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

3 reviews

purplehulk713's review

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

inwetiewele's review

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, Sexual harassment, and Self harm

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.

elle_dee's review

inspiring reflective medium-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

4.0

My Favorites

• Once Upon a Time (Part I and Part II)
• The Fable in Thermodynamics 
• The Miller’s Daughter
• Lessons in Surviving Long-term Abuse
• An Older and Wiser Little Mermaid Speaks
• Rapunzel’s Note Left for Mother Gothel
• The Modern-day Fairytale
• Difficult Damsels
• Charming
• Metamorphosis 
• Man Up, Hercules
• The Ogre
• For All Our Hidden Witches
• Kiss the Dread
• Four Spells to Keep Inside Your Mouth
• Happily Ever After

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Self harm, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship