Reviews for After Hamelin

The average rating for After Hamelin based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-08-21 00:00:00 Jonathan Racster As those of you who read my reviews know, more than almost any other fairy-tale (only "East of the Sun/West of the Moon" and "Beauty and the Beast" come close), the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin is unsurpassed in my memory, and these related books always conjures up fond feelings of nostalgia. I'm always pleasantly surprised to see new imaginings/retellings/revisions of the classic story, and (Full Disclosure), I always tend to be partially disposed to them before I even open the pages. And so, unsurprisingly, this book captivated me from beginning to end, in the same way that The Last Child of Hamelin and Peter and Max did. (I also look forward to the forthcoming The Peddler's Road trilogy.) This book in particular is peopled with interesting characters (and it's always nice to have a female protagonist!), and an intersting mix of mysticism, silliness, melancholy, and just a tiny bit of creepiness that really worked for me. Highly recommened to all fairy-tale fans (and especially those with an interest in the "Pied Piper" mythos.)

Review # 2 was written on 2012-03-17 00:00:00 Nathan Butterfield When I first read this book, which was a while ago, I fell completely and stupidly in love with it. It really is a great book for kids to read -- it's a fairly easy read, and slightly silly, but it also has an amazingly fantastic premise, and the world they move through on their journey is so vivid. As previously mentioned, it's been a long time since I first read it. But I found myself thinking about it, when caught up in insomnia, and finally decided to re-read it. Going back to it was... oddly comforting. Most of the story was soothingly familiar, while I enjoyed small details I either missed, or forgot about. The prose itself was much richer than I remember; the book employs a lot of rhymes and song lyrics, and they fit together amazingly well. I won't go into any plot summaries, or about the characters, because I won't do it justice. But if you like stories about dreamworlds, enjoy reading about characters going on a journey together, or just want a book that will enchant you and stay with you for a long time afterward -- I highly recommend it. This book is so much more than an expansion of the Pied Piper tale, and is an excellent piece of literature in it's own right, and I love it for that.