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Loading... Winter Rose (original 1996; edition 2002)by Patricia A. McKillip
Work detailsWinter Rose by Patricia A. McKillip (1996)
A lovely take on a fairy tale reminiscent of Tam Lin. Rois's attention and imagination are captured by the return of a member of the Lynn family to the tumbled down manor the family abandoned after a patricide. Rois spends a lot of time in the woods, gathering ingredients for her teas and medicines as well as for the village apothecary. She keeps trying to puzzle out the true version of the curse on the Lynn family, while drama at home and even more secrets from the past rise up to haunt her. She's a strong woman, a bit quirky, but brave and willing to fight for the people she loves, even when faced with the inexplicable, magic and danger. The plot slowed down a bit in the middle, but I think that might have been deliberate as the season changed from the bustle of summer to the hunkering down of winter. (  ) silentq | Apr 23, 2013 |  Winter Rose is written in a very lyrical style, but on reflection, not much really seems to happen. I quite enjoyed the style, but in the end, I can't really think of much substance to it. It was a bit Goblin Market-esque, I suppose, with the two sisters, and one pining away, and the other doing all she could to make things better... And of course, there was the story of Tam Lin. But I got a bit confused with who was related to who and how -- at one point I thought Corbet's father was also Rois' father, somehow... It was also a bit of a slow read, despite being so short -- there wasn't much to push one on with the plot, and so much of it was dream sequences, or the same worrying, over and over, about Laurel wasting away as their mother did. And the end was a bit indeterminate. So all in all, I'm not really sure what to think of it, even after several hours of pottering around doing other things. I definitely wasn't wildly in love, but there were parts of it I loved. (  ) shanaqui | Apr 9, 2013 | Lovely McKillip. One of those slightly dream-like stories that she’s able to weave so well. Also has a GORGEOUS cover painting. I envy her the cover artist. [Dec. 2008] ----- Another Tam Lin retelling. Perilous Gard and Fire and Hemlock are still my favorites, with Pamela Dean’s version and this one a close tie behind them. This is a looser retelling, but the structure is very much there.[Oct. 2010] ( ) maureene87 | Apr 4, 2013 | My first McKillip. It still knocks me on my ass. :dreamy sigh: ( ) GinnyTea | Mar 31, 2013 | I haven't read this yet, but accidentally clicked on three stars. It's fun how I can't undo that. ( ) amaraduende | Mar 30, 2013 | no reviews | add a review
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Traces of Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market, of Tam Lin, and of a dozen other legends and tales color Rois's story. Patricia McKillip's consummate mastery of language means that every word counts in a complex, sweetly painful story of human love and timeless, indifferent power.
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A fantasy novel on a girl who roams the grounds of an abandoned mansion, then meets a young man, come to claim the estate. Together they are drawn into a curse which hangs over the place.
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