![]() ![]() ![]() This story line was intriguing but the sound effects were distracting and irritating. I initially purchased the book to hear Julian Rind-Tutt who was so brilliant and silky in "The Graveyard Book". What did you like best about The Sleeper and the Spindle? What did you like least? ![]() of the Sleeping Beauty comes highly recommended. All in all Neil Gaiman stays one of the master story tellers of our age. Well it isn't Jullian Rhind-Tutt, Lara Pulver and Niamh Walsh did an outstanding rendering of the story, adding to its enjoyment. At one point I thought that the story might be a GLBT rewriting of a well-loved tale. I really didn't see the end coming, though afterwards, I thought that it is self evident. What I liked the most about the story was the little details he lifted from the Grimm brothers' fairy tales using it as clues to guide the listener on where the story is going. Using the listener's own knowledge of the well-known tale he goes against expectations and recast the fairy landscape in much the same way he recasted the faiths of the United States in American Gods. ![]() Once again Neil Gaiman delves into the fairy tales from the Grimm brothers to come up with a retelling of the Sleeping Beauty that blows one's mind away. ![]()
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