Karen
** spoiler alert ** This retelling of The Children of Lir is in the voice of Aife, the woman (foster child of Bodhbh, sister of Aebh, wife, after Aebh, of Lir) who turns her stepchildren into swans for 900 years. I picked this book up not knowing the original story, so I was frustrated by the narrator referring to and ruminating on "what I did" for a good 98 pages before the deed was done. After that, I thought the writing and narration was strong. This book has been called a "feminist retelling" of the story, and that makes me want to read other versions to compare.
** spoiler alert ** This retelling of The Children of Lir is in the voice of Aife, the woman (foster child of Bodhbh, sister of Aebh, wife, after Aebh, of Lir) who turns her stepchildren into swans for 900 years. I picked this book up not knowing the original story, so I was frustrated by the narrator referring to and ruminating on "what I did" for a good 98 pages before the deed was done. After that, I thought the writing and narration was strong. This book has been called a "feminist retelling" of the story, and that makes me want to read other versions to compare.