Customer Reviews

The Stone Fey

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Robin Mckinley is one of my favorite authors, but here she really stunk. The story was hard for a full grown adult to understand, let alone children.

Really, they should have a separate scale for Robin McKinley. _The Stone Fey_ is vividly written and illustrated, capturing one's imagination in the first page. It's particularly well suited for reading aloud &/or for a "coffee table book" -- eye catching, ear enthralling, and a dang good story.

First off, this book is not for children. As another reviewer stated, it *is* convoluted, but I think McKinley wrote that way to give the book a slow, thoughtful pace appropriate to the plot and setting. The inside cover of the book called it "passionate" and "haunting". Those two words describe it better than any review I have seen up here.

After reading and loving what was assumed to be a series of books, this was a disappointment. It was NOT appropriate to young children, and even failed to keep the interest of this adult. I can't figure out the purpose of the book.

After reading this book, I was befuddled. I am an English major in college, and I did not grasp the point of this book. But then again perhaps there is no point. Regardless, I would not recommend this story for children or even most young adults. In addition to its confusing plot, McKinley makes frequent use of the word "Damn." If that weren't enough, it has strong sexual overtones, as in the statement, "the taste of his mouth in hers."

when I finished this book I was disapointed althought "the stone fey " was,as all of Mckinley's books,well written I found the plot boring completly unlike the other books she has written such as "spindle's end","beuty" and "rose daughter".this book was sort of unfineshed and the "end" was stupid. I think the story was so short and dull it was almost not worth being written.

The story has a certain mysterious quality that made you want to keep on reading. Nevertheless I was very disapointed upon the ending I found myself thinking McKinnley could have done better much better. As in THE BLUE SWORD or THE HERO AND THE CROWN and what ever is wrong with turning it into another BEAUTY. I would not recomend this book to a child they wouldn't like it nor to someone who loves to read as much as I do they would find it disturbing in the upmost but to someone who doesn't care so much and doesn't pickup a book often enough to know the difference between this and some of McKinleys other works I think they would really enjoy this as a first book

I would have to say this is one of my all-time favority fantasy stories... I read it in a collection probably something like 5 or 6 years ago, of which it was definitely one of the highlights. I always wanted more, but possibly more would dilute the haunting quality this tale has. I don't know if fantasy has as much call for evoking that 'sense of wonder' as science fiction does, maybe it's assumed, but-- it's there, throughout, the song of the hills, the sigh of twilight, the breath of the fey. This sense of lost longing, yearning for connection with the other World, the loss that comes with living in this one. I was sad because it was my dream too, which I could never quite touch. Probably the story by McKinley that touched me deepest :)

An exquisite book in all of its enchanting beauty and dark intensity. It gets into your blood and seems as if it were always there, only now getting your acknowledgement.

...I wanted more depth, more meat to the story. Ms. McKinley's writing is always superb, but there just wasn't enough of it. I agree with the reviewer below - this would have been a great full-length novel. I'm ready for another novel about Damar! I wouldn't say this book is not for children - I would have enjoyed reading it as a 10 year old - but I think the format is a little too juvenile to appeal to a pre-teen or YA.