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Wednesday, September 19, 2007
The Stolen Child
Not all fairy tales are for children. Some of them are best suited for the adults in the family, people who truly understand how something evil and unexpected can so suddenly come along and snatch away forever the best that life has to offer. Keith Donohue’s The Stolen Child is one of those fairy tales.
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I'm glad you liked this book as it is sitting on my bookshelf right now waiting for me to get to it. I nearly started it this week but decided to go with No Country for Old Men. Anyway, thanks for the review.
ReplyDeleteReally enjoyed reading Stolen Child. Donohue is on my watch list for new novels.
ReplyDeleteI'm reading this next month for the Unread Authors Challenge, so I just skimmed the review. I'm really glad you enjoyed it!
ReplyDeleteIt's a good one, Matt. I was not real familiar with the "legend" behind the changeling myth and I really enjoyed finding out about it and about why the myth developed in the first place.
ReplyDeleteSame here, Elizabeth. That was a great first novel and I have high hopes for what will follow. I hope Donohue doesn't have a problem with the "sophomore jinx" next time out.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Eva. I always try not to include spoilers, but I'm sure that I've inadvertently done so at times. I try not to reveal anymore than the bookflaps reveal but when I embellish and give some personal opinion it's difficult not to cross the line.
ReplyDeleteI hope you enjoy it...let me know.
Every time I stumble across a review of this book, I get excited about reading it again. It looks really interesting--more so than I thought, from your review.
ReplyDeleteIt's on my short list of what to read next, but I'm patiently waiting for it to be turned in at the library. It seems to be really popular.
Ohhh....this sounds really good!! Damn. Another book to add to my ever growing Mt. TBR!!
ReplyDeleteNice review!!
I'm glad you liked this one as much as I did. It's a good one!
ReplyDeleteDon't give up, Renay, because it's worth the wait.
ReplyDeleteStephanie, I don't think that my TBR list has EVER been longer than it is today. I have to keep reminding myself what a nice problem that is.
ReplyDeleteI can remember a few years ago when I would almost panic because I suddenly realized that I didn't have a book in the house that I hadn't already read...boy, those days are long gone.
No doubt about it, Susan...I love browsing book blogs to see what folks unearth. I just wish I could keep up. :-)
ReplyDeleteI just bookmooched this one and it's on its way. I can't wait to get my hands on it either. I'm so glad you had good things to say about this one. I'm looking forward to reading it even more.
ReplyDeleteLet me know what you think of it, J.S. I enjoyed being in that strange world for a couple of days.
ReplyDeleteWow...this really sounds fabulous; I love this kind of thing, and I've never heard of this book, but I'm off *right now* to add it to my gotta-get-this-book list!
ReplyDeleteMo, if you enjoy fantasy, this should be a good one for you. Do let me know what you think...
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