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Alix E. Harrow

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Namn enligt folkbokföringen
Heintzman, Alix
Födelsedag
1989-11-09
Kön
female
Nationalitet
USA
Bostadsorter
Berea, Kentucky, USA
Agent
Kate McKean

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A Mirror Mended picks up where Alix E. Harrow's similarly excellent A Spindle Splintered leaves off: with protagonist Zinnia Gray hopping across the fairy-tale-verse rescuing various iterations of Sleeping Beauty, not least by giving them agency in their own narratives.

But then, through a mirror, Zinnia is drawn into a Snow White tale. That's a twist. Zinnia promptly gets captured by and forms a crush on a villain who may not fully be a villain, finds out that the innocent may not be so innocent after all, and learns that being hero doesn't mean going solo but involves a community of friends.

Brimming with pop-cultural and academic references, and moments of genuine emotion and insight, A Mirror Mended is a brief but rich and rewarding book. Protagonist-narrator Zinnia is snarky and smart and self-doubting and absolutely wonderful. I can only hope that Harrow will write a third Fractured Fable.
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LordSlaw | 35 andra recensioner | Mar 5, 2024 |
What an interesting book. I’d recommended it to some but not everyone. I felt the writing was a tad dense. But overall I enjoyed the story of Opal and Arthur. My favorite thing about the writing was the way the author was capable of bringing this entire house and story world into some tangible through the senses.
 
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spaceysloth | 36 andra recensioner | Mar 4, 2024 |
Starling House is an old mansion that seems to have a mind of its own, that even its wardens do not understand. The local people avoid it and believe it to be cursed as its origins are connected to some tragic histories of Eden's most powerful inhabitants. The protagonist is a young woman, Opal, haunted by her own tragic past and hopeless present. She feels connected to the house which is now inhabited by a mysterious man.

I was surprised how much I liked this novel set in rural Kentucky, with a decent Southern Gothic setting and an intriguing story. The atmosphere is pleasantly eerie, just the amount of horror I can take and that lets me sleep at night after reading it. There are no sharp edges here.

Alix E. Harrow is a master storyteller. The language is just beautiful and the atmosphere is perfectly moody. Even though the tropes she uses feel old and seen before, they are never boring. It is like reading a fairytale.

Compared to some other gothic-leaning books I've read this year ([b:Fayne|60510110|Fayne|Ann-Marie MacDonald|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1651705946l/60510110._SX50_.jpg|96190936] or [b:The Square of Sevens|101146072|The Square of Sevens|Laura Shepherd-Robinson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1687711902l/101146072._SY75_.jpg|100412861]) this one felt almost YA-leaning and very straightforward.
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ZeljanaMaricFerli | 36 andra recensioner | Mar 4, 2024 |
DNF, I can see a lot of people loving this book but for me it was just frustrating. The main character is in some very sticky situations and instead of telling the people around her, who are directly effected by said situations and the choices she makes in response to them, she keeps everything to herself. The book could of been 75 pages if she just communicated.
 
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Corinne-pixel | 36 andra recensioner | Mar 2, 2024 |

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Verk
20
Även av
18
Medlemmar
8,138
Popularitet
#2,974
Betyg
4.0
Recensioner
413
ISBN
86
Språk
10
Favoritmärkt
6

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