Merrie Haskell
Auteur van The Princess Curse
Werken van Merrie Haskell
The Wedding Dress Tea Parties of 2443 7 exemplaren
An Almanac for the Alien Invaders {short story} 3 exemplaren
Dead Languages 2 exemplaren
Sun's East, Moon's West [short story] 2 exemplaren
Reparations 1 exemplaar
The Girl-Prince 1 exemplaar
In Spindle Towers: Five Stories 1 exemplaar
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- Geboortedatum
- 1975-04-10
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Michigan, USA
- Opleiding
- University of Michigan
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- 3.8
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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.… (meer)