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icesloth's review

3.0

There are Probally 1000 little old ladies out the each with their own holy grail.
adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This was a really fun read.  I love Gaiman's way of crafting a world and tales and characters, and these stories have very unique perspectives to change the fairy tales you thought you knew.

That was as Neil Gaiman-esquely weird as possible. I love that about his writing. Each of the stories had something to enjoy and ponder over.

Some leave you in utter shock while other
put a smile on your face. But all of them manage to make you stop, think and puzzle over each story and to try to find the hidden layers that Niel manages to put in his writings.
I thoroughly enjoyed his take on sleeping beauty- snow white story; very brothers Grimm like. All in all, I'd probably recommend this book to my friends.

Some really good short stories in here. Warning though, don't read them before bed as they are nightmare inducing material.

Man what crap. I love Neil Gaiman, but this was terrible. Almost all of the stories were boring or bizarre in a bad way. There's also a weird theme of pedophilia throughout many of the stories. 2 stars for the stories that were okay. I don't think I actively liked any of them. What a disappointment.

The audio is narrated by the perfect voice - Neil Gaiman. I enjoy the story introductions.

A pretty mixed bag. Some stories I loved and some I just didn’t know what was going on.
I enjoyed that they weren’t all done in the same style of prose.

annemn's review

3.0

Some good, some iffy... Generally recommended.
dark mysterious

I love Neil Gaiman's stories, and hearing him read them is the best. This was a great collection, and I enjoyed listening to it.