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3.84 AVERAGE
3.84 AVERAGE
reflective
sad
fast-paced
This was such a sad, but hopeful read! I enjoyed this short read! (I really was suprised at the ending!)
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
"But a mermaid has no tears, and therefore she suffers so much more.”☹️☹️
It's just wild how, for the rest of my life, I will be continually surprised—and delighted!—to learn how bananas, batshit, and/or bummer the original fairy tales were prior to mass American retellings. This one moves quick with increasingly stacked odds against a seemingly sweet mermaid with no regard for consequences *or* odds. Also, this prince is so damn dumb, oh my GOD.
My husband and I are collectors of sorts. We get an idea about something in our heads and we must research, read, view every bit of it until we've devoured it from all angles. As a couple, I know it started with Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, pooling our collections together, we have several different versions of the movie; the Disney version being a must. We've watched the Syfy Alice and actually spent a Saturday looking through Netflix for strange versions, and new versions and a classic from my childhood. We read parts of the book aloud to the kiddo and I've read the novel Alice I Have Been, a kind of closer to the whole adventure. I don't know what his first collection was or how it began (I'll have to ask him once I get done typing this), but I can tell you mine started with the story of "The Little Mermaid" by Hans Christian Andersen.
I enjoy how the story is incorporated in the lovely Danny Kaye movie, Hans Christian Andersen, a slightly inaccurate retelling of Andersen's life through song. It was from this movie that I realized that maybe the ending wasn't as tragically beautiful as I may have thought, as Andersen wrote the ballet for a beautiful dancer who did not return his love and affection. I remember the scene in the movie. As she is dancing, he is trapped in a closet, nobody can hear his pleas to get out.
Of course, my favorite is Disney's The Little Mermaid. It came out when I was just the right age to appreciate it as a wonderful cartoon with excellent songs that I can still sing on command, a wonderful cast of actors, with great Disney artistry and as the dawn of a new era in not only Disney, but in cinema worldwide.
The internet has made collecting variations of the story easy, as different versions can be found just by typing the title and author into any search engine.
In reading mermaid books for my MerBooks Reading Challenge, I felt it was important to start with the first. I found a translation that I had not read before and downloaded it on my Nook. It, like all other translations, varies slightly while still maintaining the original intent of the story and I am glad that I read it, as that's one more for the collection. Here's to finding more interpretations as I delve into this 10 book challenge.
While I am counting this for the Mermaid Book Challenge, I'm not counting it as one of my 55 books, because really...even if I read all the translations out there I will still feel like I'm cheating--it's such a short story.
I enjoy how the story is incorporated in the lovely Danny Kaye movie, Hans Christian Andersen, a slightly inaccurate retelling of Andersen's life through song. It was from this movie that I realized that maybe the ending wasn't as tragically beautiful as I may have thought, as Andersen wrote the ballet for a beautiful dancer who did not return his love and affection. I remember the scene in the movie. As she is dancing, he is trapped in a closet, nobody can hear his pleas to get out.
Of course, my favorite is Disney's The Little Mermaid. It came out when I was just the right age to appreciate it as a wonderful cartoon with excellent songs that I can still sing on command, a wonderful cast of actors, with great Disney artistry and as the dawn of a new era in not only Disney, but in cinema worldwide.
The internet has made collecting variations of the story easy, as different versions can be found just by typing the title and author into any search engine.
In reading mermaid books for my MerBooks Reading Challenge, I felt it was important to start with the first. I found a translation that I had not read before and downloaded it on my Nook. It, like all other translations, varies slightly while still maintaining the original intent of the story and I am glad that I read it, as that's one more for the collection. Here's to finding more interpretations as I delve into this 10 book challenge.
While I am counting this for the Mermaid Book Challenge, I'm not counting it as one of my 55 books, because really...even if I read all the translations out there I will still feel like I'm cheating--it's such a short story.
3.5 ⭐️
Mmm claramente diferente en la esencia de la historia hiper conocida por disney jsjdkf esta versión original más sombría me gustó bastante. Necesito leer todos los cuentos originales
Mmm claramente diferente en la esencia de la historia hiper conocida por disney jsjdkf esta versión original más sombría me gustó bastante. Necesito leer todos los cuentos originales
Evelyn (6) says: I love Ariel, she is my favourite mermaid and that book was brilliant and super and brilliant and super. Really super.
Alice (3) says: I love the Ariel book, because it is the best book I've ever seen and also I love Ariel on the front with the sea. I love my sisters Ariel book, I always love it in the world.
Alice (3) says: I love the Ariel book, because it is the best book I've ever seen and also I love Ariel on the front with the sea. I love my sisters Ariel book, I always love it in the world.
I've never read the original version of The Little Mermaid. Having been indoctrinated by Disney, I was surprised at how it ends. This book is a translation from Danish. I'm looking forward to sharing it with my class prior to going and seeing our high school put on a play. We will talk about how people tell stories in different ways and change details. Later we will read Battle Bunny and perhaps make our own version of a different story.
I wondered why the text is in different colors in random places. I couldn't find anything in the book to answer that question.
I wondered why the text is in different colors in random places. I couldn't find anything in the book to answer that question.
Me ha gustado mucho el libro, me encanta saber de dónde viene la historia de Disney y cómo es realmente. Me ha parecido un cuento muy bonito aunque la historia de amor me parece muy trágica, además de que pienso que el principe es idiota
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