Hiddensee: A Tale of the Once and Future Nutcracker, (Paperback)

from missmimsy

Another interesting take on a classic story by Gregory Maguire. I enjoyed the story but was not wowed. There were a lot of slow points and character motivation didn't always show through. I never really connected with any of the characters. Most of the story has absolutely nothing to do with anyt...

from BillieBook

I liked it better than After Alice, but that may be in large part because I'm less attached to the source material. There's still a bit of "trying-too-hard", but not so much that it distracted from the narrative.

from longhorndaniel

Received as a Give Away Winner:Was looking forward to a really cool taint on an old story. Got some of it but was also disappointed a bit as well. Dirk was an excellent character but was just so dark and depressing at times that it made it hard to fell sorry for him or even love him as a characte...

from courtneygiraldo

Hiddensee is a re-imagined novel of the infamous Nutcracker story, which I found really unique and was initially, quite excited to read.  Dirk grew up deep in the woods, far from any town or village, with the old lady and the old man; until the day he ran away after an accident in the woods left ...

from MarysGirl

This one was nearly a DNF, but I soldiered on and the last quarter redeemed the story, boosting it from a one star to a two. Like the last Maguire book I read (After Alice) I found this one essentially dull. It started with a lot of potential and ended well, but the vast 60-70% in the middle stre...