Amazing Fantasy Story! A young boy is taken by trolls. He is turned into a bear for 150 years. The boy/ bear meets a young maiden who helps break the curse.

Excellent book - read it for book club. Highly recommend.

I will start with a warning that if you are someone who likes to take momentary breaks between chapters, either to listen to a song or to check your phone, be aware that the first chapter of this book ends on page 52. This book has a haunting presence you don't quite pick up on right away, but upon a second glance you can see it was there the entire time. There is a sense of something foreboding about to happen throughout the book. I was griped by the story, even with it's lengthy chapters now and then feeling like they would never end. I only deduct a star because I'm uncertain if I'm entirely happy with the ending. I feel like it's an ending I want to sit with for a while before I really decide if it fulfilled what I wanted in the story. There is a faux ending in the book, and I'm not entirely sure I wanted that one either, but I cannot decided which I liked better in all honesty.

A novel about my two favorite professions. Had to read it. Was not disappointed!

In this book, it’s Karen’s birthday. She is so excited to open all of her presents. She even gets to parties, one at her dads house and one at her mom‘s house. Though the only thing that Karen really wanted for her birthday was to have one big party. One with her whole family and not two separate parties.

this was one of the best books i've read in a long time. all the characters were realistic and understandable, and the writing was really good. I was somewhat expecting it to be unnecessarily philosophical for some reason but actually, it was very meaningful.

Very entertaining and with a good plot twist. Ready to read the next one!

Wonderful story of family, independence, and Friendship

The ending of this book was pretty good. I will read any Harry Potter book.

I liked it a lot. It has short chapters which always makes it easier for me to read for some reason. (I seem to read more when the chapters are small.) It’s the first book in a while that I wanted to keep reading and choose to read rather than watch tv. I loved learning about the main character’s red eyes (which I researched) and his experiences. There were parts where I was brought to tears. I thought the end was a little long and I’m not into Catholicism (and the ending was really Catholic,) but I really did like the book and will recommend it to others.