WardenRed reviewed Red as Blood and White as Bone by Theodora Goss
None
4 stars
Fairy tales are another kind of Bible, for those who know how to read them.
Overall, this is an engaging, beautifully written short story where the MC is convinced for a big part of the plot that she's a side character in a fairy tale, while actually unknowingly getting tangled in a political plot on the eve of World War Two. Then again, it's possible there is magic and myth involved. The story makes it wonderfully ambiguous.
The one problem I had with it is that the story seems to drag on for a little too long. About two thirds in, I felt there was a great ending point that pulled all the threads together and left ample space for that ambiguity I mentioned. However, after that point the story went on, summarizing what happened to the MC after the main plot. It didn't feel particularly necessary, and reading the …
Fairy tales are another kind of Bible, for those who know how to read them.
Overall, this is an engaging, beautifully written short story where the MC is convinced for a big part of the plot that she's a side character in a fairy tale, while actually unknowingly getting tangled in a political plot on the eve of World War Two. Then again, it's possible there is magic and myth involved. The story makes it wonderfully ambiguous.
The one problem I had with it is that the story seems to drag on for a little too long. About two thirds in, I felt there was a great ending point that pulled all the threads together and left ample space for that ambiguity I mentioned. However, after that point the story went on, summarizing what happened to the MC after the main plot. It didn't feel particularly necessary, and reading the cliff's notes version of pretty much her entire life felt strange after the way the first part of the story flowed.
