The Juniper Tree | 
Bella Winter is a young single mother with a scarred face in this haunting retelling of the Grimm‘s fairytale. Really good. Look forward to reading more Comyns in the future.
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so-soBella, overcoming various obstacles, has finally built a stable, quiet, happy life for herself and her daughter. Enter a rich couple that befriends her and after tragedy, life goes off the rails.
I‘m torn. I really enjoyed the first half but as more conflict was introduced, the main character‘s behavior became implausible. Since it‘s a retelling of the Grimm brothers fairytale by the same name, I feel Comyns tried to force this one. #nyrb
so-soI wanted to love this, but it didn‘t quite do it for me. I thought it worked as a modern retelling of the Juniper Tree, and I liked the distanced voice of the narrator (gave it a very fairy tale feel), but there was too much to sift through to get to the climax and it lost a bit of its cohesion at the end.
So I'm getting in on the #BookSpin action! Here's my list for March. My first list had the tagged book on it but I wanted to get a book in by the end of Feb so I had my husband do my own "spin." A new book added and here's March. @TheAromaofBooks
Also, because I'm a nerd ? I broke down my selection stats: 4 #classics , 4 #Europaeditions 3 #NYRB , 3 #nonfiction , 3 #shortstories and 1 #southernlit .
@MicrobeMom Thank you so, so, SO much for my #HappilyEverAfterSwap package. I love everything! I have never heard of The Juniper Tree and The Robber Bride has been on my wish list foreverrrr! Ironically, I received Hazel Wood in a package last fall, but I took it to my high school where it promptly “grew legs” and walked away!!! I‘m so glad to have another copy that I can get to read! 😂
pickMy first Comyns. Her writing is beautiful and haunting. Hard to describe. Bella is a single mom And finds a job in an antique shop, her life becomes intertwined with a couple that comes into the shop. She and her daughter spend more and more time with them with many unintended consequences. Filled with troubled characters, and some deep friendships, it also had a magical quality. #fairytaleretelling #booked2019
It‘s Sunday morning and I am miraculously the only one awake. Time to make the coffee and perhaps start this #fairytaleretelling. It‘s either this one or sweetness at the bottom of the pie this morning - to be determined by mood.
Just started this beauty. Loved Comyns‘ “The Vet‘s Daughter” when I read it years ago.
Heard about this one on the All the Books podcast and thought of you @Victoria_Clyne
