Thomas F. (hardtack) - , reviewed on 4/5/2019 + 2664 more book reviews

I enjoy John Moore's different slants on fairy tales, as well as his humor. Fortunately, he doesn't try to force his wit down your throat every other sentence, as some authors do. Instead of being annoying, you find yourself appreciating his next witticism.

As an example, here is one paragraph from the book:

"Ripplebrook was not a very large, nor a very rich village by any means, but it was big enough and prosperous enough to have a Town Hall with two stories. A very nice one, too, all done up in local stone, with a slate roof and blue-painted trim. Upstairs housed the tax receipts, the birth and death records, the surveyor's records, and the deeds and titles to the surrounding farms. Downstairs was where the town council had its meetings, which was not all that often. On Thursday nights it had bingo."

If you like Moore's fantasies, you might also enjoy those of fantasy author Watt-Evans.

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