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missbookiverse's review against another edition
3.0
Rather long for a fairytale but very sweet. I loved the "light" puns, how many different things you can put into one word. The princess was a bit arrogant but learned how to be a nice girl at the end of course. What really amused me were the songs the prince (= the audiobook reader) sang.
flowersofquiethappiness's review against another edition
3.0
A sweet story with more depth than first meets the eye. Enjoyed the audio for this!
caleb_karnosh22's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
5.0
summerrains's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
omg i loved this. so cute and fun but also a little emotional. was not at all what i was expecting but i enjoyed it a lot. it feels kinda like sleeping beauty mixed with rapunzel.
cimorene1558's review against another edition
4.0
I read this as a child in a small hardback which, if probably not the original edition, must have been published long before my mother was born, as it belonged to her mother or even grandmother as a child, with pictures that I remember only dimly as being Arthur Rackham-like.
perilous1's review against another edition
4.0
A quirky tale that turns several conventions on their heads, this story is chalk full of peculiarities and puns. It almost feel like a parody at times, particularly with how it begins. A princess is born, and a particularly powerful someone is mistakenly left uninvited to the baby's christening. The bitter, witchy woman then takes revenge upon the parents by cursing the child. (Clear riff on Sleeping Beauty.)
It diverges then, as the curse given makes the child unaffected by gravity. The result is a floating princess, who has to forever be tethered least she fly off on the slightest breeze. In addition, her levitation comes paired with excessive levity--so that as she grows, she is unable to take anything seriously. The exception to this being when she is in water. For some reason, she is able to swim in the lake outside the castle--where she regains both a measure of mass and capacity for more serious conversation as long as she is in it. And it's in this condition that a roaming prince happens upon her and falls for the unusual girl.
But of course, the bitter witch can't stand to see any of her targets less miserable than she intended... and so she contrives and connives--coming up with an environmentally disastrous plan that will punish the entire kingdom by draining the lake dry. And the only way to counter such evil requires the ultimate (and willing) sacrifice...
At points cute... yet, also astute.
It diverges then, as the curse given makes the child unaffected by gravity. The result is a floating princess, who has to forever be tethered least she fly off on the slightest breeze. In addition, her levitation comes paired with excessive levity--so that as she grows, she is unable to take anything seriously. The exception to this being when she is in water. For some reason, she is able to swim in the lake outside the castle--where she regains both a measure of mass and capacity for more serious conversation as long as she is in it. And it's in this condition that a roaming prince happens upon her and falls for the unusual girl.
But of course, the bitter witch can't stand to see any of her targets less miserable than she intended... and so she contrives and connives--coming up with an environmentally disastrous plan that will punish the entire kingdom by draining the lake dry. And the only way to counter such evil requires the ultimate (and willing) sacrifice...
At points cute... yet, also astute.
sarah_emtage's review against another edition
5.0
She floats through parades of parental concern
weightless and waiting for a reason to learn
that tears may bring true joy in turn.
weightless and waiting for a reason to learn
that tears may bring true joy in turn.
ehays84's review against another edition
5.0
A charming little fairy tale. I think George MacDonald is a bit like strong coffee or whiskey: it's better to take him a little at a time because he is so deep and his writing is so rich. My wife's review (just look up Amy N. R. Hays) is better than what I would write, so I will leave it at that.