Monday 15 April 2019

Book review: Spinning Silver

Like Uprooted, Spinning Silver is a fairy story, well told. Like Uprooted it is strange, and well-handled. There is a feisty and plausible heroine, there is the wild, there are some meta-elves, and there is the exploration of her power and her world.

Some of the satisfaction comes from a neatly plotted story that fits well together as a whole; some, from having "nice" characters do well; in this respect it resembles parts of Wolf Hall.

Thinking back - and stop here if you haven't read it but intend to - I began to be a little dissatisfied about 2/3 of the way through, when the reasons the "elves" wanted gold became strange; and the reasons the "elves" and the fiery demon fought became unclear. Really, these are plot framework and need to remain hidden by sleight-of-hand. But I'm writing this at least 6 months in arrears so have forgotten the details.

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