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Gilded
by Marissa Meyer
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 4
Gilded is a Rumpelstiltskin retelling, where Serilda is forced to spin straw into gold after telling the Erlking she can.
"Your stories, I think they’re sort of like spinning, too. Because it’s like you’re making something beautiful out of nothing."
I love a good retelling and one of Rumpelstiltskin is one I haven’t read before. The way this story starts, with Serilda telling a story about how she came about, her father saving a God and getting a wish in return really grabbed my attention from the first page. It was interesting to see how the story unfolded.
The worldbuilding was very vast and a lot of elements were introduced in this book. I wished sometimes the different creatures which existed were a bit better explained, as a lot of times creatures were named, but I didn’t really know anything about them. The same could be said about all the different moons, such as hunger moon; crow moon etc, that were mentioned but not explained what they all meant. I missed a bit of the details and explanation here.
I liked the plot a lot. I hadn’t really noticed this was a retelling until I connected the dots myself haha. I really liked how the retelling was done. Gild seemed a lot less mean as how I’ve always pictured Rumpelstiltskin, but after how the story ended, I am curious to see how he’ll change in the second book.
The characters were interesting. I liked Serilda, although she did seem rash at times. Gild was definitely my favourite of them all! I really liked the vibes he gave off and his story. I loved the banter between the two as well.
I loved the way the story telling concept was added in the overall plot of the book. It added to the story, although the story became a bit predictable in the end. It did make me more interesting in the book though. The other parts of the story felt dragged out and repetitive, so the interludes where another story was told was a nice switch.
Overall, I enjoyed this story and I liked it. It did feel a bit dragged out, but with the ending I am curious to see how it will unfold in the sequel.
Gilded is a Rumpelstiltskin retelling, where Serilda is forced to spin straw into gold after telling the Erlking she can.
"Your stories, I think they’re sort of like spinning, too. Because it’s like you’re making something beautiful out of nothing."
I love a good retelling and one of Rumpelstiltskin is one I haven’t read before. The way this story starts, with Serilda telling a story about how she came about, her father saving a God and getting a wish in return really grabbed my attention from the first page. It was interesting to see how the story unfolded.
The worldbuilding was very vast and a lot of elements were introduced in this book. I wished sometimes the different creatures which existed were a bit better explained, as a lot of times creatures were named, but I didn’t really know anything about them. The same could be said about all the different moons, such as hunger moon; crow moon etc, that were mentioned but not explained what they all meant. I missed a bit of the details and explanation here.
I liked the plot a lot. I hadn’t really noticed this was a retelling until I connected the dots myself haha. I really liked how the retelling was done. Gild seemed a lot less mean as how I’ve always pictured Rumpelstiltskin, but after how the story ended, I am curious to see how he’ll change in the second book.
The characters were interesting. I liked Serilda, although she did seem rash at times. Gild was definitely my favourite of them all! I really liked the vibes he gave off and his story. I loved the banter between the two as well.
I loved the way the story telling concept was added in the overall plot of the book. It added to the story, although the story became a bit predictable in the end. It did make me more interesting in the book though. The other parts of the story felt dragged out and repetitive, so the interludes where another story was told was a nice switch.
Overall, I enjoyed this story and I liked it. It did feel a bit dragged out, but with the ending I am curious to see how it will unfold in the sequel.