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Triple Ripple: A Fabulous Fairytale (2011)

by Brigid Lowry(Favorite Author)

3.51 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1742374999 (ISBN13: 9781742374994)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Allen & Unwin

review 1: I was tossing between 2 or 3 stars, but I settled on 3 because I couldn't get past how creative and unique the concept of this book is. Having the writer contemplating about what should happen next, the reader talking about the book and using it as an outlet from her life and the story itself being developed was really something else.However, there were some parts which I didn't like or I found unnecessary. Honestly, the fairy tale just really wasn't good, perhaps it just wasn't suited for my age group but it was awfully childish. The fairy tale didn't really seem to have a climax at all and honestly hearing about the life of Mirabella and her tempers bored me. One of the things I found unnecessary was the name of the chapters - at times it was appealing to a sense of humo... moreur which was cool, other times it was just lame. I found it fascinating but sometimes annoying when chapters were re-written slightly different, it gave me a real sense of how writers work. Although I found it awfully confusing when one of the readers part was re-written several times - I thought the reader was her own person and that her life was completely different from the writers. It dawned on me and disappointed me when I realized the writer was controlling everything - even how and when the reader decides to read the fairy tale. I understand that most fairy tales have a happy ending and all goes well in the end - but I just found this one so cliche it annoyed me in a way. The writer seemed middle aged and appeared to have a lot of life experience however it didn't show in the fairy tale. I assumed the writer would pull out something more deep and meaningful - and have an ending which left me bedazzled. Nonetheless if it wasn't for the concept of this novel I would've given it 2 or even just 1 star. It was sort of boring and it didn't seem to go anywhere. Definitely aimed at a younger age group, but still an interesting read.
review 2: While the idea of the metafictional approach taken in the book appealed to me — it contained the actual fairytale, the Writer's story and the Reader's one — the execution fell a little flat for me. The fairytale was delightful enough. The Writer's own thoughts did ring through. The Reader had her own life and struggles that on some level tied in with the fairytale and some themes paralleled each other. However, by taking this approach, maybe depth had to be somewhat sacrificed. Also, complexity in this novel is not derived from the plot and characters but rather from the format.When I do like a book, I dread reaching the end. With this book, there were points where I couldn't wait to be done with it. Overall, it was an enjoyable read though as it does well in adding a twist to a fairytale written in contemporary times. What kept me reading was the elegance of the language Lowry employed particularly in writing the fairytale parts. It also helped that each part had a different font to aid readers in distinguishing among the three plots. less

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