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** I couldn’t help but compare Liesl and the Goblin King’s relationship to that of Marya and Koschei in Catherynne Valente’s Deathless: it was an intense romance with both parties battling for their own will before reconciling to the middle ground.Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books, 2017 (Feb 7) She grows more daring with the Goblin King and begins to compare the child she was in the world above to the brave woman that she has become. Liesl’s voice, attitude and entire character changes from one half to the next to begin with, she’s still very much submissive to her family’s needs, but after offering to take her sister’s place in the Underground, she decides that it’s time to live as she wants now that she isn’t responsible for her family. Both halves were very different (the first was far more of a journey/adventure style story, and the second followed more of a character growth plotline) but I loved both halves (if anything I think I preferred the second half), and despite their differences, I thought that they fit together so well.
Plot wise, Wintersong was very much split into two halves – the first, in which Liesl attempts to save her sister from the Goblin King, and the second, where Liesl is staying in the Goblin King’s Underground Realm.
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