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Mirror Mirror | 
| Manufacturer: HarperCollins e-books
Category: EBooks
List Price: $11.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  121 reviews
Sales Rank: 2317
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
ASIN: B000FC12UU
Publication Date: November 4, 2003
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Product Description
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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Interesting Take November 9, 2008
This was a pretty good read overall. I thought the development with the gooseboy was an interesting take, but for the most part it was rather slow reading. I thought the characters were all full and believable, albeit eccentric like most of Maguire's creations.
 Disappointing and Crude October 29, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
(This review is based on the audio CD version of this book. It is my understanding that the audio is a word for word representation of the book.)
I borrowed the audio CD of this book from the library to enjoy on a long car trip. After receiving many recomendations to read one of the author's other books ("Wicked"), I thought this might be a good substitute since "Wicked" was not available and the premise (re-telling of the fairy tale, with a twist) was the same.
I couldn't have been more disappointed.
I'd like to be able to give credit to the author at least for his creativity, but I cannot give much. The text was full of unnecessary crudity and the plot was very weak. The ending was a complete disappointment - there pretty much wasn't an ending at all.
The author could have done so much more with this story. I continued to listen to the CDs in hope that the story would get better and would lead to some kind of great ending. Instead, the tale continued with gross and disturbing references that in no way added to the plot or character development, and the story went nowhere.
Mirror Mirror October 13, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
It took about two weeks for the book to arrive. It came in almost new condition. A few of the pages were bent (like a page marker) but it came in very great condition. I would buy from this user again.
 Good October 8, 2008
I agree this was a bit slow, but the writing was beautiful. When compared to the others by GM, it suffers somewhat, but if it was the only book he'd written I'd have been blown away.
 Still great October 2, 2008
While this has been my least favorite of the Maguire books that I've read (although, admittedly I have not read Lost, which I've understood to be not quite Maguire caliber) I am still awarding it 5 stars because it was still one of the most amazing reads! I have said this is in other Maguire reviews, but I love the worlds he creates. The imagery and storytelling is unrivaled. I love that he takes incredible scenarios and makes them totally believable, such as the dwarfs, the apples, etc. All of the magic and fantasy that happens in the worlds Maguire creates seem totally plausible and time and time again I find myself getting wrapped up in his stories. If you've never read a Gregory Maguire book, I'd suggest Wicked or Confession of an Ugly Stepsister first, but if you are a fan of Maguires works this will not disappoint at all!
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