning Silver in hardback to make sure I don’t miss out on it too!I loved following Miryem on her journey, from being the granddaughter of a very good moneylender and the daughter of a very poor one, to taking matters into her own hands and turning difficulty into prosperity. The introduction of the Staryk raised the stakes even further, with a careless boast leading to all sorts of problems for her. Just like in the old fairytales, which are often darker than the Disney-ified version that is most popular, the supernatural forces that she tangles with are capricious and could be deadly.We are then introduced to Wanda, an ordinary girl who suffers at the hands of a drunken father and wants to protect her brothers. When she catches wind of her father selling her off as a bride, she takes her fate into her won hands and it becomes entangled with Miryem’s. Finally we meet the third of our female protagonists, Irina, the rather-plan daughter of a lord who is able to catch the eye of the tsar himself thanks to the power of enchanted silver jewellery. Yet, the tsar is home to something far more powerful and malevolent than she could ever have imagined…The threads of the narrative wind tighter and tighter, finally bringing these three women together in a scenario where each of their strength and determination helps them to decide their own path. These are powerful women, without wielding a weapon, flawed, real and gripping.I loved all the little snippets of folklore and fairytales in each of the three narratives, the little nods towards a shared narrative history, yet with elements from history and a distinctly modern outlook.If you liked Uprooted, you will love this. And, if you haven’t read either yet, what are you waiting for?Spinning Silver will enthrall you from the first sentence, drawing you tighter into the story with every twist. Even if you’re reading it on a hot summer day, be prepared to feel the shiver of an icy wind…Enthralling, atmospheric and with plenty of girlpower, this is a re-imagined fairytale like no other!My mother’s face was full of misery. We didn’t speak.Would you rather we were sill poor and hungry?”I burst out to her finally, the silence between us heavy in the midst of the dark woods, and she put her arms around me and kissed me and said, “My darling, my darling, I’m sorry,” weeping a little.“Sorry?” I said. “To be warm instead of cold? To be rich and comfortable? To have a daughter who can turn silver into gold?”I pushed away from her.“To see you harden yourself to ice, to make it so,” she said.The horses trotted on more swiftly, but the Staryk road kept pace with us all the way home, shining between the trees. I could feel it on my side, a shimmer of colder wind trying to press against me and pierce through to my skin, but I didn’t care.I was colder inside than out.What I liked: I liked how the story was based on Russian folklore, the way several stories are melded together, the real-life aspects of anti-semitism which added an extra depth, the character development, particularly as the ‘baddies’ generally turn out to be more nuanced. I loved the central figures of each story being female, as well as the fact that they all changed their destinies through brains and hard work – you don’t have to have a sword to be kick-ass!Even better if: Can I have Naomi Novik’s next book already?How you could use it in your classroom: This would be a great book for older secondary pupils or at college/ university when looking at comparative literature and how all of the original threads from folklore, fairytale and history have been woven together to create a multi-faceted, rich story. I would also love to look at how he familiarity of fairytales affects our experience with this story e.g. the tree who contains the spirit of Wanda’s mother and the nut (like Cinderella) and the ‘witch’s house’ where certain tasks must be completed in return for hospitality, etc.

The real story isn’t half as pretty as the one you’ve heard.The real story is, the miller’s daughter with her long golden hair wants to catch a lord, a prince, a rich man’s son, so she goes to the moneylender and borrows for a ring and a necklace and decks herself out for the festival. And she’s beautiful enough, so the lord, the prince, the rich man’s son notices her, and dances with her, and tumbles her in a quiet hayloft when the dancing is over, and afterwards he goes home and marries the rich woman his family has picked out for him.Then the miller’s despoiled daughter tells everyone that the moneylender’s in league with the devil, and the village runs him out or maybe even stones him, so at least she gets to keep the jewels for a dowry, and the blacksmith marries her before that firstborn child comes along a little early.Because that’s what the story’s really about: getting out of paying your debts. That’s not how they tell it, but I knew. My father was a moneylender, you see.He wasn’t very good at it.First impressions: I wanted to read this straightaway because I loved Uprooted. I am a massive fan of reimagined or ‘fractured’ fairytales so I have been very fond of the fashion for retellings over the last few years.I liked how Uprooted drew on folklore and fairytales. Recently, I have also been reading some Russian fairytales and some books based around them (The Bear and the Nightingale, The House with Chicken Legs etc) so I was excited to see that Spinning Silver drew on these, as well as the fact that it sounded like it was using Rumplestiltskin, not one of the more commonly recycled fairytales.Also, look at the beautiful cover!I still regret not getting a hardback of Uprooted as I was out of the country when it came out so I have just bought a copy of Spinning Silver in hardback to make sure I don’t miss out on it too!I loved following Miryem on her journey, from being the granddaughter of a very good moneylender and the daughter of a very poor one, to taking matters into her own hands and turning difficulty into prosperity. The introduction of the Staryk raised the stakes even further, with a careless boast leading to all sorts of problems for her. Just like in the old fairytales, which are often darker than the Disney-ified version that is most popular, the supernatural forces that she tangles with are capricious and could be deadly.We are then introduced to Wanda, an ordinary girl who suffers at the hands of a drunken father and wants to protect her brothers. When she catches wind of her father selling her off as a bride, she takes her fate into her won hands and it becomes entangled with Miryem’s. Finally we meet the third of our female protagonists, Irina, the rather-plan daughter of a lord who is able to catch the eye of the tsar himself thanks to the power of enchanted silver jewellery. Yet, the tsar is home to something far more powerful and malevolent than she could ever have imagined…The threads of the narrative wind tighter and tighter, finally bringing these three women together in a scenario where each of their strength and determination helps them to decide their own path. These are powerful women, without wielding a weapon, flawed, real and gripping.I loved all the little snippets of folklore and fairytales in each of the three narratives, the little nods towards a shared narrative history, yet with elements from history and a distinctly modern outlook.If you liked Uprooted, you will love this. And, if you haven’t read either yet, what are you waiting for?Spinning Silver will enthrall you from the first sentence, drawing you tighter into the story with every twist. Even if you’re reading it on a hot summer day, be prepared to feel the shiver of an icy wind…Enthralling, atmospheric and with plenty of girlpower, this is a re-imagined fairytale like no other!My mother’s face was full of misery. We didn’t speak.Would you rather we were sill poor and hungry?”I burst out to her finally, the silence between us heavy in the midst of the dark woods, and she put her arms around me and kissed me and said, “My darling, my darling, I’m sorry,” weeping a little.“Sorry?” I said. “To be warm instead of cold? To be rich and comfortable? To have a daughter who can turn silver into gold?”I pushed away from her.“To see you harden yourself to ice, to make it so,” she said.The horses trotted on more swiftly, but the Staryk road kept pace with us all the way home, shining between the trees. I could feel it on my side, a shimmer of colder wind trying to press against me and pierce through to my skin, but I didn’t care.I was colder inside than out.What I liked: I liked how the story was based on Russian folklore, the way several stories are melded together, the real-life aspects of anti-semitism which added an extra depth, the character development, particularly as the ‘baddies’ generally turn out to be more nuanced. I loved the central figures of each story being female, as well as the fact that they all changed their destinies through brains and hard work – you don’t have to have a sword to be kick-ass!Even better if: Can I have Naomi Novik’s next book already?How you could use it in your classroom: This would be a great book for older secondary pupils or at college/ university when looking at comparative literature and how all of the original threads from folklore, fairytale and history have been woven together to create a multi-faceted, rich story. I would also love to look at how he familiarity of fairytales affects our experience with this story e.g. the tree who contains the spirit of Wanda’s mother and the nut (like Cinderella) and the ‘witch’s house’ where certain tasks must be completed in return for hospitality, etc.

ヒロインのmyriemが自分がやると決意し行動を起こすところから話がどんどん紡ぎ出されていくので、spinning silverというより、spinning tale というタイトルにしたいぐらいだが、面白かった。　ルンペルシュティルツキン　というグリム童話の再話と指摘する人もいるが、むしろこの作者が、元の話をつまらなく思って、自由に書き直したという趣だ。　普通の娘が王と結婚する。金に変えるという命令に３回従う。それに指輪とネックレスを関わらせる。悪魔が出てくる。（ヒロインは知ることのできたが）秘密の名前がある。こんなところがグリム童話との共通点だろうか。　でも再話と言われなければ気づかぬくらい元の話とは違う。　作者の想像力がすごすぎて、uprooted　はちょっと話を紡ぎすぎのように感じたのだが、今回は私にはちょうど良く感じられた。

ヒロインのmyriemが自分がやると決意し行動を起こすところから話がどんどん紡ぎ出されていくので、spinning silverというより、spinning tale というタイトルにしたいぐらいだが、面白かった。　ルンペルシュティルツキン　というグリム童話の再話と指摘する人もいるが、むしろこの作者が、元の話をつまらなく思って、自由に書き直したという趣だ。　普通の娘が王と結婚する。金に変えるという命令に３回従う。それに指輪とネックレスを関わらせる。悪魔が出てくる。（ヒロインは知ることのできたが）秘密の名前がある。こんなところがグリム童話との共通点だろうか。　でも再話と言われなければ気づかぬくらい元の話とは違う。　作者の想像力がすごすぎて、uprooted　はちょっと話を紡ぎすぎのように感じたのだが、今回は私にはちょうど良く感じられた。

ヒロインのmyriemが自分がやると決意し行動を起こすところから話がどんどん紡ぎ出されていくので、spinning silverというより、spinning tale というタイトルにしたいぐらいだが、面白かった。　ルンペルシュティルツキン　というグリム童話の再話と指摘する人もいるが、むしろこの作者が、元の話をつまらなく思って、自由に書き直したという趣だ。　普通の娘が王と結婚する。金に変えるという命令に３回従う。それに指輪とネックレスを関わらせる。悪魔が出てくる。（ヒロインは知ることのできたが）秘密の名前がある。こんなところがグリム童話との共通点だろうか。　でも再話と言われなければ気づかぬくらい元の話とは違う。　作者の想像力がすごすぎて、uprooted　はちょっと話を紡ぎすぎのように感じたのだが、今回は私にはちょうど良く感じられた。

ヒロインのmyriemが自分がやると決意し行動を起こすところから話がどんどん紡ぎ出されていくので、spinning silverというより、spinning tale というタイトルにしたいぐらいだが、面白かった。　ルンペルシュティルツキン　というグリム童話の再話と指摘する人もいるが、むしろこの作者が、元の話をつまらなく思って、自由に書き直したという趣だ。　普通の娘が王と結婚する。金に変えるという命令に３回従う。それに指輪とネックレスを関わらせる。悪魔が出てくる。（ヒロインは知ることのできたが）秘密の名前がある。こんなところがグリム童話との共通点だろうか。　でも再話と言われなければ気づかぬくらい元の話とは違う。　作者の想像力がすごすぎて、uprooted　はちょっと話を紡ぎすぎのように感じたのだが、今回は私にはちょうど良く感じられた。

ヒロインのmyriemが自分がやると決意し行動を起こすところから話がどんどん紡ぎ出されていくので、spinning silverというより、spinning tale というタイトルにしたいぐらいだが、面白かった。　ルンペルシュティルツキン　というグリム童話の再話と指摘する人もいるが、むしろこの作者が、元の話をつまらなく思って、自由に書き直したという趣だ。　普通の娘が王と結婚する。金に変えるという命令に３回従う。それに指輪とネックレスを関わらせる。悪魔が出てくる。（ヒロインは知ることのできたが）秘密の名前がある。こんなところがグリム童話との共通点だろうか。　でも再話と言われなければ気づかぬくらい元の話とは違う。　作者の想像力がすごすぎて、uprooted　はちょっと話を紡ぎすぎのように感じたのだが、今回は私にはちょうど良く感じられた。

ヒロインのmyriemが自分がやると決意し行動を起こすところから話がどんどん紡ぎ出されていくので、spinning silverというより、spinning tale というタイトルにしたいぐらいだが、面白かった。　ルンペルシュティルツキン　というグリム童話の再話と指摘する人もいるが、むしろこの作者が、元の話をつまらなく思って、自由に書き直したという趣だ。　普通の娘が王と結婚する。金に変えるという命令に３回従う。それに指輪とネックレスを関わらせる。悪魔が出てくる。（ヒロインは知ることのできたが）秘密の名前がある。こんなところがグリム童話との共通点だろうか。　でも再話と言われなければ気づかぬくらい元の話とは違う。　作者の想像力がすごすぎて、uprooted　はちょっと話を紡ぎすぎのように感じたのだが、今回は私にはちょうど良く感じられた。

ヒロインのmyriemが自分がやると決意し行動を起こすところから話がどんどん紡ぎ出されていくので、spinning silverというより、spinning tale というタイトルにしたいぐらいだが、面白かった。　ルンペルシュティルツキン　というグリム童話の再話と指摘する人もいるが、むしろこの作者が、元の話をつまらなく思って、自由に書き直したという趣だ。　普通の娘が王と結婚する。金に変えるという命令に３回従う。それに指輪とネックレスを関わらせる。悪魔が出てくる。（ヒロインは知ることのできたが）秘密の名前がある。こんなところがグリム童話との共通点だろうか。　でも再話と言われなければ気づかぬくらい元の話とは違う。　作者の想像力がすごすぎて、uprooted　はちょっと話を紡ぎすぎのように感じたのだが、今回は私にはちょうど良く感じられた。

ヒロインのmyriemが自分がやると決意し行動を起こすところから話がどんどん紡ぎ出されていくので、spinning silverというより、spinning tale というタイトルにしたいぐらいだが、面白かった。　ルンペルシュティルツキン　というグリム童話の再話と指摘する人もいるが、むしろこの作者が、元の話をつまらなく思って、自由に書き直したという趣だ。　普通の娘が王と結婚する。金に変えるという命令に３回従う。それに指輪とネックレスを関わらせる。悪魔が出てくる。（ヒロインは知ることのできたが）秘密の名前がある。こんなところがグリム童話との共通点だろうか。　でも再話と言われなければ気づかぬくらい元の話とは違う。　作者の想像力がすごすぎて、uprooted　はちょっと話を紡ぎすぎのように感じたのだが、今回は私にはちょうど良く感じられた。

The book has arrived earlier than expected in perfect conditions.About the story, all I can say so far is that I like it a lot and that I can't stop reading!

The book has arrived earlier than expected in perfect conditions.About the story, all I can say so far is that I like it a lot and that I can't stop reading!

The book has arrived earlier than expected in perfect conditions.About the story, all I can say so far is that I like it a lot and that I can't stop reading!

The book has arrived earlier than expected in perfect conditions.About the story, all I can say so far is that I like it a lot and that I can't stop reading!

The book has arrived earlier than expected in perfect conditions.About the story, all I can say so far is that I like it a lot and that I can't stop reading!

The book has arrived earlier than expected in perfect conditions.About the story, all I can say so far is that I like it a lot and that I can't stop reading!

The book has arrived earlier than expected in perfect conditions.About the story, all I can say so far is that I like it a lot and that I can't stop reading!

The book has arrived earlier than expected in perfect conditions.About the story, all I can say so far is that I like it a lot and that I can't stop reading!