Customer Reviews
I Confess better than Wicked! - By: Philip Thompson, 26 May 2008 
A brilliant take on the story of Cinderella that I reallly loved. Very clever & much more human than his other stories as there are no elements of fantasy but its just as magical. Son of a Witch is in my opinion Maguires best book but this is a close second.
Beautiful re-telling - By: Deborah, 20 May 2008 This review relates to the paperback edition.
During an enforced 3-hour stopover at Los Angeles airport I found this & couldn't resist the cover or the blurb. I haven't read/seen any of his books, so had nothing with which to compare this, & I loved it. It runs alongside Cinderella in a non-paralllel line which every now & again curves in to touch the fairy story & remind us of the original, but at the same time keeps very much to its own path. The setting of 17th-century Holland is evocative & atmospheric, including the use of art & the tulip-trade, the machinations of the desperate Margarethe are terrible & at the same time understandable, & Iris is - well, she's lovely. There are comments in some reviews that there is no magic in this book & strictly speaking that's true, but there is definitely more than a hint of something other-worldly & dangerous that lurks in the background & pervades the atmosphere of this book.
The illustrations are lovely - I hope they have been kept in the hardback edition.
Beautiful re-telling - By: Deborah, 18 Apr 2008 During an enforced 3-hour stopover at Los Angeles airport I found this & couldn't resist the cover or the blurb. I haven't read/seen any of his books, so had nothing with which to compare this, & I loved it. It runs alongside Cinderella in a non-paralllel line which every now & again curves in to touch the fairy story & remind us of the original, but at the same time keeps very much to its own path. The setting of 17th-century Holland is evocative & atmospheric, including the use of art & the tulip-trade, the machinations of the desperate Margarethe are terrible & at the same time understandable, & Iris is - well, she's lovely. There are comments in some reviews that there is no magic in this book & strictly speaking that's true, but there is definitely more than a hint of something other-worldly & dangerous that lurks in the background & pervades the atmosphere of this book.
The illustrations are lovely - I see this has just been re-released in hardback & I hope they've kept them.
confessions yes, wicked no - By: R. Pickersgill, 22 Aug 2007 This is my favourite book in this genre (I'm used to reading Sci-fi) I was pleasently surprised & couldn't put the book down I would definately recommend it.
However this book had my hopes up for 'Wicked' it was so bad I could finish it.
It's not Wicked - By: Jiagi, 22 Jun 2007 
Unfortunately, this one is in a very different league, predictable, shalllow & disappointing. Read Wicked, its fantastic, ....but I think Confessions was probably written to make the most of its success.
