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3.64 AVERAGE
3.64 AVERAGE
Updated versions of classic and obscure fairy tales. Most were good and a few managed to become modern fairy tales. One or two squicked me out, but that is to be expected from the fairy tale genre, I suppose.
I put this down a year ago because of a story I didn't like, and never picked it up again. The dangers of anthologies, I guess. :)
I finally finished the last three or four pieces last night, and in addition to the glow of finally finishing the book (which is substantial), I also really enjoyed those last pieces, particularly Knives, a poem by Jane Yolen, and the last story, which uses Hansel and Gretel in a story about a Jewish woman talking about Nazi Germany.
I finally finished the last three or four pieces last night, and in addition to the glow of finally finishing the book (which is substantial), I also really enjoyed those last pieces, particularly Knives, a poem by Jane Yolen, and the last story, which uses Hansel and Gretel in a story about a Jewish woman talking about Nazi Germany.
This was an interesting composite of new takes on old fairy tales. They were all interesting--not a clunker among them--but there's one I just love, and that's Kathe Koja's "I Shall Do Thee Mischief in the Woods." I borrowed this book from the library, but Koja's story is so good I think I might buy a copy for my permanent library.
There's a Neil Gaiman story in here, and yeah, it's good, as is everything he writes...but Koja's story is the star. So excellent, in fact, that I'm now going to go on a Koja reading binge.
There's a Neil Gaiman story in here, and yeah, it's good, as is everything he writes...but Koja's story is the star. So excellent, in fact, that I'm now going to go on a Koja reading binge.