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Title: Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister : A Novel by Gregory Maguire ISBN: 0-06-098752-9 Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.09 (139 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Disappointing...
Comment: After all the hype that followed Wicked, I felt compelled to pick this one up. Mistake!
After getting through a fairly promising start to the book, it slogged on until the very end, where it got interesting again (if not wholly unrealistic).
Not worth your time.
Rating: 4
Summary: The Magic Continues.....
Comment: When I first read "Wicked", the first adult novel written by Gregory Maguire, I was spellbound. I went out and recommended it to all my friends. So one can imagine my thrill when I went on-line and discovered that the author of my favorite book had written a second. This book was, of course, "Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister". I didn't sit down intending to simply read it, I engulfed it, and I was very pleased to find that what Maguire did in "Wicked" was not a one-time only occurance. Needless to say, it's a very enjoyable book. It takes a classic story that everyone knows, and tells the side of the story that people don't know, the side of the so-called 'villan'. Like "Wicked", you get wrapped up in the story and the characters. Unlike "Wicked", it's a light read, no politics, no tremendous notions, just deep thought on basic human concepts. And, despite the familiarity of the story Cinderella, there is little predictability in the novel; every page is a new discovery and a new surprise. All in all, and excellent book with something for everyone, and as such, a great read.
Rating: 4
Summary: Assignment
Comment: Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister has a captivating twist to a well-known and often recited tale. The family of misfits, known in other tales as the evil step-mother and ugly step-sisters, finds themselves in many different predicaments and Margerethe, the "evil" step-mother, always finds a creative, though vindictive and selfish, way out. The fairy tale turned realistic fiction, begins with such an event. The originally Dutch family has lost their English father/husband and must find a place to live and work. Returning to Holland gives them little hope but Margerethe is determined. Through chance, and what Iris sees as a house imp, the social status of these outcasts begins to grow, until soon they have become step-family to Clara.
Gregory Maguire is an excellent author whom excels at all attempts to create literary works of art, and this novel is no exception. With his words he paints a visible image of Holland, the sisters, the Van-den-Meer home, and other surroundings. He catches your attention with a combination of realism and suppositious fantasy that was common of that time. Gregory continues to pull you into the book with creative forms of foreshadowing, and explicit details. Over all, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister is a must read for all.
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Title: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire ISBN: 0060987103 Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: 06 November, 1996 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Mirror Mirror: A Novel by Gregory Maguire ISBN: 006039384X Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: 14 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Lost: A Novel by Gregory Maguire ISBN: 0060988649 Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: 17 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title:Wicked (2003 Original Broadway Cast) ASIN: B0000TB01Y Publisher: Decca Pub. Date: 16 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $13.49 |
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Title: Six Haunted Hairdos by Gregory Maguire ISBN: 0064407209 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 31 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
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