Charity's Reading Log

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire - By the author of Wicked, our Rival Reader book club recently chose this book as a selection. I was, at first, a little skeptical of their selection as the language and the content seemed way too different from our usual reads. However, having read Wicked, I knew the story would be good and was thus excited to get my read on!

The story of Cinderella from one of her "wicked" step-sister's point-of-view, the book unfold and gives us a new version of an old tale. What if the "wicked" step-sisters weren't really all that bad, and what if Cinderella really did all those house chores and dressed in rags out of choice? Well, then, we'd have a completely different story, wouldn't we?

I really enjoyed this book and contemplated, at length, about perspective and point-of-view, not only as far as a novel goes, but as it occurs in life in general. Thought-provoking about the aspects of love and beauty, among a wide array of other things! I'd certainly recommend this book to anyone and, watch out for his new book, a re-telling of The Wizard of Oz through the eyes of the Cowardly Lion!