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4.05 AVERAGE
4.05 AVERAGE
adventurous
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funny
informative
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AHHH ANGELA MY BELOVED!
This is a chunky selection of diverse fairy tales from all over the world that focus on girls and women. As per usual, being Angela Carter, they are quite unique, twisted and creepy stories that depicts strange individuals, witches and many MANY gruesome details (because at this point I'm convinced that adults are sadist who like to traumatize their children). If you know me, you'll have noticed (per forza!) that I absolutely LIVE for fairy tales and I like this collection in particular because it gave me a little insight on many different cultures and I was baffled that I found so many similarities in stories originated so far apart.
Recomended for those who like funky, weird and pretty bloody fables...or simply Angela Carter enthusiasts, it's the same thing!
This is a chunky selection of diverse fairy tales from all over the world that focus on girls and women. As per usual, being Angela Carter, they are quite unique, twisted and creepy stories that depicts strange individuals, witches and many MANY gruesome details (because at this point I'm convinced that adults are sadist who like to traumatize their children). If you know me, you'll have noticed (per forza!) that I absolutely LIVE for fairy tales and I like this collection in particular because it gave me a little insight on many different cultures and I was baffled that I found so many similarities in stories originated so far apart.
Recomended for those who like funky, weird and pretty bloody fables...or simply Angela Carter enthusiasts, it's the same thing!
I love fairy tales, and I love this book.
Similar to Outfoxing Fear, you’re getting stories from around the world. This creates a unique mix of tales, some you’ll never have heard nor expect—looking at you, “The Witchball”—and some that are reminiscent or retellings of classics, revealing a theme, from cover to cover, of how sharing stories can connect and inspire and teach us, regardless of borders and ideologies.
Recommended.
Similar to Outfoxing Fear, you’re getting stories from around the world. This creates a unique mix of tales, some you’ll never have heard nor expect—looking at you, “The Witchball”—and some that are reminiscent or retellings of classics, revealing a theme, from cover to cover, of how sharing stories can connect and inspire and teach us, regardless of borders and ideologies.
Recommended.
The moral of all this is that it is from such common things that our most blessed foods are made. So just as such common stuff may be transformed under the right circumstance, if you see a man is poor, do not despise him. You do not know but that someday he may be better than you
It took me a little while to get into this book, it felt so weird at the beginning. I'm used to reading books that only tell one story, while here I read around 10 different stories a day. But, even when I got into it, I wasn't enthusiastic about it.
I gave it 3 stars because it's an "average" book: I didn't live it and a lot of times I felt really bored reading it, but didn't hate it either and I actually loved some fairy tales.
It's also interesting to see how many tales have the same pattern and more or less tell the same story (even if they've been written in different countries).
The proverb, when you eat you must spread fingers, means, when you eat, you must eat with people, you must not keep all for yourself. Otherwise, when you have nothing, nobody else is going to give you, because you had not given people what was yours
It took me a little while to get into this book, it felt so weird at the beginning. I'm used to reading books that only tell one story, while here I read around 10 different stories a day. But, even when I got into it, I wasn't enthusiastic about it.
I gave it 3 stars because it's an "average" book: I didn't live it and a lot of times I felt really bored reading it, but didn't hate it either and I actually loved some fairy tales.
It's also interesting to see how many tales have the same pattern and more or less tell the same story (even if they've been written in different countries).
The proverb, when you eat you must spread fingers, means, when you eat, you must eat with people, you must not keep all for yourself. Otherwise, when you have nothing, nobody else is going to give you, because you had not given people what was yours
When starting this book, I thought these were fairy tales written by Angela Carter but it turns out that Angela Carter is the collector and the editor of the book. It is a treasure, to keep in your nightstand when the sleep escapes you and you want to try to fall asleep. They are far from the Disney-like stories I grew up reading. They are wacky, gruesome stories that make you disgusted and laugh aloud. The stories are from all around the world which makes it even greater. True, reading this back to back can be a bit tiresome and boring since there are stories with pretty much the same elements, just from another part of the world, but I think this is definitely a good one who loves fairy tales but hasn't read a lot of them besides from Grimm's or European fairy tales in general.
I’ve been meaning to read this for awhile. I really enjoyed the stories and the range of stories from different cultures. There was some I knew and others I could recognise but with differences. Some of my favourites are:
Mr. Fox – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Little red riding hood -⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The good girl and the ornery girl -⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The armless maiden -⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Enchanter and enchantress -⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The frog maiden -⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Now I should laugh, if I were not dead – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The old woman who lived in a vinegar bottle -⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The market of the dead -⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A fable of her bird and her chicks – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Mr. Fox – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Little red riding hood -⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The good girl and the ornery girl -⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The armless maiden -⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Enchanter and enchantress -⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The frog maiden -⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Now I should laugh, if I were not dead – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The old woman who lived in a vinegar bottle -⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The market of the dead -⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A fable of her bird and her chicks – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The book I didn't know I needed!
Bizarre, hilarious, grotesque and gory! The illustrations were weird and wonderful and honestly I found myself cackling at some of the stories (Especially the Innuit ones... who knew Innuit fairytales were so naughty?!!?)
I read this whilst suffering with a really bad Covid symptoms, and I wanted something short and snappy as I couldn't focus for long. It really cheered me up, even if it seems all stepmothers are evil across all cultures! I'd love to have seen a fairytale where the man is turns out to be a child eating wretch.... such is life.
Lots of fun, filled with bedtime stories that could definitely give you nightmares.
This review sums it up very well: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/833072353?book_show_action=true&from_review_page=1
Bizarre, hilarious, grotesque and gory! The illustrations were weird and wonderful and honestly I found myself cackling at some of the stories (Especially the Innuit ones... who knew Innuit fairytales were so naughty?!!?)
I read this whilst suffering with a really bad Covid symptoms, and I wanted something short and snappy as I couldn't focus for long. It really cheered me up, even if it seems all stepmothers are evil across all cultures! I'd love to have seen a fairytale where the man is turns out to be a child eating wretch.... such is life.
Lots of fun, filled with bedtime stories that could definitely give you nightmares.
This review sums it up very well: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/833072353?book_show_action=true&from_review_page=1
adventurous
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
relaxing
A really wonderful and wide-ranging collection of fairy tales - here used as a larger umbrella term which includes folktales, legends and myths - in which the focus is female. Whether as wily wise tricksters, stately matrons, or the more well-known and put-upon Grimm-style of long-suffering heroine, Carter retells stories from an eclectic and expansive array of sources in order to explore an extraordinary range of female-centered traditional narratives. The stories are told with style and clarity and read well, alternating between horrifying and hilarious, continually absorbing and sometimes shocking, and they linger in the mind long after reading. Snaking along the margins and popping up alarmingly at odd moments are a series of rather gruesome yet fascinating black-and-white illustrations, sometimes tiny enough to represent a single letter, but often enough full-page sized. They pair nicely with Carter's tales, which have an uncanny restless quality, a tendency to make your skin crawl, but not unpleasantly. The footnotes are excellent and extremely informative, regarding sources and analysis. The volume ends with a biographical essay and homage to the late editor, whose loss is still felt, but whose essence is somehow preserved and transmitted through her wonderful work, a legacy which remains relevant, useful and extremely entertaining.