![]() ![]() The point is that Jacky Rowan, the Jack of this story, is tasked with rescuing the daughter of some fairy king, and in order to do so, she must find this Horn thingy, while also fighting a few giants and bogans and things… It tries so hard to be a grand, epic adventure, but a big chunk of this problem lies with how Jacky reacts to-and eventually plays a very, very small part in-this adventure.Īs far as fairy tale heroines go, Jacky is as plain and bland as you can get, and I don’t just mean in an attempt to offset the pastel magical-ness of the faerie world she encounters. Besides, the plot is such a clichéd hero’s journey I think I’d be wasting my time rattling it off. Rather than giving a summary, I’ll just jump right into the review, because the less time I have to spend with it, the better. ![]() Of course, it cannot be easy to make a compelling retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk, because of its rinse-and-repeat storyline of climbing a tall green plant and stealing from an angry giant, but I know it’s possible for someone to do better than this. ![]() Honestly, if not for this blog, I would have quitted this book halfway through. I cannot remember the last time a fairy tale retelling left me feeling so indifferent. ![]()
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