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cute, sweet, and simple fairy tale story, but unfortunately made me realize that earlys fantasy books are not my style.
I appreciate the earnest and unproblematic elements of the story a main character who becomes stronger, female friendships, a cute friendship group, a sweet romance, etc.
but I found myself feeling bored from the slow pacing and linear storyline, Though the last few pages got exciting and fastpaced, ultimately not much stood out to me, Super fun read. Incredible imagination that was clear and easy to read, Very likeable characters that made the books that followed interesting and appealing, Poor Shannon Hale. I think the most frequent comment I've heard about her as an author is, "She's LDS and like Stephenie Meyer, doesn't write LDS fiction.
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I'm not sure it was a good enough reason to check out her book, Goose Girl, but I did it anyway.
My sister, Jen, liked this book and that was one more reason, but a good enough one for me,

It was a nice break from some of the meatier stuff I've been reading, It's not meatless, exactly, but written as a fairy tale in the voice of a young princess so it's about as meaty as Chicken Noodle Soup.


There are some worthwhile themes throughout the book, Ambition, gifts, honesty, work. The princess, whose name was blessedly shortened to Ani for most of the book, lacks the power of persuasion that her mother, the Queen, possesses.
The author calls this gift "People Speaking" and while Ani doesn't possess that particular gift, she does possess the rarer, and less esteemed "Animal Speaking" and later "Nature Speaking" gifts.
She can talk to swans, as a girl, and later, while in hiding when her ladyinwaiting pulls a coup during their journey to meet her betrothed, learns to speak to the geese she keeps.
Ultimately, she uses these gifts, especially her ability to talk with wind, to restore her place as Crown Princess, leaving us with the lesson that we can rely on the gifts we possess to accomplish what is necessary.
I think. At least, that's what I'm taking away from it, A la . To Thine Own Self Be True without all the fancy talk,

Those elements create the fairy tale, as well as all the prince and princess stuff, but this felt surprisingly modern to me.
There were times the dialogue seemed appropriate to the time of the story, but most of the time, I heard the voices of young, spoiled American teens in my head, especially when the ruthless Selia spoke.


In any light, Goose Girl is an easy read, with some sound moral backbone as fairy tales usually have, but isn't incredible literature as fairy tales usually aren't.
But sometimes, it's nice to simply read a good story, Goose Girl is that. I've always loved fairy tale novelizations, and The Goose Girl is right up at the top for me, It absolutely pushes all of the right buttons for me one of those books that I love beyond reason, It's a lovely adaptation of the old sitelinkGoose Girl fairy tale,

Anidori insert several additional royal names here Isilee is a shy, quiet crown princess of her kingdom, Kildenree, The Queen, her capable and nononsense mother, doesn't understand or appreciate Ani, but Ani finds solace in her relationship with her aunt, who teaches her how to understand the language of birds and some other animals, including her horse Falada.
As Ani grows older, the Queen decides to make Ani's brother the crown prince instead, sending Ani off to the neighboring country of Bayern to marry their crown prince instead of inheriting her own kingdom.


Deeply disappointed but obedient, Ani leaves on the weekslong journey with an entire entourage, including a large group of soldiers and her enigmatic ladyinwaiting Selia.
But there are forces at play here that Ani doesn't initially recognize, ambitions and passions of others that will upend all plans and send Ani down a path she'd never anticipated.


The Goose Girl is a delightful and well thoughtout take on the old fairy tale, and is one of my favorite fairy tale novels.
Shannon Hale has created a detailed world in which some of the odd details of the original fairy tale are reworked dead talking horse heads, anyone and make much more sense.
Hale has made the story into a strong comingofage tale with heart and humor and a subtle romance that hit me right in the heartstrings.


This book shouldn't be missed by anyone who likes novelizations of fairy tales, Come with me to a magical world of Bayern, Where the elements have speech and animals form spoken bonds with a single person,



If I EVER lived in one of the worlds I have read about, I would live in this world that Shannon Hale has created.


I always say that if I had a super power, I would have power over the elements water, air, fire, earth.
The world that Hale has created has that, and more,

Imagine a world where you could learn the speech of different animals, You can communicate with them and practically have animal friends, No, it isnt like talking animals on TV its like, for example, you would understand what a certain bark means, or a honk of a goose.
You would understand their body language, And in return, you can talk to them back in their language,

Again, imagine that you can hear what the wind is saying, The wind talks about what it has seen and where it is going, You talk back by telling it where to go, IS THAT NOT AMAZING

There is a downside, you see,

Peoplespeaking.

This is where a persons words are persuasive to the point that you just agree with them because you “know: it is right.


That is what AnidoriKiladra Talianna Isilee, Crown Princess of Kildenree has to deal with,

Her most trusted friend and handmaiden has this tricky speech, and wants to take Anis crown, .

And she will do anything to get it,

I mean it shouldnt be hard since Ani is a little quirky and talks to horses and swans, right What can this little person do compared to someone whos words are like silk to the ears

I absolutely love this series.
This is my sixth time to read them and it is as great as the first time, This wasn't my typical fare, but I have a friend who loved it and it came highly recommended, She wasn't wrong. The I gave it show I liked it, I feel like some people mistake astar rating for disliking a book, but that's ridiculous in my opinion.
I'll leave it there.

Anyway, I really thought this was a fun and exciting story, The tension was palpable in parts and had me glued to the, . . earbuds. It's a clever and fun take on an old tale apparently, it was new to me, It's full of great characters who are fun to root for with a tense plot that even threw a few surprises at me.


This was read by a full ensemble cast, but I'm finding that more and more a full cast isn't for me.
There were too many characters that were acted poorly, which really slaps you in the face when you're listening to a wonderful narrator, who does the majority of the narration Cynthia Bishop possibly my new favorite narrator.
I mean, there was one point where someone literally had one line to read and flubbed it awkward pause and halfreread of the line and all.


And that's not really the problem, just an oversight I'm sure, It was just that there was too much poor acting, including the voice of the main girl, who was only reading the dialogue not the majority of the book luckily.


The main issue I had, besides the cast of readers, is that this world doesn't get all that fleshed out.
It's so focused on the main girl, the Goose Girl, that it misses any kind of depth with the rest of the world.
Now, I understand there had to be reasons for this, It's YA, and fastpaced, and focusing on the world would definitely slow it down, However, I feel like it would have done a whole lot for the hollowness that I was left with in the story.
Even an epigraph here and there to shed some light on the rest of the world or a couple more lines here and there to really open up this world would have helped.


Overall, I had a great time and it was well worth what little time was required, I'm glad to have gone out of my normal comfort zone and enjoyed it,

out ofStars recommended At first, I was only mildly interested in what was going on in this retelling of a classic fairy tale.
However, once the action got started, I really enjoyed listening, The cast was perfectvoices, ages, gender every voice seemed correct, I think this was/is especially true in terms of the emotional aspects of the charactersI could totally hear it in their voices, which was refreshing.


In terms of the story, I really enjoyed the character of Geric, His relationship with Ani, especially when she was the goose girl, was very realistic and I liked the humorous note that Hale wrote into their conversations.
Another of my favorite characters was Enna, I am excited to read more and see what happens to her after these events, Though I haven't read the blurb on the back of the second book I think I'll probably listen to that one too, if it is available, I hope she and Finn get together.


SPOILER ALERT
A few things that annoyed me about the book:
, Imagine you need to tell someone something, Something that could mean you live or diehow would you go about it when you were facing them and surrounded by people Would you shout and scream "Please! Let me say something! Please!" Or, perhaps, would you JUST SAY WHAT YOU NEED TO SAY AND STOP YELLING STUPID CRAP Yeah, I thought so too.

. Imagine you're in the process of discovering that you can hear voices, whether they are from animals or nature, Regardless, if you heard a voice that told you you dropped something in a stream, would you just walk away Neither would I.

. I felt like Ani was an idiot for not running to her horse as soon as she thought something was up,
. I didn't want the horse to die, I really liked this fairytale retelling, We have a princess in dire need, we have a handsome prince, an evil ladyinwaiting who wants to be princess, and we have some magic.




This had such a magical feel to it, which is why I love fairytales, It was also pretty grueling at times like in real fairytales, where Im shocked when reading to myyear old that so many people are maimed, beaten, hanged, etc.
. But despite all the awful things happening to Ani, she remained quite upbeat and was still willing to fight,

I also really loved the ending, It seems nothing can beat a true hardwon HEA fairytale style with a nice dramatic showdown,



I mean, it wasn't bad,
It was just really, really slow, Clearly, as my earlier review shows, I loved this book and I will preserve the original rating for the sake of my high school self.
I still found the romance sweet and lovely if somewhat less developed than I remembered and the villain thoroughly evil,
For the most part, though, I just kept waiting for more to happen,
Maybe I just wasn't in the right mood for this reread, but also maybe I need to start shuffling books off my favorites shelf and onto a "former favorites" shelf.
I will always have a soft spot in my heart for this retelling, but perhaps not reread it quite as often, I won't say ever because I already know I will ignore this review in a few years and try again,

Original
Crown Princess AnidoriKiladra Talianna Isilee of Kildenree tries, She tries to be a dutiful daughter to her royal politicallyshrewd Mother and well meaning Father, She tries to be a good older sister to her younger siblings, And most of all, she tries to become the CrownPrincess and future Queen her country needs,
But the truth is she doesnt love it, There is nothing to love in the backstabbing, widesmiling courtiers, And the endless lessons send her head spinning! “Ani” only finds consolation in riding her horse, Falada, with whom she shares a special bond.
As a baby, she was watched over by her aunta woman of a forest, who told tales of animals who talked and special gifts given to each person.
She teaches the little princess to understand the birds language, and talk back,
But that was years ago, Ani no longer talks to the birds and her horse is the only creature she can communicate with
Until one day her Mother announces that she is no longer to be the CrownPrincess.
Alliances have been madeand Princess AnidoriKiladra has been betrothed to the mysterious CrownPrince of Bayern,
A horrible betrayal on the journeyand suddenly Ani is fleeing for her life, left to fend for herself in a strange country.
For once she needs to stop trying and discover who she really is
Plus of course, save her country from war, take on the rulers of her adopted country, and guard her flock of geese.

And of course, there is the sweet and cute Geric who keeps showing up

I love this book, I really do. You probably wouldnt believe me if I told you how many times Ive read it, The Goose Girl is actually a fairytale originally written by the Brothers Grimm, and in one sense, this story doesnt “stray far from the plot”.
It just fleshes it out more, And it does a wonderful job doing it!!
Ani is an exciting, round heroine who you just love, Twists, betrayals, humor, kidnapping! It kind of has it all, But everything is wrapped up in an adorable fairy tale!!
And in the long run, I think that is why it gets only four, actually.
Because it has a hint of a lot of interesting stuffbut is generally just sweet, Andthat is about it.
Because for a fairy tale, it is amazing and perfect, But not much else. Though there are kidnappings and fight scenes and general awesomeness,
Geric is super cute ltOne of the other reviewers on here said something to the extent of “every word he utters is made in such a way to make girls swoon.
” It is probably true xD He is adorable,
The writing is lyrical, If you look that up, it is defined as "having the form and musical quality of a song, and especially the character of a songlike outpouring of the poet's own thoughts and feelings, as distinguished from epic and dramatic poetry.
" Which is pretty much true for this book, It is beautiful, easy reading that gently takes you into the tale and gives you a smile! because ohhhhh, . . it is precious.
So there you have it, Goose Girl is an awesome book, Simply adorable. It is completely worth it if you want a cute read, .