I liked it.
The last look back over your shoulder ...and possibly beginning of a new wonderful tale...

EDIT 2013/08/23
AFTER READING "The Last Unicorn"

I have more appreciation of this story now. It add an ending full of sorrow and a greater depth to the story. ( )

Pure magic. It's incredible how the author manages, in so few words, to evoke the weight of everything that happened in The Last Unicorn and continue building on those themes and relationships. ( )

It was alright.
It's a nice idea to see where all the characters are later in their lives.
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Nice story, but didn't add anything to the original. ( )

The Humble Bundle copy of The Last Unicorn included the "sort-of" sequel, Two Hearts, set in the same universe, a few decades later, and using some of the same characters.

I possibly like this one even better than the original. Despite the fact that it's a short story, it features a possibly more interesting, albeit also a more traditional plot. A village in what is now King Lir's kingdom has a griffin living nearby. Which means missing children, naturally. Which means that one day our heroine's best friend is taken by the beast, naturally. Which, naturally, means that our heroine must do something about it. Naturally.

The fact that our nearly 10-year-old heroine called Sooz is the narrator relieves some of the feeling of distance from the original, and besides, she's quite interesting.

The whole thing is not quite as funny, though some comedic intermezzos do find their place, and I will happily trade that for a more engaging story, anyways. The people who waited 35 years for this sequel might almost consider it worth it. Although the unicorns are rare, so I hope the author doesn't go overboard now.

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