A review by lorathelibrarian
Fairest of All by Sarah Mlynowski
3.0
I found this book only okay, but an eight or nine year old girl would LOVE this book. Frankly any elementary aged girl would love this book.
Abby is our main character and she just moved to a new town and is starting 5th grade. Unfortunately everything is new and different and she's finding it incredibly difficult to fit in and make friends. One night she is woken up by her younger, 7 year old brother, Jonah. Jonah claims that the mirror in the basement is hissing and turning purple. Abby is concerned that he broke the giant mirror in the basement and reluctantly follows him downstairs. Jonah ends up knocking on the mirror 3 times and suddenly Abby and Jonah get sucked into the mirror! They are transported to a fairytale land right smack dab in the middle of Snow White's story. Without thinking (and kinda panicking because they are in a Fairytale land!) they interrupt Snow's story and kinda mess everything up. Together they decide to stay in this mysterious, but awfully cool land, and try and fix the story and give Snow the happily ever after she deserves.
This was a fun, quick read. I didn't find it incredibly thrilled because I read a lot of twisted fairytale stories (meant for adults) so this was a bit on the boring side for me. I did appreciate the humor Mlynowski gave the reader and the snark and wit that definitely show through the writing. Young readers are sure to pick this up (the first in a series) and really enjoy it.
Abby is our main character and she just moved to a new town and is starting 5th grade. Unfortunately everything is new and different and she's finding it incredibly difficult to fit in and make friends. One night she is woken up by her younger, 7 year old brother, Jonah. Jonah claims that the mirror in the basement is hissing and turning purple. Abby is concerned that he broke the giant mirror in the basement and reluctantly follows him downstairs. Jonah ends up knocking on the mirror 3 times and suddenly Abby and Jonah get sucked into the mirror! They are transported to a fairytale land right smack dab in the middle of Snow White's story. Without thinking (and kinda panicking because they are in a Fairytale land!) they interrupt Snow's story and kinda mess everything up. Together they decide to stay in this mysterious, but awfully cool land, and try and fix the story and give Snow the happily ever after she deserves.
This was a fun, quick read. I didn't find it incredibly thrilled because I read a lot of twisted fairytale stories (meant for adults) so this was a bit on the boring side for me. I did appreciate the humor Mlynowski gave the reader and the snark and wit that definitely show through the writing. Young readers are sure to pick this up (the first in a series) and really enjoy it.