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ellipsiscool's review against another edition
4.0
Such pretty art and an interesting take on the Snow White story. Loved it.
reader4evr's review against another edition
3.0
I love retellings of fairy tales but I wasn't a huge fan of this one. My rating might have been higher if it wasn't in graphic novel format.
The story was very clever but the artwork was at some times hard to see. Not a ton of dialogue.
The story was very clever but the artwork was at some times hard to see. Not a ton of dialogue.
bookph1le's review against another edition
4.0
Snow White reimagined in 20s New York. Lovely, lovely art.
ec_newman's review against another edition
3.0
It's a quick read and I wish the author had taken time to expand the Seven and some of the other characters, but it was beautifully done and really quite sweet.
realfemshady's review against another edition
5.0
Beautiful and such a good twist. The art is stunning
applegnreads's review against another edition
3.0
Why is this a juvenile book? Because it's Snow White and pictures? Well, it's neat but not for kids, they won't understand ticker tape or much else. Still, pretty, different take, etc.
book_concierge's review against another edition
2.0
This is an imaginative retelling of the classic fairy tale, set in 1930s New York City. In the throes of the Great Depression, Samantha White fights for her very life against a stepmother from hell.
Samantha is an heiress whose mother nicknamed her Snow White. But her mother died when she was young and her father, a lonely Wall-street genius, succumbed to the charms of a Ziegfeld Follies star with ruthless ambition. Snow is sent off to boarding school, returning to New York only after her father has died. But Stepmom is enraged to discover that her husband changed his will, leaving virtually everything to his daughter, unless the daughter dies before she reaches maturity. Stepmom knows that can be arranged….
This is a much darker story than Phelan’s other graphic works, and his illustrations are suitably black-and-white rather than in color. They give a dark, sinister, bleak feel to the whole work.
I did love how Phelan wove in some history of the Great Depression and the Hooverville communities. Using a gang of orphaned kids as “The Seven” was a great idea.
Of course, it’s a fairy tale, and as in the original, there will be a handsome prince to wake the drugged Snow White. The last four pages are rendered in muted pastels, which support the happy ending we crave. Still, I didn’t like it much. Perhaps the current situation in our country is bleak enough without another dark experience in my reading life.
Samantha is an heiress whose mother nicknamed her Snow White. But her mother died when she was young and her father, a lonely Wall-street genius, succumbed to the charms of a Ziegfeld Follies star with ruthless ambition. Snow is sent off to boarding school, returning to New York only after her father has died. But Stepmom is enraged to discover that her husband changed his will, leaving virtually everything to his daughter, unless the daughter dies before she reaches maturity. Stepmom knows that can be arranged….
This is a much darker story than Phelan’s other graphic works, and his illustrations are suitably black-and-white rather than in color. They give a dark, sinister, bleak feel to the whole work.
I did love how Phelan wove in some history of the Great Depression and the Hooverville communities. Using a gang of orphaned kids as “The Seven” was a great idea.
Of course, it’s a fairy tale, and as in the original, there will be a handsome prince to wake the drugged Snow White. The last four pages are rendered in muted pastels, which support the happy ending we crave. Still, I didn’t like it much. Perhaps the current situation in our country is bleak enough without another dark experience in my reading life.
rachel_tb's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
therealbel's review against another edition
4.0
This is Snow White, we all know this story - there are no surprises in this story. But what you get here from Matt Phelan is the most wonderful art, 1920s style, a glorious use of pencil and a quite simply beautiful reimagining with the occasional nod to the traditional.