I found this through a list of fantasy books with minimal romance (seemed like my kind of deal) but what I did not realize is that this is an early draft of The Last Unicorn by Peter Beagle and not a separate prequel or something. I haven't read The Last Unicorn, I saw the movie ages ago and thought it was depressing and scary and that's kind of been it. So to be quite honest, I'm not really the target audience for this. This is clearly best for fans of The Last Unicorn that are fascinated by how Beagle wrote that book and want to learn more.
The story starts with our unicorn, she's hanging out in her forest. A dragon comes and is really upset about the state of the world, plus tells her that she's the last one. The unicorn decides to set out on her own to try and find others, or at least see what the world looks like. She meets a butterfly who only speaks in quotes, a child who seems to know what she is, some humans who think she's a horse, and finally a demon who accompanies her on her journey.
I really wish I picked up the actual book, this one is clearly unfinished. The characters are really cute, I love the playing with tropes, but there's no ending and nothing beyond the demon and the unicorn walking together. And maybe there's some message about modernity at the end, I'm not sure. But I almost want to just not write anything as I'm clearly not set up to have a fair opinion on this.
Maybe I'll grab the original the next time I'm in the library. We'll see.
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