Merrie Haskell
Auteur de The Princess Curse
Œuvres de Merrie Haskell
The Wedding Dress Tea Parties of 2443 7 exemplaires
An Almanac for the Alien Invaders {short story} 3 exemplaires
Dead Languages 2 exemplaires
Sun's East, Moon's West [short story] 2 exemplaires
Reparations 1 exemplaire
The Girl-Prince 1 exemplaire
In Spindle Towers: Five Stories 1 exemplaire
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- Date de naissance
- 1975-04-10
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Michigan, USA
- Études
- University of Michigan
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- Œuvres
- 13
- Aussi par
- 6
- Membres
- 678
- Popularité
- #37,272
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 57
- ISBN
- 20
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- 1
I also appreciated the darker aspects of the story. As a child, I was always a bit ambivalent towards the Dancing Princesses because it seemed so stupid - they danced and wore holes in their shoes, and that was supposed to be a horrible curse that the king wanted solved so much? In Haskell's version, the dancing was tied into a sleeping sickness for any who tried to observe the princesses at night, and seismic events if any of the princesses left.
I also just liked the main character. She was full of chutzpah, and intelligent and independent.
My only complaint was that the book ended too early and with so many threads still left hanging. This was, I gather, the first in a series. So I ended the book feeling both frustrated because the story wasn't over, and hopeful that there would be more.… (plus d'informations)