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<\/center><\/p>\nIn my last post I briefly mentioned Castle Waiting<\/i> by Linda Medley and I think it deserves more than a quick shout.<\/p>\n
A few weeks ago, I was visiting my friend Ann and what is now customary we went to the bookstore and I aske her for comic recommendations, and this is one of the things she handed to me.<\/p>\n
The plot is, essentially, what happened to the castle after Sleeping Beauty left with her prince. In Castle Waiting, it’s become a sanctuary and in volume 1 (volume 2 is shipping its way to me right now. I’m sort of dreading it because 1 was a paperback, weighed two pounds, and made my hands shake when I read it. Volume 2 is a hardcover<\/i>) we follow the adventures of a new resident, Jain who has come to have her baby, and in the latter part the adventures of Sister Peaceful, who is part of a sect of bearded nuns. <\/p>\n
Lots of jokes and character humour, and except for the Sleeping Beauty opening, not especially fairytale oriented, besides everyone living in a world where those sorts of stories do take place, just not to these characters.<\/p>\n
There’s some strong Christian elements (because nuns) which seem to be less about Christians and more about bearded women, which I did not object to. Skeeter, the little novice with the huge mustache is adorable. <\/p>\n
There’s a rough, racist bit about Roma in the first third, which is mostly redeemed in the last third, but be on alert for that.<\/p>\n
Castle Waiting<\/i> is sweet, easy fantasy with a lot of charm and the art is fabulous. My biggest regret is that I could not get a good picture of Nessie (Sister Peace’s good friend) that was on one of the covers for this post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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