It’s really an allegory for a “wanton” woman: don’t partake of “forbidden fruit” because then you’re a whore and bad things will happen to you. She starts wasting away and the sister saves her. One sister doesn’t listen and she eats a goblin fruit. The poem is about two sisters, and they are warned to stay away from “Goblin men” and their wares. But a couple semesters ago in British Literatute II (1860 to present), we read the poem in class. Have you ever heard of the poem “Goblin Market” by Christina Rossetti? Either had I. So there’s one misrepresentation right off the bat: this is not just a Labyrinth retelling. Don’t ask me to sing “Dance Magic” because I can.Īnyway, I digress. “Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered, I have fought my way here to the castle, beyond the Goblin City, to take back the child that you have stolen.įor my will is as strong as yours and my kingdom as great.” My mom had the VHS of Labyrinth and my sister, brother, and I knew all the songs. And a book I heard was a Labyrinth retelling? I couldn’t get to it soon enough (I told people if it wasn’t done right, I would write my own retelling, because Labyrinth needs to be represented correctly). Making…it…hard to…write…Īnyway, the book is beautiful. Wasn’t a good pic online so I used my own This review can be found on my Blog, TeacherofYA’s Tumblr, or my Goodreads pageįirst of all…the real reason I wanted to own this book.the most shallow reason of all… ** I received a copy of this free from the author and the publisher in exchange for an honest review** While the first half of this book was excellent executed fantasy smoke and mirrors, this half the novel is more “all flash and no heat”- and if you’ve read this book, you’ll get that reference.Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books, 2017 (Feb 7)
And that’s also because the world-building of the Goblin King, and the reason why he is the creature he is, goes relatively unexplained or remains a mystery even towards the end of the book. But that’s because their motives go from hot to cold in seconds, or aren’t properly explained, or in some cases, just seem completely repetitive from the first part (even though they were solved), or out of order. And it’s not because it wasn’t there- I completely get why the King does what he does….somewhat, and why Liesl does what she does…again somewhat. Half the time, I just didn’t really feel the chemistry between the King and Liesl. To focus on them, and the world of the Underground. Connected to that is the relationship between Liesl and the Goblin King, which, as I mentioned, is why the second half of the novel is slowed.
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