![]() I loved the frosty setting, all the references to Eastern European fairytales, and the stories of the three women - especially Miriam with her moneylender family, which gave the author a chance to quite subtly weave in the prosecution of Jews throughout the centuries. And later on, more characters are added with more distinct voices - a child, an old woman, a man. ![]() The context is usually so different, it becomes clear within a sentence. A few reviews mention the sudden shifts between characters - it's true, the speaker reads the three main roles quite similarly, but I was only confused the first one or two times. ![]() ![]() Engaging fairytale with charming weaknessesĪ beautiful dark fairytale that really makes you care about the characters, even the less important ones - they seem a bit more real and less stereotypical than you might expect in a medieval fantasy setting. ![]()
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