A review by somechelsea
The Light Princess and Other Fairy Stories by George MacDonald
2.0
I technically cheated, and only read one of the stories in this book - but it's the title one, so it mostly kind of counts.
Kind of charming and a little quirky. I completely get the comparisons to [b:The Ordinary Princess|674749|The Ordinary Princess|M.M. Kaye|http://images.gr-assets.com/books/1347430925s/674749.jpg|1114147], but I like Kaye's take much, much better. The Light Princess herself (did she have a name? have I forgotten it already?) was a bit of a... bitch? caricature? very boring and unlikeable main character?
The story was cute, I guess. Other reviewers seem to like some of the other stories better, so maybe I'll check those out next.
Kind of charming and a little quirky. I completely get the comparisons to [b:The Ordinary Princess|674749|The Ordinary Princess|M.M. Kaye|http://images.gr-assets.com/books/1347430925s/674749.jpg|1114147], but I like Kaye's take much, much better. The Light Princess herself (did she have a name? have I forgotten it already?) was a bit of a... bitch? caricature? very boring and unlikeable main character?
The story was cute, I guess. Other reviewers seem to like some of the other stories better, so maybe I'll check those out next.