But once the story found it's pace, I found it to be a good read. The writing is fairly descriptive and florid and made it hard to get going with.
Even during the hard times, the plain Iris must deal with the dumb Ruth and the neurotic Clara, yet she does with patience and care.
While the stepmother could still be considered "evil", "Cinderella" and her stepsisters are actually as true sisters.even through their disagreements they love each other. Told from the viewpoint of one of the stepsister's this tale follows the Cinderella story in a completely different way. Having no interest in the outside world, especially a ball thrown by the prince's godmother, Clara makes the kitchen her domain, preferring to live with the ashes and do the housework than to travel into the regular world. When her mother dies during pregnancy and Iris' and Ruth's mother steps in as matron of the household, Clara is held as nothing more than the beauty in which her stepmother will buy back her fortune. The merchant's daughter, Clara, befriends the two young girls amidst her fear of leaving her home and her belief that she is a changeling. Ruth, the oldest, is dumb and mute and taken care of by Iris, the younger, smarter sister, who shows artistic promise but is considered plain at best and will never be a beauty. Poor and begging, they have no choice but to first take a job as the housekeeper to an artist, then to a merchant of the city (I believe it's Amsterdam but not entirely sure). This book follows the story of Iris and Ruth, two little girls who, with their mother, flee from England after their father is murdered. But with so many people telling me how great this guy is, I decided to give it another shot. I still haven't read "Wicked." Years ago, I tried reading this book and just couldn't get into it. I love books based on fairy tales, but it's taken me forever to really read any of Maguire's stuff.
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