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Mirror Mirror: A Novel | 
| Author: Gregory Maguire
Publisher: William Morrow
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  114 reviews
Sales Rank: 335771
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
ASIN: B0002TX51A
Publication Date: October 2003
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A lyrical work of stunning creative vision, Mirror Mirror is set in Renaissance Italy, where Gregory Maguire draws a connection between the poison apple in the original Snow White story and the Borgia family's well-known appetite for poisoning its foes. In Mirror Mirror Snow White is called Bianca de Nevada. She is born on a farm in Tuscany in 1495, and when she is seven, her father is ordered by the duplicitous Cesare Borgia to go on a quest to reclaim the relic of the original Tree of Knowledge, a branch bearing three living apples that are thousands of years old. Bianca is left in the care of her father's farm staff and the beautiful—and madly vain—Lucrecia Borgia, Cesare's sister. But Lucrecia becomes jealous of her lecherous brother's interest in the growing child and plots a dire fate for Bianca in the woods below the farm. There Bianca finds herself in the home of seven dwarves—the creators of the magic mirror—who await the return of their brother, the eighth dwarf, long gone on a quest of his own. In the evocative style of Maguire's earlier novels, Mirror Mirror is a fresh, compelling take on a beloved classic tale.
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"E-Book Extra: "Little Snow-White" by the Brothers Grimm (read the original version of the classic fairy tale)Think you know who's the fairest of them all? Think again. Bestselling re-imaginer of classic fairy tales sets the Snow White story in Renaissance Italy, where the madly vain Lucrezia Borgia plots a dire fate for seven-year-old Bianca de Nevada (a.k.a. Snow White).A lyrical work of stunning creative vision, Mirror Mirror is set in Renaissance Italy, where Gregory Maguire draws a connection between the poison apple in the original Snow White story and the Borgia family's well-known appetite for poisoning its foes. In Mirror Mirror Snow White is called Bianca de Nevada. She is born on a farm in Tuscany in 1495, and when she is seven, her father is ordered by the duplicitous Cesare Borgia to go on a quest to reclaim the relic of the original Tree of Knowledge, a branch bearing three living apples that are thousands of years old. Bianca is left in the care of her father's farm staff and the beautiful -- and madly vain -- Lucrecia Borgia, Cesare's sister. But Lucrecia becomes jealous of her lecherous brother's interest in the growing child and plots a dire fate for Bianca in the woods below the farm. There Bianca finds herself in the home of seven dwarves -- the creators of the magic mirror -- who await the return of their brother, the eighth dwarf, long gone on a quest of his own. In the evocative style of Maguire's earlier novels, Mirror Mirror is a fresh, compelling take on a beloved classic tale.
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Nice change September 2, 2008
It took awhile for this book to catch my interest. I am not sure I understood the ending, but was eager to find out how the story ended. My expectations were probably too high because I expected more out of the book. However, I have recommended this book to a friend. I liked the blending of historical fiction and a fairy tale. It was a nice change from other popular books.
 Couldn't even get through it July 30, 2008
I read Confessions and Wicked and liked both of them okay, but to me this one was just meandering through nothingness and it seemed pointless. Where was the plot? What was the plot? Who were these characters and why should I care about them? None of these questions were even remotely answered. Each chapter gave little snippets of practically random information and then moved on to the next snippet. The pieces never came together and never meant anything and after forcing myself to read chapter after chapter with nothing still happening or none of the pieces being put together I finally quit. Why go on struggling when there are a million other great books to spend my time on? Sorry, this one did not cut it for me.
Very Confusing July 17, 2008
I'd like to give this book a decent review but that would be impossible because I didn't understand half of it. The dwarves were some sort of rock people that had to come to life. I didn't understand this were they rocks or people how does that work. There was a plot with the father that really seemed to drag along. The author took 300 pages to tell a story that could have been told in 50 pages. The author tried to stick historical characters in there but I don't know why, and I didn't know who the Borgias were until I looked it up. All together this book was very weird. It was a good idea but was poorly executed.
 Mirror Mirror A Novel July 15, 2008
After having read Gregory Maquire's "Wicked", "Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister", and "Lost", his book "Mirror, Mirror" was quite the follow up. Gregory Maguire is a visionary in the art of reinvention of the lost art of story telling.
 Boring July 14, 2008
I have tried many times to read this book. I got to page 50 or so this time and stopped. It's slow-moving and confusing, which is a difficult combination. I haven't tried his other books, nor do I think I will.
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