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4.08 AVERAGE
4.08 AVERAGE
Interesting to see how the tales were before they were scrubbed up to be less violent. Some of the tales are repetitive (how many times can a fleeing man and woman be turned into a rosebush and rose, followed by a pond and a duck?), but I thought it was interesting how many twists can be shared by fairly different stories. The volume is better to read as a cultural study rather than for the pure entertainment of the stories. For every Bluebeard, there are a dozen random stories that involve getting a head chopped off to break a curse.
I read a different edition, but anyway. Very repetitive, much more gruesome and violent than the tales we tell children today. Lots of very similar themes told over and over. Lots of evil moms and stepmothers. Lots of play on the the evil child(ren) versus the virtuous one. Good to read the original tales all the same.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Love this collection! The perfect thing to read over several months.
Full review here: https://amandasbookblog.wordpress.com/2015/12/18/the-brothers-grimm-101-fairy-tales/
Full review here: https://amandasbookblog.wordpress.com/2015/12/18/the-brothers-grimm-101-fairy-tales/
Truly grimmer than the first volume! Hilarious stories (ie Donkey Cabbages) and many more religious ones which aren't as fun. Still, enjoyable to read overall.
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
inspiring
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It was fine, but honestly just do yourself a favor and pick a few you think sound interesting instead of reading the whole anthology. It gets boring and repetitive very fast and they recycled so many plots that some stories became identical (or the story repeated itself for pages). The only reason I stuck with it and finished is because I was being stubborn.
It's hard to read and repetitive. Every story is a variation of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White, or Sleeping Beauty. There's lots of long paragraphs, little dialogue, and the narrative does little to evoke imagination. Everything happens in sets of threes, and I know nothing is going to happen the first two times, so I would just skip to the third.
Every story is the same. Someone goes out into the world to seek fortune, marry someone, or defeat evil. He/she collects some magic artifacts. Something happens based on wordplay or puns. Then he's told not to do something, and inevitably, he does it. Because where would the plot be if anyone actually followed directions? Otherwise we wouldn't have "Gremlins". Go see the Disney versions.
Every story is the same. Someone goes out into the world to seek fortune, marry someone, or defeat evil. He/she collects some magic artifacts. Something happens based on wordplay or puns. Then he's told not to do something, and inevitably, he does it. Because where would the plot be if anyone actually followed directions? Otherwise we wouldn't have "Gremlins". Go see the Disney versions.