Reviews Archives - Cathrin Hagey https://www.cathrinhagey.com/category/reviews/ Author and Blogger Mon, 09 Jun 2025 22:44:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 67173325 Fairy Tales: Disability and Culture, a Review https://www.cathrinhagey.com/fairy-tales-disability-and-culture/ Thu, 10 Sep 2020 14:55:16 +0000 https://www.cathrinhagey.com/?p=4864 Amanda Leduc mines traditional fairy tales and analyzes the influence of pop culture on our collective thinking.

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]]> 4864 Maria Popova: Curative Wisdom https://www.cathrinhagey.com/maria-popova-curative-wisdom/ Fri, 25 Oct 2019 17:06:53 +0000 https://www.cathrinhagey.com/?p=4624 I’ve had a handful of heroes. In childhood they were fictional: Anne (of Green Gables) and Jane Eyre. Anne’s early life, like my own, was marked by starvation and neglect. Jane, to whom I also related, was unwanted. Both believed in their inherent right to exist and, ultimately, to thrive. I gobbled these stories repeatedly; […]

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]]> 4624 Oz, the Great and Powerful: First Impressions https://www.cathrinhagey.com/oz-the-great-and-powerful-first-impressions/ https://www.cathrinhagey.com/oz-the-great-and-powerful-first-impressions/#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2013 05:59:31 +0000 https://www.cathrinhagey.com/?p=2776 Spoiler alert!! If you haven’t seen Oz, the Great and Powerful starring James Franco, Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz, and Mila Kunis, you should probably read this review some other time. Thank you. How to make a little something out of a great something… Take one girl (Dorothy), place her within a coming-of-age story, add a […]

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]]> https://www.cathrinhagey.com/oz-the-great-and-powerful-first-impressions/feed/ 2 2776 Review of DEAR FLYARY https://www.cathrinhagey.com/review-of-dear-flyary/ Sat, 10 Mar 2012 22:21:55 +0000 https://www.cathrinhagey.com/?p=2287 Dear Flyary by Dianne Young My rating: 5 of 5 stars This story is a whimsical window into the life of Frazzle Pattzer, a being from the Glank Quadrant of Merfatil who speaks English sprinkled with a patois of made-up words direct from the author’s quirky imagination. If you invited Frazzle to your home, he […]

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