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Madeline Hatter's Story (2013)

by Shannon Hale(Favorite Author)

4.04 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0316364657 (ISBN13: 9780316364652)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

review 1: This was offered for free from iBooks. It's a fun, very quick read (it probably took me ten minutes to read at the most), but it's enjoyable. It makes you want to see more from these characters, which is probably the point of them being offered for free. Intended for a pretty young audience, but still something fun for an adult to read quickly.Maddie is a very likable character and I bet she has an interesting story in he full books. The Mad Hatter having a daughter is something I never would have thought of but it's a very intriguing idea!
review 2: Series Summary: Totally didn't like the idea and wonder why I chose these books again. Being a fan of fairytales I was looking forward to see what kind of twist but this is going to be one series that I am truly go... moreing to stay away from. The children were snobby and the people no matter the age were mentally damaged. I mean who has ever suffered in life would hope their children would willing suffer the same fate just to be happily ever after? So wrong in so many accounts. And the modern touch was interesting but the way the author made parodies and pans of it while also giving the story a "fairytale valley girl" touch just made want to cringe. This isn't the way fairytales are suppose to go..... And don't even mention the shoe fetish that every character seems to go through *smh*. Book Summary: The story had a bit more backbone than some of the other ones that are being used to introduce the book but just being from an almost different genre it is hard to see how Maddie is going to fit in especially since her friends are the children of Pinocchio and the Evil Queen, which doesn't seem to combine its own right. Furthermore as if that isn't confusing enough you have the fact that a Shakespeare character is also going to be thrown in (what is with modern fairytale writers trying to combine non-fairytale elements with fairytales?). I liked the fact that she isn't at all disturbed by the wackiness of her dad and world but then again what can you expecting from the Mad Hatter and Wonderland? Plus if she grew up with that then she wouldn't see it as being silly as long as she was loved. I don't know if I like the fact that she is going to be the pushy type in trying to make sure that everyone will have friends. Again all it comes to boil down to is can this character really work for this series? less

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