his is the story of a girl who has an ancient Nordic hammer in her little fabric purse and kills giants to save mankind. She is also dealing with bullies at school, being pretty much smarter than her peers and her family falling apart as the result of what's happening upstairs (where she does not go anymore).
Although there is always the question of what's real and what's fantasy in her giant killing, it really doesn't matter, so I like to think she's seeing things as they really are and everyone else is just missing it. Life is more interesting if you believe in giants.
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The general tendency is for fantasy to provide an escape from the real world, or else to represent it in an obfuscated form as allegory. But sometimes, as is the case here, it can bring about a kind of preternaturally lucid view of the world as it is -- as a lens focuses light rather than blocking it. This can be utterly, totally heartbreaking and breathtaking... ( )