Like many girls in folk and fairy tales, twelve-year-old Marinka lives in a small house with her grandmother.
The possibilities are as endless as the stars.
If you're familiar with Baba Yaga, you many enjoy this twist to her well-known character if not, then you won't have the expectations that I did, and this story might suit you fine.
I felt cheated! A big letdown for me in regards to my expectations of Baba Yaga and of the ungrateful Marinka who gets her way in the end without learning anything from her mistakes. Instead, author Sophie Anderson changed her personality by 180 degrees! Anderson should have concocted a new persona with a different name instead of using the infamous character of Baba Yaga to draw readers in. most disappointing of all was the portrayal of Baba Yaga herself! I expected the Baba Yaga of folklore, an evil witch living deep in the woods in a house standing on chicken legs surrounded by a fence made of human bones who eats children if they venture too close. But nope! Instead, she is eventually rewarded with the best of both worlds, even to the detriment of other beloved characters and,Ģ. MC Marinka annoyed me throughout this story! Her constant whining as she bemoans her lot in life could be understandable if her character grew as she learned from her selfish errors when things took a turn for the worse. the idea of Baba Yaga as a kind and gentle Guardian of the Gate who leads the dead into the afterlife among the stars was an interesting direction to take with this particular character, but.ġ. many of the secondary characters had interesting plot lines, but the character of the House on Chicken Legs with its entertaining antics was the most endearing of them all and,Ģ. February 2023 is my "Books For Young and Old Alike" Month!ġ. the Russian/Ukrainian folktale character of Baba Yaga has always fascinated me, so I added this tale to my WTR list Ģ.
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