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zoe243's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
mollieh14's review against another edition
1.0
This is a collection of stories by the brothers Grimm that are the ‘darker’ version of the fairytales from Disney.
I so badly wanted to enjoy these stories as I was really looking forward to discovering the initial inspiration for Disney movies and how they fluffed up their original dark origin- but I just didn’t! I spent most of the time reading these confused by the lack of plot and/or meaning to the stories, as well as not understanding the ways in which they were written (I will give some leeway on that one as it isn’t in its original language!)
Overall I just didn’t enjoy and wouldn’t re read these again- I’ll stick to the fluffy Disney movies!
pawel9802's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
vsnotresponding's review against another edition
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? Yes
2.75
aggressive_nostalgia's review against another edition
What can i say about Grimm's fairy tales that hasn't been iterated a dozen times over - they're gruesome, violent, depressing, occasionally bawdy, and all 260-some stories seems little more than variations on a dozen different plot lines (with, for the most part, equally unoriginal titles). Some of the tales, no matter how many times i've read them, still don't make two cents of sense ("Fair Katrinelje and Pif-Paf-Poltrie", notably). and every fifth character is named Hans, or doesn't have any name at all (do you know how many generic princesses and maidens there are in this thing?). Still, it's a nice big book to curl up in pile of pillows with. And it's a classic - you can't see the Disney versions and then not read these.
A fun collection (and i actually do usually read it cover-to-cover, although i don't really recommend that. it gets pretty dreary after an hour or two).
A fun collection (and i actually do usually read it cover-to-cover, although i don't really recommend that. it gets pretty dreary after an hour or two).
jazlem's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
I read this because I feel like it's one of those books you should read in your lifetime, but a lot of the stories were similar and has the same plot line. Also the women characters had literally no automony and had no choice but to end up married to their rescuer or abuser! It got some stars because it was good to read the original tales behind the Disney classics.
foreverbookworm's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0