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  • The Prince and the Troll

  • Faraway collection
  • By: Rainbow Rowell
  • Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman
  • Length: 46 mins
  • 3.8 out of 5 stars (793 ratings)

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The Prince and the Troll

By: Rainbow Rowell
Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman
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Publisher's summary

A charming everyman and a mysterious something-under-the-bridge cross paths in a short fairy tale by the number one New York Times bestselling author of Eleanor & Park and the Simon Snow series.

It’s fate when a man accidentally drops his phone off the bridge. It’s fortune when it’s retrieved by a friendly shape sloshing in the muck underneath. From that day forward, as they share a coffee every morning, an unlikely friendship blooms. Considering the reality for the man above, where life seems perfect, and that of the sharp-witted creature below, how forever after can a happy ending be?

The Prince and the Troll is part of Faraway, a collection of retold fairy tales that take the happily-ever-after in daring new directions. Whether read or listened to in one sitting, prepare to be charmed, moved, enlightened, and frightened all over again.

©2020 Rainbow Rowell (P)2020 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved

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Loved This

This was a great combination of some of my favorite things. I love Rainbow Rowell and I love fairytales. This one hits you hard.

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This was great

I really love the short story. I have read all of Rainbow Rowell’s books, and this seems like a short, but sweet version of her writing.

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short and sweet

This is short and sweet with great inflection on the narration. It was an entertaining way to pass time.

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so sweet 🥰

oh how I wish there was more of this story, such a beautiful fairytale

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Spoiler Warning...

It’s a super cute story, and I didn’t know this, but apparently I need an HEA because now I’m sad

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Love a retelling

Rainbow Rowell (author) and Rebecca Lowman (narrator) are such a great match and I enjoyed this retelling.

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Not quite a prince, a troll, and a tragedy

A charming and attractive young man, whose name we eventually learn in Adam, is walking to work when he accidentally drops his phone off the bridge. It's retrieved for him by a friendly troll--a friendly female troll. From that point on, they meet every day for coffee, which he picks up at the nearest Starbucks.

Over the course of their conversations, we learn, gradually, that the river is drying up, that there is no rain, and that somehow the Road, the magnificent Road, may be responsible for this. And Adam, it seems, works on the Road. He's one of the people responsible for keeping it safe, and smooth, with good signage.

The river dying up is obviously not good for the troll, or other trolls, or the plants that grow along it.

The Road, it seems, is not good for any living things.

As I was listening to this, the story didn't quite work for me. Yet now, as I'm writing about it, the complexities of the story, which I did notice as I listened, are seeming more compelling. What that means exactly, I have no idea.

Overall, though, an interesting story, even if not perfect.

I bought this audiobook.

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Short, but it stabs you in the heart.

Princes and bridge trolls, and Starbucks and magic.
This is a world so familiar yet so different. And I loved it.

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Confused

This short story got me thinking. Was it a love story - I think so. About sustainability- I think so too. Different yes. Not what I was expecting.

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Eh

3.5 stars
Was this a Starbucks ad cleverly disguised as a book? That’s how it felt honestly.

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