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scoutthepages's review against another edition
4.0
Review at https://pragmastery.com/2019/10/14/2019-book-overview-part1/
ehays84's review against another edition
4.0
What an interesting and fun read. In addition to giving me lots of insight into Celtic life through the stories of the people, this book is very interesting for the notes on each story that the author provides. What you end up seeing is truly how diverse and interspersed are European (and really even Indo-European stories). Many are so old and in so many different versions, that it is impossible to tell where they started. It is quite likely though, that many Celtic ones spread east not west due to the large impact of Celtic Christian monks spreading around Europe from roughly the 500's to the 900's. I love delving into bits of history that are on the edge of our understanding, and this book helped do that. This book is also readily available online (use internet archive) and someone has even done a free audiobook version of it through librivox.
crystal_bookworm's review against another edition
4.0
Enjoyed
I did enjoy this book, it was interesting to see the similarities of the Celtic fairy tales to the English fairy tales. It is also very well written.
I did enjoy this book, it was interesting to see the similarities of the Celtic fairy tales to the English fairy tales. It is also very well written.
zeydejd's review against another edition
2.0
Nothing too extraordinary about these tales in my humble and likely ignorant opinion. The best part of reading this was reading the notes for each folk tale in the reference section of the book. Jacobs elaborates on some tales in a candid and reasonably readable way.
viktoria20012011's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
informative
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
kingfan30's review against another edition
2.0
I picked this up to read in between books or as and when I needed a quick read, so it has taken a while. I have to say overall I was not massively impressed, there were only really two tales that stood out for me. It was interesting for the point of view that not all of these stories had the fairy tale ending we have come to expect.
Fair Bron and Trembling reminded me very much of Cinderella but with a very different ending.
Beth Gellert - my hubby told me this story as he remembers visiting Beddgelert as a child with his sister and bother in law, I've only ever heard his version so it was nice to read the full version even it it wasn't much longer!
Fair Bron and Trembling reminded me very much of Cinderella but with a very different ending.
Beth Gellert - my hubby told me this story as he remembers visiting Beddgelert as a child with his sister and bother in law, I've only ever heard his version so it was nice to read the full version even it it wasn't much longer!
wanderinglynn's review against another edition
3.0
This is an older collection of stories originally published in 1892. And so, some parts were difficult to read with the tales being translated from Gaelic into English, focusing on the fact this book was to be marketed to English children in the late 19th century/early 20th century. I think I would have enjoyed this collection more had it been annotated or had there been more of an explanation of the history and lore around the stories.
ducktective's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.75
Content Warnings
Minor: Animal death and Child death