Book Review: Book of a Thousand Days August 21, 2009
Posted by Realitybypass in Book Review, Fantasy, Young Adult.trackback
This wasn’t the book I was going to review, but it’s sticking in my brain, so there you have it.
Book of a Thousand Days is a young adult book by Shannon Hale. I’ve long loved Ms. Hale’s books and this was no exception. Book of a Thousand Days is written journal style from the point of view of a lady’s maid who is bricked up in a tower with her Lady, who has refused to marry the man her father has chosen. The two are to stay there for seven years or until the Lady comes to her senses. So the book is split into two. The time in the tower and what happens afterwards.
This is a charming book with a lot of fun fairy tale aspects and some twists which keep you guessing as a reader. There are some fun cultural aspects built into the story which give it a feel of being something very foreign, not simply the Westernized fairy stories most of us are accustom to.
I got this one from the library, but it’s on my list to purchase the next time I’m at the bookstore.
Genre: Fairy Tale
Age: Young Adult
Content: mild violence, mild romance, mild scares
Overall: Buy
Book of a Thousand Days
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