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iCarlyGleek
Posted January 28, 2012
Great-quick easy read!
I read this book in about 10 minutes, but loved every minute. Great book and I highly recommend it!
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Great Story
After reading various negative reviews of Wicked, also, by the same author, I was not sure if I wanted to read this book. However, I was so captivated by the description of the book, and the charming illustrations; I decided to purchase it. A short book that is wonderful. It is based on The Little Match Girl story; giving it a different twist. I recommend it to all fans of fairy tales, Christmas stories, and Gregory Maguire.
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Anonymous
Posted January 28, 2010
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A New Twist
I love how Gregory Maguire takes a classic childhood story, rewrites it from the viewpoint of another character, and tells what happened on the flip side of the coin. Matchless is the retelling of The Little Match Girl. It is a very quick read and I loved it. If you've never read any of this author's books this would be a good one to start with because it gives you a taste of his writing style, but it's short enough that if you don't like it you aren't committed to a novel sized book.
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Mortizmo
Posted January 16, 2010
I love Maguire, but this book is absolutely awful!
I wish I had known that this was a children's book before I purchased or I would never have done so - I read the enitre book in less than ten minutes. It was definitely not worth the $20 dollars I paid and I would have returned it if I could - I don't even want it in my library.
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Anonymous
Posted December 5, 2009
A Disappointment
I have read and thoroughly enjoyed Gregory Maguire's last six books from "Wicked" to "A Lion Among Men", so I was expecting something on the same order when I ordered "Matchless". To my surprise and dismay it turned out to be a miniature "book" (8"x5") of approximately fifty pages. Only half of those pages have print ranging from two paragraphs to a single sentence. The other half of the pages are used for crude illustrations. Essentially, this is a short story marketed in a hard bound book. My overall impression is that this is simply a "rip-off".
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A Re-Illumination of a Classic Fairytale
This story by Hans Christian Andersen is set as a Christmas tale of sadness and hope. Make it a holiday tradition to read it aloud to your family.
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Posted December 18, 2010
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