Also, the storyline is scattered around, so if you love very solid storylines, you will absolutely DESPISE this book. The entire thing is all made-up worlds, names, and creatures.
If you don't like fantasy, you really will not like this book at all. However, this different ending was the only ending that made sense. It took a very sharp turn to a different ending. The ending was not in any way the perfect ending that I had imagined it to be, or what it was close to becoming towards the end. It’s such a nostalgic feeling with an adult twist, though the stories would be perfectly suitable for kids.
The illustrations in this book are spectacular and I recommend reading the print edition so you can relive the childhood experience that I imagine most lifelong bookworms have, of poring over a book of fairy tales and looking at the pictures when you should be in bed. She’s unapologetic in her criticism of certain characters, without ever directly even criticising them and I love it. The stories carry a mixture of moral messages and also, if you’re familiar with Joanne Harris’ Twitter presence, some stories that really capture the kinds of personalities you find online and how they affect others (I’m being so diplomatic here, you should be impressed). They’re really easy to read and particularly good if you only have a couple of minutes to spend reading at a time, though I will admit that I read the whole book in a couple of settings. The Lacewing Prince is a selfish and cruel ruler of the fair folk, touching many lives with his behaviour, but as time goes on he starts to face the consequences and mature. These are creative, original, imaginative modern day fairytales and if this is your genre then you may also love these.īook Reviewed on This is a gorgeous collection of super short (2-5 page) stories that read like a cross between fairy tales and fables, each interconnected to a larger picture. If you like fantasy and magic Joanne Harris excels at it, I am utterly in awe of her fertile imagination.
Stories are matched by some stunningly beautiful illustrations by Charles Vess with some being so wonderful they almost make you gasp! They are beautifully written, the language is rich and often lyrical and the storytelling is very clever. There’s a lot of magic, a fair old bit of cruelty (well, you’d expect that in a fairytale, Grimm by name grim by nature), some are really lovely and sweet as honey, others make you smile and there is more than one chuckle at the Harris wit. We meet a multitude of insect rulers such as the Spider Queen in the nine worlds and other characters such as the Halloween King and the Clockwork Princess. This is a collection of (very) short interconnected stories most of whom are linked by the Lacewing King and of course, the bees.
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