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Mirror Mirror (Paperback)

by Gregory Maguire (Author)
3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: ReganBooks,U.S.; 1st Pbk. Ed edition (2 Jun 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0060988657
  • ISBN-13: 978-0060988654
  • Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.5 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 198,457 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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a retelling of the Snow White story set in Renaissance Italy The world was called Monteflore, as far as she knew, and from her aerie on every side all the world descended. The year is 1502, and seven-year-old Blanca de Nevada lives perched high above the rolling hills and valleys of Tuscany and Umbria at Monteflore, the farm of her beloved father, Don Vicente. There she spends her days cosseted by Primavera Vecchia, the earthy cook, and Fra Ludovico, a priest who tends to their souls between bites of ham and sips of wine. But one day a noble entourage makes its way up the winding slopes to the farm - and the world comes to Monteflore. In the presence of Cesare Borgia and his sister, the lovely and vain Lucrezia - decadent children of a wicked pope - no one can claim innocence for very long. When Borgia sends Don Vicente on a years-long quest to reclaim a relic of the original Tree of Knowledge, he leaves Bianca under the care - so to speak - of Lucrezia. She plots a dire fate for the young girl in the woods below the farm, but in the dark forest there can be found salvation as well...A lyrical work of stunning creative vision, Mirror Mirror gives fresh life to the classic story of Snow White - and has a truth and beauty all its own.


About the Author

Gregory Maguire's first three novels, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, and Lost have all appeared on bestseller lists worldwide and have earned him high praise and a solid literary readership. Wicked is the basis of the Broadway play of the same name.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating milieu and characters, but too slow, 15 Jun 2004
By Kurt A. Johnson (Marseilles, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mirror Mirror (Hardcover)
In early sixteenth century Italy, seven-year-old Bianca de Nevada lives happily with her widowed father. But when a caravan arrives at her home in Montefiore, bearing the famous Cesare and Lucrezia Borgia, her life is turned upside down. Her father sent away, Bianca is left in the hands of Lucrezia, who plans the girl's murder. Escaping into the woods, Bianca soon discovers a group of seven magical dwarfs...

I am rather of two minds with this book. On the one hand, the author does an excellent job of retelling the story of Snow White, placing it in Renaissance Italy, peopled with fascinating characters. On the other hand, the story starts out slow, and never seems to pick up the pace. Indeed, the story seems to drag along from start to end as if the author had a great idea for a story, but couldn't think up all of the details it needed. He obviously knows a great deal about Renaissance Italy, but he cannot combine the two elements of his story into the really fascinating story that it should be.

Overall, I found the book to be good, at times even very good, but it is not the great story it should be. I give it a guarded recommendation.

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6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Murder and Magic, 15 Nov 2005
Quite simply this is a wonderful book. I particularly like the way it makes you feel sympathetic to even the more immoral characters. I also think that the interweaving of the magical world with a realistic depiction of Italy in this era is very skilfully done.
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7 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant stuff, 16 Jun 2005
By Andrea Steele Wiliams "sunny5001" (england) - See all my reviews
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i just love these books, i think this is one of his best i really couldnt put it down, he has such a wonderful imagination and the way he combines fairy tales and history and makes it work so well is pure magic, i also love the way this book leads you on to wanting to find out more about the borgias, he manages to give you a gripping story with wonderful descriptions and also shock you too without being crass, as you read you see the whole world open up in your mind, the dwarves in particular, this book is a treat for your eyes and brain, i stayed up till 4.00am reading it, great stuff.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Mirror, Mirror
This is the first Gregory Maguire book that i have read. I had high expectations when reading this book and I felt disappointed most of the time. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Harryy

2.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, confusing and boring.
The idea of basing this story on real people is a great idea but the slowness and the way the dwarfs were described really confused me and I didn't like that idea at all. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Philip Thompson

1.0 out of 5 stars 1 Star for Originality!
I bought this book with high expectations of a wonderful,modern retelling of a traditional fairytale, however all I got was a disapointment. Read more
Published on 17 Jul 2006 by Mr. N. Wilson

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