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Jessica Day George
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Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow |
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1599901099 |
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Jen (USA: OR) (2008/08/10):
This is a retelling of an old Norwegian tale called East o' the sun, West o' the moon. I was interested in reading this because I love re-telling's of old tales. And I have to say I was disappointed in the re-telling of this tale. The love between the girl and her isbjorn (ice bear; polar bear) is laughable and the plot holes, well theres quiet a few. The lass in the story (as she's called cause she has no name) was given a name by a white reindeer, the author sets it up that this name the lass isn't supposed to tell anyone for her safety is something vital to the story and its not. The girl's "true" name just comes up suddenly and doesn't even live up to the hype it was given in the tale. A much more beautifully crafted retelling of this story would be East by Edith Pattou, the characters in East are much more fleshed out and you actually feel something for the characters. In sun and moon ice and snow everyone felt like they were a cardboard cut out. The author could have spent a little more time with her characters and making them come to life and and focus on the heroine's ability to communicate with animals and spent a little more time telling on the heroine how she felt. And making her less ungrateful.
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