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Book Review of The Stolen Child

The Stolen Child
The Stolen Child
Author: Keith Donohue
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 2


Hmm...another dark adult fairy tale. The ending is very, VERY cheesy but it leaves you wondering who exactly was narrating the whole story to begin with. This book reminded me a bit of Peter Pan. It's fun to read but the philosophy kind of bogs things down. Oddly, I'd start falling asleep but then hit on a paragraph or description that intrigued me. My favorite lines would have to be when the changeling who was pretending to be Henry Day realizes his "mother" (Henry's real mother) saw through his impersonation act but loved him anyway.