Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister: A Novel | Gregory Maguire

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	Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister: A Novel Gregory Maguire Harper Paperbacks, 2000 - 384 pages average customer review:based on 278 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

i love it even after the third time reading it

i cannot recommend this book highly enough. a great adult fairy tale, it leaves you wanting more the whole way through-and the twists!

you have got to read it for yourself.

i cannot wait for him to write my next favorite book!

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Gregory Mcguire is an excellent author and he brings his stories to life in a way no other fantasy author can.

A new voice ...

Gregory Maguire has made "backstory" big business -- you know the history of an old beloved tale told with new information, usually providing a new view of the characters, or a view from a new perspective as childhood -- as he did in "Wicked." I read "Confessions..." several years after I read "Wicked" and was misdirected because I did not realize that he suited the tone of the book (also highly experimental) to the tone of the environment. After reading another of his books, I realized the cold tone and sparse dialogue, were indicative of the coldness of the story as well a the climatic surroundings in a northern European country. Having used this technique myself in one of my favorite ever writing classes, I also have a greater appreciation of what Maguire does so very well. He recycles literature -- old favorite tales in such a contemporary and clever way that it is difficult to put down. His writing is rich, colorful and very satisfying.

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Not as good as Wicked - but not bad.

I confess I loved Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Harper Fiction). So, my expectations were high for this one. Where Wicked had interesting political re-interpretations, this one does not.

It's not bad. It's still a unique re-interpretation of an old classic, with the focus on Maguire's truth of how the two ugly stepsisters in the classic Cinderalla story came to be these mythical, reviled women.

Maguire's always had a long-winded style - in Wicked, I felt the story more than justified bearing with it. In this one, it's just barely bearable.

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