Of course, I think you all have already read this one. But I loved it as well. You know that the premise is based on a fairy tale from the Grimm Brothers. I loved the way Juliet Marillier developed the characters and gave a much deeper motivation to the story.
I was very interested in the point of view of the practioners of the "Old Religion" and their perspective on how Christianity was violent in their methods of converting the people. The whole book had a very ancient-world perspective that I found rather facinating--as I am in the middle of comprehending my own change of perspective from modernity to a post modern viewpoint.
I also read the second book of the trilogy. I was about 10 pages from the end of it when I remembered why I don't read too much fiction anymore. It really takes me away from reality and I stop doing all the things I should be doing--painting, spinning, writing, studying, talking to my family. I almost didn't finish the book. But in the end, it was only 10 more pages, so I finished it. And that will most likely be the last fiction book I read for long while.
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I loved this book too...and the 2nd one, I think there was also a 3rd. You talked about painting, spinning, etc. What is spinning??
I have a spinning wheel where I spin yarn out of wool. Then I take the yarn and am weaving a tapestry [very small, 8 X 10]. Most of my yarn is sitting in a plastic tub in my living room.
I'm spinning a batch right now that I plan on dying and selling.
Jessa keeps promising to take a picture of me at the wheel, but, well... she has a boyfriend.
There is a picture of me spinning on a hand spindle on my my space page though.
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