“The Grimm Legacy”

Author: Polly Shulman

I was disappointed with this book because I was hoping that it would have more adventure, thrills and magic….but it was nowhere near my expectations. The Brothers Grimm had some pretty frightening stories and this book being the “Grimm” legacy, you would think that it would be a little more interesting. The story wasn’t like that at all, it was slow, took place in practically a single building, and towards the end just started getting weird to the point of it being unbelievable. Soooo unbelievable that I almost lost interest in the book. The characters voices were even a little bland to me.

Elizabeth accepts a new job working at the New-York Circulating Material Repository. But she was not prepared for what her job at the library really does. It lends objects rather than books! That’s right, anything you can think of from items belonging to History’s most famous people to everyday items in your home. But the most interesting of all the collections is the one in the library’s secret basement, the Grimm collection. The items in the Grimm Collection consist of powerful and magical objects from the actual horrific Brothers Grimm stories. If in the hands of the wrong person it could be dangerous. And that is just what is happening. Someone is stealing from the Grimm Collection and replacing them with fakes. Elizabeth and her new friends set out on a mission to return the items before someone innocent gets blamed or hurt. But when a member of their sleuthing group disappears is it too late? From shrink ray machines to the magic mirror in snow white’s fairytale, this is quite the adventure.

The ending was satisfying, that is if you liked the story in the first place. For me it was just too weird and kinda boring, and if any action happened, I was frowning at it thinking, “What on earth?” It was definitely different from anything else I’ve read before, but I don’t think I would want to read it again. But, some of you might have a taste for elements of strange happenings or bizarre craziness. If that’s the case than you might like it, I personally don’t care for that kind of thing.