![]() The feeling of snowfall, simultaneously beautiful and oppressive has lingered with me. ![]() I did appreciate the story and images of winter. ![]() I know, I know, it was a spell or.something? But I don't like cheating, even when it's fairy-induced. I also don't tend to love the cruel whimsy of fairies, so there's that working against it too. I don't like that, and that intangibility will make this a story that does not stick with me very long, like a dream that already starts disappearing and not making sense as soon as you wake up. I feel like there was a lot of "Because, fairies" and not much else of substance provided. I don't feel like I have a firm explanation on why some things happened the way they did, or even on what exactly happened in a few cases. I'm not a reader who likes the "dreamscape" feeling, so I really didn't like McKillip's foggy, dreamy wanderings into the vague fairy world. It is on one hand evocative and mood-setting, while on the other hand bloated and annoying.
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