Comments on: Review: East by Edith Pattou

By: Sharry

Sharry — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 01:41:55 +0000

Just finished reading this novel and I totally agree with you on almost all your points! Rose should be like-able but I didn’t really care about her at all. Which really bothers me, since I’m a very character-driven reader.

By: shylockbooks

shylockbooks — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 07:58:54 +0000

I loved this book, and it does get better after reading it again. Have you read “Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow” by Jessica Day George? It is another version of the original fairy tale. But “East” is by far my favorite.

By: Vasilly

Vasilly — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:36:14 +0000

I read book earlier this year and loved it! It’s one of the few books that I read in only one sitting this year.

By: Anastasia

Anastasia — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:26:12 +0000

Yeah, I totally would have tried to look the first night! On the other hand, in the frame of the fairy tale she needed not to have looked until after she fell in love(ish) with him, so I understand not looking until temptation was too much. I do think she acted like you would act if you knew you were in a fairy tale, as opposed to someone who just thought something weird was happening, if that makes sense.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:20:34 +0000

I’d have looked! It was an unreasonable demand to make anyway. I remember thinking that when I read this fairy tale, and the same thing when I read Cupid and Psyche. With that one, I was just surprised she needed to be prompted by her ugly sisters.