six gun snow white by catherynne m valente

SIX-GUN SNOW WHITE, although taking place in the Wild West and having many differences in time period and setting, still remained very true to the original tale in plot so it’s not like there were really many surprises in store, and I just didn’t feel connected to the book because of that. I like the concept of a fairy tale and the author running with their own plot, essentially, because then there’s still a plot for me to figure out. The book was true to the original Snow White tale in its adaptation but I seem to be a person who appreciates even more of an original twist with an adaption with my retellings. I’ve never read Catherynne Valente so I had no idea what to expect and the writing style was just so different than I thought it was going to be. To be fair to the book (and to myself, I guess), I wasn’t really expecting the book to read like it did and I think I wouldn’t have picked it up at this very point in my life because I have too much going on to really appreciate something like this.

This is the same way that I felt about UPROOTED - I could clearly see the beauty in the words there but I just wasn’t connecting with them. It’s one of those where I’ve seen friends rave about it and then I feel uncouth for not feeling the same way. I just had a serious disconnect with this book. Filled with fascinating glimpses through the fabled looking glass and a close-up look at hard living in the gritty gun-slinging West, readers will be enchanted by this story at once familiar and entirely new. After being hidden for years, a very wicked stepmother finally gifts her with the name Snow White, referring to the pale skin she will never have. This girl has been born into a world with no place for a half-native, half-white child. With her mother's death in childbirth, so begins a heroine's tale equal parts heartbreak and strength. Genres: Adult, Magical Realism, Western, Retellingįind it on the web: Buy from Amazon // Goodreads Date Completed: December 7, 2016Ī plain-spoken, appealing narrator relates the history of her parents - a Nevada silver baron who forced the Crow people to give up one of their most beautiful daughters, Gun That Sings, in marriage to him.

Six gun snow white by catherynne m valente