Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin

This is a 2014/2015 Sunshine State Reader which I downloaded to listen to with my daughter. I have listened to almost a 100 audio books with my daughter and we almost never disagree on a book, but this one we did. She really enjoyed it and I did not. If it weren't for the fact that she was enjoying it I would have never finished listening to it. It was slow and tedious for me.

I thought that the characters made stupid decision after stupid decision and they were idiotic (with the exception of the trolls). I found the lack of any real communication between characters frustrating and unrealistic. I felt that crucial information wasn't disseminated between characters in an attempt to move the plot in the direction the author wanted to go, not because real characters would actually behave that way.

My main problems with the story are:
1. The grandmother withheld critical information from her grandson that would be crucial for his survival.
2. His friend knew more about his past then he did and never shared this information with him until it was too late. She preferred to chastise him then to give him information that may be helpful.
3. The miller's daughter was unusually dumb and dim witted. I don't appreciate stories with characters that are so dumb that they are unbelievable.
4. Almost all the characters in the book are unlikable. Even Rump I had a hard time getting behind when he kept making stupid decisions.

With all that being said, the things that my daughter enjoyed about the book:
1. She really liked Rump and Red,
2. She liked that he found his name in the end,
3. She liked the trolls, and
4. She liked the re-telling and different perspective of an old story.

I suggest this book. I though it was an amazing book and it was like a rollercoaster.

We listened to the read aloud on the drive to school each morning. The kids loved it... Can't wait for Jack.

We loved the reading of this book. Such a fun adventure. My son and I stayed up late, so that we could find out what would happen next. It's hard to put this book down.

It was awesome and a sweet loving story that is sad but wonderful please read this amazing book😊😊😊😊😊thank you

It was a great book for me I love it. Can't wait for the next book I am sure it will be good

I love this story. The narrator was amazing, and I was pion the edge of my seat every second. Read it!

I never read it

I wouldn't want to ruin the story for others but I liked that Red could get the honey.

The voices

When Rump was cheated

Na

This was an amazing story. It had a very interesting story. I would recommend it if you like fairy tales.

Loved this twist of the traditional tale!
It grabbed me at the start and held my interest throughout the entire story.