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sabrinamay123's review against another edition
3.0
This is the story of twelve princesses. Twelve princesses who always have holes in their dancing shoes each morning. The poor King does not know how every morning, after locking the princesses in their room all night, the shoes are full of holes. He decides to give, any man that discovers the true mystery of the shoes, the chance to choose one of his daughters to marry and together they will rule over the land once the king has died. However, if after three days and three nights the man has not uncovered the mystery he is to be executed. Will the King ever discover the princesses’ secret?
I was not familiar with this folktale when choosing the book. I enjoyed the pretty illustrations and was entertained throughout the story and eager to find out the mystery of what was happening to the princesses’ shoes. While the book has beautiful bright pastel colored illustrations, I felt that I did not fully understand the story. When the princesses mention that soon the princes will be set free from the spell, I was not sure what spell they were speaking of. I interpreted it as, as long as no suitor tells the king what the princesses are up to the spell will be broken. But then I was left wondering who is the old woman and why does she help the solider discover the secret the princesses are hiding. At the end of the book I did not feel like I was any wiser as to what was happening and for that reason I cannot give it a higher star than three. I have not read this to my daughter yet and I’d be interested to see what her take is on the story, as well as others who have read this edition.
I would recommend this book just to be able to open up a discussion with fellow readers to hear what they have to say about this tale. Maybe I’m just missing the whole point.
I was not familiar with this folktale when choosing the book. I enjoyed the pretty illustrations and was entertained throughout the story and eager to find out the mystery of what was happening to the princesses’ shoes. While the book has beautiful bright pastel colored illustrations, I felt that I did not fully understand the story. When the princesses mention that soon the princes will be set free from the spell, I was not sure what spell they were speaking of. I interpreted it as, as long as no suitor tells the king what the princesses are up to the spell will be broken. But then I was left wondering who is the old woman and why does she help the solider discover the secret the princesses are hiding. At the end of the book I did not feel like I was any wiser as to what was happening and for that reason I cannot give it a higher star than three. I have not read this to my daughter yet and I’d be interested to see what her take is on the story, as well as others who have read this edition.
I would recommend this book just to be able to open up a discussion with fellow readers to hear what they have to say about this tale. Maybe I’m just missing the whole point.
chantellereads's review against another edition
4.0
Can’t believe I’ve never read this fairytale before until today... the illustrations of this book is stunning and I love how there was an element of mystery surrounding this fairytale. However, I found the end to this tale to be abrupt.
shadyglade's review against another edition
2.0
I read the version of this book illustrated by Dorothée Duntze, and it just didn't do it for me. The text was pretty much the standard tale, no surprising twists or turns, and the illustrations just weren't my favorite.
neerja12's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
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