Book Review: ‘Fairies and Folk of Ireland’ by William Henry Frost
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Mar.21, 2021, under Books
Fairies and Folk of Ireland by William Henry Frost
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
A series of Irish legends tied into an encompassing tale that would’ve been better separated as a tale itself. Because of the incongruity of the whole, reading this can be clunky. This is much like latter day musicals where the story is moving along and then a song comes in to clutter the story. In this case the clutter are fine tales, for the most part. There are many from start to finish. Much known of the “Good People”, or leprechauns, stem from the tales inserted.
The over-all tale stems from legends too involving kidnapping, life styles of the Good People and a sense of time. This part is OK, but is stretched a bit thin to fit in all of the other tales inserted.
The writing is fine and the characters very good. The settings are very well done as the story is in Ireland and then entirely falls apart when all move to America. The American background descriptions are basically the same as Ireland had been.
Bottom line: I recommend this book. 6 out ten points.
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