Book review: Rapunzel’s Revenge
Since the semester is finally over and we are on story time break, I actually get some free time to read again (imagine that!). In addition to my *usual* vampire/paranormal/creepy fluff reads, I spent the last week reading Rapunzel’s Revenge by Shannon and Dean Hale. This was one of the most enjoyable graphic novels I have read in a long time. This is not the typical Brother’s Grimm Fairy tale in which a helpless girl locked in a tower is forced to wait until prince charming comes to her rescue.
Rapunzel’s Revenge is part fractured fairy tale, part American Wild West fantasy. The book starts off similarly to the typical Grimm’s story in which Rapunzel is taken from her parents after her father stole from a witch’s garden. Rapunzel lives with the witch “Mother Gothel” in a lush garden villa with anything she could ever want, until an act of rebellion lands her in her tree-top prison. She spends her time practicing tricks with her unbearably long hair that she braids into two long pigtails, until she finally manages to lasso her hair around a tree to freedom.
After meeting a lovable scallywag named Jack, the action never stops as they travel back to Mother Gothel’s Villa to rescue her real mother from the slave mines, and save the townspeople from Mother Gothel’s wrath.
This is a great juvenile chick-lit story with beautiful illustrations. Recommended ages 9-12
Since the semester is finally over and we are on story time break, I actually get some free time to read again (imagine that!). In addition to my *usual* vampire/paranormal/creepy fluff reads, I spent the last week reading Rapunzel’s Revenge by Shannon and Dean Hale. This was one of the most enjoyable graphic novels I have read in a long time. This is not the typical Brother’s Grimm Fairy tale in which a helpless girl locked in a tower is forced to wait until prince charming comes to her rescue.
Rapunzel’s Revenge is part fractured fairy tale, part American Wild West fantasy. The book starts off similarly to the typical Grimm’s story in which Rapunzel is taken from her parents after her father stole from a witch’s garden. Rapunzel lives with the witch “Mother Gothel” in a lush garden villa with anything she could ever want, until an act of rebellion lands her in her tree-top prison. She spends her time practicing tricks with her unbearably long hair that she braids into two long pigtails, until she finally manages to lasso her hair around a tree to freedom.
After meeting a lovable scallywag named Jack, the action never stops as they travel back to Mother Gothel’s Villa to rescue her real mother from the slave mines, and save the townspeople from Mother Gothel’s wrath.
This is a great juvenile chick-lit story with beautiful illustrations. Recommended ages 9-12
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