Title: Princess and Mr. Whiffle
Review:
My 3 through 8 year old kids would love this book(they love scary stories just like their dad). It comes off sweet and
innocent with a taste of darkness hanging out in the corner just out of range.
I asked myself throughout: Why is this
girl all alone in this marzipan castle with no one around but her teddy bear?
Why is she stuck behind a gate with a big lock on it? Why are there spikes on
the inside of the wall, are they trying to keep her in? After playing war with
her stuff animals did she really put their decapitated head on spikes in the
back ground and lock them in cages for the crows to eat? Very nice story, the
art work is great as many details are brought out through it on what is really
happening, pictures of people on the walls, stuff animals scrubbing the floors,
by the way who sent her a little kitten?
I would recommend this story to those
that would like to hear both sides of a fairy tale story. As for the end I am
just happy that the Thing gets whats coming to him for scaring her so much. 4
out of 5 stars.
Thanks Eric for this review.
Publisher: Published July 28th 2010 by
Subterranean Press (first published 2010)
Copyright: 2010
Pages: 72
ISBN: 9781596063136
Quick Review: 4 stars out of 5
Where I obtained
the book: Sent by the publisher for review.
Synopsis: This is not a book for
children.
It looks like a children's book. It has pictures. It has a
saccharine-sweet title. The main characters are a little girl and her teddy
bear. But all of that is just protective coloration. The truth is, this is a
book for adults with a dark sense of humor and an appreciation of old-school
faerie tales.
There are three separate endings to the book. Depending on
where you stop, you are left with an entirely different story. One ending is
sweet, another is horrible. The last one is the true ending, the one with teeth
in it.
The Adventures of the Princess and Mr. Whiffle is a dark
twist on the classic children's picture-book. I think of it as Calvin and
Hobbes meets Coraline, with some Edward Gorey mixed in.
Simply said: This is not a book for children.
Author Biography: It all began when Pat Rothfuss was born to a marvelous set
of parents. Throughout his formative years they encouraged him to do his best,
gave him good advice, and were no doubt appropriately dismayed when he failed
to live up to his full potential.
In high-school Pat was something of a
class clown. His hobbies included reading a novel or two a day and giving
relationship advice to all of his female friends despite the fact that he had
never so much as kissed a girl. He also role-played and wrote terrible stories
about elves. He was pretty much a geek.
Most of Pat's adult life has been spent
in the University Wisconsin Stevens Point. In 1991 he started college in order
to pursue a career in chemical engineering, then he considered clinical
psychology. In 1993 he quit pretending he knew what he wanted to do with his
life, changed his major to "undecided," and proceeded to study
whatever amused him. He also began writing a book....
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