Keith Donohue - The Stolen Child

Pros: a magical fantasy
Cons: -

The Stolen Child - Keith Donohue"Who do you think he favors?" That's a question asked about nearly every baby ever born; one that's usually answered with vague references to Daddy's eyes and Mommy's nose, or vice versa. Said ...

Pros: a good yarn that elaborates on haunting myth
Cons: cold, undeveloped in parts and too long in others

I usually have no trouble finding words to describe the books I read, as they usually evoke strong emotion one way or the other for me. Yet Keith Donahue’s The Stolen Child leaves me with an interesting dilemma of uncertainty and ...

Pros: The quality of prose, character development, plot complexity.
Cons: Some slow spots; not as original as advertised, when released

To the waters and the wild With a faery hand in hand, For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand. Why do I start this review with an excerpt from a poem by W.B. Yeats? This poem was the inspiration for the story, according ...

Pros: interesting concept novel, not exactly fantasy yet in that mold.
Cons: none

Author Keith Donohue takes the poem by Yeats of the same title and turns it into a magical novel that is at first glance a fantasy novel-- but changes places as a serious work of fiction. There is a lot of "what if" in this book, the fascinating toying ...