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This was fun but nothing revolutionary in the realm of fairy tale retellings. I wish I had the physical edition for the illustrations- the full cast audiobook was fun though!

tizianav's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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2.0

The illustrations are quite good in this dark riff off of Sleeping Beauty and Snow White. This very short book will appeal primarily to adults and teens.

I liked the strong (though unfortunately not highly developed) female characters, but the story was not fleshed out enough to get it higher ratings from me. It was a little choppy and some plot elements were more subtle than I liked. Not Gaiman's strongest storytelling.

This book upsets fairy tale gender stereotypes, including having a queen dress in armor and be the one to kiss and wake sleeping beauty. This is not as part of a romance, but simply a plot device.

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3.0

Absolutely gorgeous illustrations and I enjoyed the re-telling but it was also nothing amazing either.

jol69's review against another edition

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3.0

Interesting fairytale retelling. The illustrations are particularly good. Probably 3.5 stars because of the illustrations.

ohtrisarahtops's review against another edition

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3.0

2.5 stars

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