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4.05 AVERAGE
4.05 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
adventurous
funny
informative
lighthearted
Por la mañana el entendimiento está más despejado que por la noche.
All in all, a great variety of stories from all over the world, sometimes there were too many stories which were just a variation of familiar stories that we all know which could have been replaced with unknown tales but at the same time, it's still interesting to read different interpretations of the classics.
The Inuit stories in this book is insane, they were all so wild and humourous!
I wish that there was a date added to the places the stories had come from too but there's a little note of each story in the afterword which was lovely and appreciated.
I loved all the Palestinian stories too, it truly shows how the history and culture of Palestine is deep and rich. May we all live to see a free Palestine.
The Inuit stories in this book is insane, they were all so wild and humourous!
I wish that there was a date added to the places the stories had come from too but there's a little note of each story in the afterword which was lovely and appreciated.
I loved all the Palestinian stories too, it truly shows how the history and culture of Palestine is deep and rich. May we all live to see a free Palestine.
A fascinating collection of fairy tales from around the world, and a wide range of different cultures.
Angela Carter, a truly magnificent writer and excellent critic, has collected tales that always focus on women- even if some of the time they have no agency in the story, they are undeniably the focus. This gives us some fantastic insight into how these various cultures around the world view womanhood, femininity, motherhood, and a host of related concepts. By grouping the stories roughly by theme, Carter really accentuates the similarities and highlights the differences; and adds some genuinely fascinating explanatory notes in the appendix. Honestly I wished there was more discussion/critique of the stories! In a lot of cases they were more interesting than the stories themselves.
One of my main take-aways is that Inuit folk-tales are magnificently bonkers.
The main negative for me is honestly the illustrations- I find them genuinely hideous and unpleasant to look at.
Angela Carter, a truly magnificent writer and excellent critic, has collected tales that always focus on women- even if some of the time they have no agency in the story, they are undeniably the focus. This gives us some fantastic insight into how these various cultures around the world view womanhood, femininity, motherhood, and a host of related concepts. By grouping the stories roughly by theme, Carter really accentuates the similarities and highlights the differences; and adds some genuinely fascinating explanatory notes in the appendix. Honestly I wished there was more discussion/critique of the stories! In a lot of cases they were more interesting than the stories themselves.
One of my main take-aways is that Inuit folk-tales are magnificently bonkers.
The main negative for me is honestly the illustrations- I find them genuinely hideous and unpleasant to look at.
Technically I read this on my own for fun, but it felt more educational than entertaining. I view this book as a supplementary expansion upon Grimm’s fairytales, necessary reading for any lover of fairytales. It’s like a glimpse into other cultures.
Short stories really aren't my thing. I find it really hard to repeatedly get invested in stories and I can't hold my focus. That is probably why it has taken me 2 months to read this!
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would. Lots of the stories don't make sense. There are couple of funny ones. Overall just not for me personally.
