If you loved Brothers Grimm, this is a fresh retelling of your childhood fairy tale The Goose Girl. Instead of following the princess's story from the original narrative, we find ourselves knowing more about the princess's servant Vanja Schmidt who was abandoned by her mother to two otherworldly godmothers—Death and Fortune.
I would say that the beginning of the story was intriguing as we are introduced to the two otherworld gods. As it transcends to Vanja's stealing of the princess identity, I find the writing overwhelming as every paragraph was bombarded with German words (which I am not fluent in, and English is my second language). I love to learn new foreign words but it would be nice if it were shown or described rather plainly putting the words—as the old line says, "show don't tell".
I was about to give up that easily as I fear I am growing more confused page by page but the end of the first chapter changed my opinion about the book! Vanja, being a clever and funny girl, got me hooked.
I would say that the beginning of the story was intriguing as we are introduced to the two otherworld gods. As it transcends to Vanja's stealing of the princess identity, I find the writing overwhelming as every paragraph was bombarded with German words (which I am not fluent in, and English is my second language). I love to learn new foreign words but it would be nice if it were shown or described rather plainly putting the words—as the old line says, "show don't tell".
I was about to give up that easily as I fear I am growing more confused page by page but the end of the first chapter changed my opinion about the book! Vanja, being a clever and funny girl, got me hooked.