Review: A nice fairy tale
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 14, 2011
Erik sent me "The Witch and the Sunflower Girl" for review. I honestly had no idea what this book was about before I read it. I hadn't read the synopsis and didn't look to see how many pages it was. The title was what interested me especially the subheading of `A Christmas and Halloween Fairy Tale'. I liked this story. I would say it's more a fairy tale for older children and up. A cursed kingdom and a fortuneteller seeking to break the curse is a creative twist on a classic tale. Erik created a very descriptive world filled with deep morals of hope, fate, free will, pasts and futures. I was nearing the end and wondering when the Christmas aspect would take place and when it did I wasn't quite sure how it happened. I understood that the fortuneteller broke the curse but I missed the definite how of it. It left me contemplating different interpretations and maybe that's a good thing, kind of like art and each reader finding their own meaning. Other than that the only other issue I had with the story was the use of the word lighted instead of lit (There I go again with the grammar) I give "The Witch and the Sunflower Girl" 3/5 stars. It was a good short read filled with great meanings.