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Pros
The story overall and the characters are fantastic. The colorful cast of characters and subplots add even more life to the story. The book ends well without a cliff hanger.
I love a marissa meyer retelling, so i was very excited to find out she was writing a rumpelstiltskin retelling. Meyer never ceases to amaze me!
A rumplestiltskin retelling. I love how it is a semi mash up between the lore of the wild hunt and rumpelstiltskin.
As usual, she's blown me away. She creates a unique world and story that blends these elements in a fresh and original way. She has the gift to spin wonderful tales that captivate her young charges.
Serilda is a strong and likable protagonist who grows and evolves throughout the story. The villagers stay away from her because wherever serilda goes, misfortune isn't too far behind. She is a sharp and witty character who refuses to allow others to ... Read More
Cons
Gilded is overrated and overly long. I know the miller's daughter is suppose to be a liar, but that's literally all she is here. I'm vaguely interested in the sequel just to know how it ends but more dreading it.
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Quality
And it all fit together perfectly with the rumplestiltskin fairy tale
She combines elements of the classic fairy tale »rumpelstiltskin« with the »erlking« from european folklore
This couldnt just be about a king wanting earthly wealth and a poor girl who falls in love with the greedy king
The biggest problem i had with this story was how much time i felt was spent with the reader having no idea what was going on
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Serilda is such a great main character
Serilda is all kinds of lonely though
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Best decision ever 😂for a chunker this was a seriously fast read one i finished in less than two days
Packaging/appearance
While some of them could have benefited from more development and exploration i think well likely see more of them in »cursed« ... Read More
The first two times serilda gives him the gifts the moss maidens gave her when she saved them from the erlking
Competitiveness
I know this is a sucky review for a book i said i loved but like i said i don’t want to say too much and give anything away
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loved and gilded. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is high deception involved.
- Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 26.0% of the reviews are reliable.
- This product had a total of 2,341 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 7 2023.
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After that shes bound to keep going back to the castle because the erlking wont let her go
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The third time she offers her future firstborn child as payment
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That is the only thing she has to offer
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However this rumpelstiltskin retelling is nothing like the version i grew up with
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I think at times it could have been stretched out a bit long and maybe she could have condensed it a bit
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Let alone over 500 pages in book one of a dark childrens fairytale
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I vented my opinion to my husband and his words were 34so they turned a 100 page kid story and turned it into a 1000 pages34
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I followed with 34yep pretty much34
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