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shireadsalot's review
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.5
wheelofparm's review
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
caenerys's review
3.0
This was fine, a pretty generic collection of short fairy tales. None of them stood out to me very much and I can't remember any of them with some distance but I do know I enjoyed reading them at the time.
pluviophile04's review
dark
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
lararosemary's review
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
jpdunday's review
4.5
Beautiful stories with a dark twist. I read them in 20 minutes and could very easily read them again!
smitchy's review
3.0
A little collection of typycally highly moralistic tales combined with tales of people behaving badly and getting reward for it: In the Tinder Box a soilder kills a witch after she has made him rich, then decides that he must see the princess so he kidnaps her while she is asleep and kisses her (just a minor sexual assult). When her mum and dad find out they track the soilder down and throw him in jail - he escapes, cuts off the heads of the king and queen and marries the princess (It is stated the princess is extremely happy about this(??)) and the the people who are now terrified of his magic powers decide he is now king - My only thought at the end of this story was WTF??
Another story in this book is called The Red Shoes and is far more typically Andersen (totally moralistic without any rationality). In this story a little girl is punished for being proud and vain (her crime was liking and wearing red shoes to church! OMG right?!) by having the shoes cursed and forcing her to dance until she begs the local executioner to cut her feet off. Yes I did type that correctly. She cuts her feet off. But in typical Andersen style all is well at the end of the story as she begs forgiveness from god and is no longer followed around by her (still dancing) feet. Now that is what I like to call fucked up moralism
Another story in this book is called The Red Shoes and is far more typically Andersen (totally moralistic without any rationality). In this story a little girl is punished for being proud and vain (her crime was liking and wearing red shoes to church! OMG right?!) by having the shoes cursed and forcing her to dance until she begs the local executioner to cut her feet off. Yes I did type that correctly. She cuts her feet off. But in typical Andersen style all is well at the end of the story as she begs forgiveness from god and is no longer followed around by her (still dancing) feet. Now that is what I like to call fucked up moralism