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What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy
by Gregory Maguire
from Candlewick

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

• Better Than Terrible
  The book cover gives us the story's setting: it's a wild, stormy night. The house perched precariously on the valley's edge shelters three young children and their 20-something cousin. The children's parents have left under somewhat mysterious circumstances, the entire area has evacuated, the power is out, there is no food. How to pass the time, calm the nerves, weather the storm? The cousin begins a story. HIS story, apparently, and the story of What-the-Dickens.
  Turns out What-the-Dickens is a tooth... more info

• Bloated narrative with unsympathetic characters reads like a chore
  I am a fan of Maguire's writing, both his adult and children's fiction. His re-imagined fairy tales like "Wicked" and "Mirror, Mirror" are clever, well-crafted and entertaining. I also enjoyed his "Hamlet Chronicles" which I found to be witty and fun (particularly as the series progressed). But "What-the-Dickens", though displaying his wonderful artistry with words, was a real chore for me to get through.
  Concisely, we have a story within a story. A few children are stranded at home looked after by... more info

• More Power to the Skibereen!
  What an absolutely fun story! I didn't want to put it down. Gregory Maguire has kept that imagination we all hope our children get, have, use, and with this book has given us a view into the secret world of the tooth fairies. They, the tooth fairies - or skibereen, have quite an operation. Do read it for your general escapist, frivolous reading pleasure - you won't regret it.

• Excellance!
  I absolutely love this book. It was a quick read, it was interesting, and it was fun! Maguire left it open-ended, and it enables you to imagine your own result, or to hope for a second book! I would recommend this book to anyone who loves a good twisted fairy tale!

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