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4.05 AVERAGE
4.05 AVERAGE
oviferum's review against another edition
2.0
La lecture est facile mais peu plaisante. Les morales sont pour certaines assez ignobles : La Belle au bois dormant vente les mérites de la virginté et La Barbe-Bleue invite à se méfier de l'anormal.
silkm0ths's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Complicated
- Loveable characters? Complicated
3.0
Read in french It was interesting to read these story tales in there some what orginal form there all so dark. Learnt some good French vocabulary from this 🧐 loved the illustrations
nostalgia_reader's review against another edition
3.0
2.5 stars.
Those were.... well... boring. I may have read a bad translation, but even then, these were simply too happily ever after and saccharine for me (obviously, Disney opted to use these as a source, rather than other grittier versions). The Grimm versions of many of these tales are MUCH better, as they aren't always happily ever after and more engaging in their style. Perrault certainly gets all the points for being a prominent fairy tale teller, but the way these were written/translated was just, ugh.
Those were.... well... boring. I may have read a bad translation, but even then, these were simply too happily ever after and saccharine for me (obviously, Disney opted to use these as a source, rather than other grittier versions). The Grimm versions of many of these tales are MUCH better, as they aren't always happily ever after and more engaging in their style. Perrault certainly gets all the points for being a prominent fairy tale teller, but the way these were written/translated was just, ugh.
gudgercollege's review against another edition
3.0
It's interesting to see the differences between how the fairy tales were written by Perrault and how they've filtered down into our collective consciousness now. Sleeping Beauty has an entire second act that's usually done away with (for good reason, I suppose).
m_buchanan's review against another edition
4.0
An amazing book filled with the "usual" fairy tales. But the Gustave Dore illustrations make it totally worth the purchase. The print is a little big though. But I suppose that was done because the Dore illustrations are a full page each. Though the stories are familiar, and okay for children, I doubt they'd enjoy the Dore wood cuttings. The are, of course, without color and can be kind of creepy. Which is why I like them.
charliebnim's review against another edition
5.0
I absolutely love these fairy tales!
Brutal but actually honest I read them when I was a teenager and couldn't stop revisiting it and reading the book again!
Brutal but actually honest I read them when I was a teenager and couldn't stop revisiting it and reading the book again!
ksm's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0