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Fierce Fairytales: Poems and Stories to Stir Your Soul by Nikita Gill

12 reviews

ghoulish_girl_reads666's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

1.0

I read about 87 pages before not finishing the rest of the book, because I don't like this book, the descriptions of child abuse, alholism, domestic abuse, sexism, misogyny, gaslighting of women.
I returned the book to the shop I bought a refund to get a refund, because I didn't the book. 
This book didn't resonate with me, it's just not for me, it was depressing to read.
I'm not a feminist, but as a woman I think women should have human rights & equal rights to men. 
Maybe other women would like this book, but it just isn't for me, however I do like the illustrations in the book at least. 
I don't like the general opinion the author seems to have which maybe due to the original context & moral lessons of the Brother's Grimm or Hans Christian Andersons' fairytales & fables which were originally gruesome, gory, macabre and dark. 
If the opinion of the author is based on the original fairytales that would make more sense otherwise I don't agree with the author saying anyone woman's value, worth as a woman is solely based on their looks, their youth & beauty and a minority of me will treat women accordingly. 
I don't think that the way a woman looks does or should determine if they should be treated with respect, empathy, compassion, if a man cares about if/when a women gives their consent or who determines if they have power & control over their bodily autonomy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Bullying, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Slavery, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Abandonment

ellington_rist's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse and Misogyny

kyler797's review against another edition

emotional inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, and Abandonment

onegalonelife27's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

 As the title suggests, the book contains retelling of fairytales. I do have to admit, it started out with some statistics that had me going back a bit. Like, where’s the poetry this is math! Yet that reveals the odds of you as a person existing which is actually pretty slim. Who know math could help with existentialism? I found myself gasping at some of the turns and found myself sympathetic to the characters I didn’t think I’d be, but not condoning their actions. This stories easily flow into one another.  

I regret that I didn’t curl up with this book for an afternoon with a good cup of tea, because that's what this book feels like. But I’m also glad I didn’t go to bed with this book since I think it would have had me sobbing if I read this at night after a long day.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Colonisation

Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Suicide

Minor: Child death, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

nimeneth's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

2.5

The writing was good, I won't deny that. My problem is in the same area many other reviewers mentioned: the second half doesn't resonate, and it's very anti-men disguised as "feminism". This would have been more powerful for me if it had left some of that out and focused more on the healing and uplifting one another/themselves that women are trying to do. And I think that could still have been done with the fairytale elements woven through.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Grief, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition

challenging hopeful fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Racial slur = repeated use of savage. Mention of eating disorder.

purplehulk713's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

This book felt like someone softly whispered “Lumos” from within a room that had been dark too long. Then, there was not just light, but fireworks. In other words, magic.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

inwetiewele's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Most of the poems & short stories in this book were hit or miss for me. The misses weren’t bad at all but some of them relied a little to heavily on cliches. The hits hit hard and took no prisoners.

“You must lift a sword
with reborn strength and take on
the demons in your ribcage.”

“What I am trying to say is,
I know now that becoming kind
is worth every single exhausting effort
and sometimes it takes a thousand years.”

“So now I love my tinderbox heart
so easy to light up,
all it takes is half a spark.
 
A woman’s anger can change the world,
I know mine can and this is not a gift
I will give away.
 
I am small and I am angry,
it is how I channel my energy
and I like me that way.”

“Call me gross
Call me stupid
Call me disgusting
 
None of those names
can ever hurt me again
I am a thousand treacherous things
 
I was not made
To be lovely for you
I was made to eat monsters for ME”

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Self harm, and Sexual harassment

All mentions of triggering content are brief & vague. Merely attempting to imply at a given characters history most of which you will already know as the characters are from famous fairytales.

alexa06's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

rini's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Suicide and Abandonment