Reviews for Smoky Mountain Rose: An Appalachian Cinderella

The average rating for Smoky Mountain Rose: An Appalachian Cinderella based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-06-02 00:00:00 Thomas Holdren Here is a retelling of Cinderella set in the Appalachian Mountains. The story is the same, but the fairy godmother is now a magic hog in the pig pen, the step-sisters are meaner than ever and the prince is a well-to-do farmer over a valley. Rose is as sweet as ever. I wasn't aware of this, but apparently there are Cinderella variations for just about every culture. Interesting. This story goes back to 850 AD in China. The authors note says that was the origination point. Now, that's interesting. The artwork is okay here. Nothing fancy or interesting, to me. Any princess lovers out there will not care for this one, I doubt.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-01-14 00:00:00 Thomas S Burke Another Cinderella variation from the United States, this one set in the Appalachian mountains and with a talking pig as "fairy godmother" (hahaha!). There's exactly the same elements as in the European tale, glass slipper included, but of course it has to have local adaptations, and besides what I've already mentioned, there's that the "prince" is a rich merchant that made his fortune with local produce, and then there's the peculiar idiomatic speech this version is written in. I'm guessing not everyone will like the "hillbilly" speech, but for me it was funny and what essentially made the retelling a romp.