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Average rating3.6
A New York Times bestselling author offers a brilliant reinvention of one of the best-known fairy tales of all time with Snow White as a gunslinger in the mythical Wild West.
Forget the dark, enchanted forest. Picture instead a masterfully evoked Old West where you are more likely to find coyotes as the seven dwarves. Insert into this scene a plain-spoken, appealing narrator who relates the history of our heroine’s parents—a Nevada silver baron who forced the Crow people to give up one of their most beautiful daughters, Gun That Sings, in marriage to him. Although her mother’s life ended as hers began, so begins a remarkable tale: equal parts heartbreak and strength. This girl has been born into a world with no place for a half-native, half-white child. After being hidden for years, a very wicked stepmother finally gifts her with the name Snow White, referring to the pale skin she will never have. Filled with fascinating glimpses through the fabled looking glass and a close-up look at hard living in the gritty gun-slinging West, this is an utterly enchanting story…at once familiar and entirely new.
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the idea of putting snow white in the wild west is a unique idea but there is SO much wrong with this. WHY so many references to her “tits”. And constantly comparing her to animals?..... this could have been done so much better. I'm closing this book disgusted.
I loved the imagery in this. I also often forgot it was a Snow White retelling, which was refreshing. At times it could be disturbing.
Old review - I don't remember too many of my thoughts about this book to be honest. Forgettable I guess, but at the same time I remember liking many aspects about it.