Review: A moving adult retelling of a classic
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 14, 2014
What an incredible twist on a classic fairy tale! The Reflections of Queen Snow White successfully breathes new life into an old story and transforms a cherished childhood favorite into a beautiful grown up fairy tale.Queen Snow White is no longer the adorable and innocent little princess many of us all know and love; now after almost forty years she is aging, grieving the loss of Prince Charming. Not to mention Snow’s most cherished friends, the seven lovable dwarves, who are aged and passing as well. This book takes a hard look at what happens after the happy ending and covers the very real difficulties that come with losing the ones you love.When Snow comes upon the long forgotten magic mirror, we relive the classic fairy tale up to the triumphant rescue by Prince Charming as well as the years of court life and political turmoil that came after. The one twist on this fairy tale is that there is very little magic, in fact the only magical part of this story is the mirror itself. Snow’s desperate fight for survival against the mad Queen is actually rather brutal, and I absolutely loved this more realistic retelling of the tale.Admittedly this book made me cry quite a few times. The descriptions of Queen Snow’s loneliness and despair over the loss of her savior struck a very personal chord with me that actually left me feeling rather depressed along with our heroine. If you took away the fairy tale setting, the royalty and the magic, Snow faces some rather real issues that is not uncommon. I was honestly surprised how sad I felt so often while reading, and the fact that it could draw that kind of raw emotion is incredible.A marvelous debut by a promising new author and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. Any fan of fairy tales I think will appreciate this wonderful adult retelling of a classic fairy tale.