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4.0 AVERAGE
4.0 AVERAGE
3.5 stars! A funny and quick retelling about Jack and Jill! I’m surprised this book is recommended to ages 9 and up. It has a lot of gory scenes but it adds to the Grimm aspect.
I like this book because of its use of fairy tales, poetry, and lore and then its own inventions. I also like its self-awareness and the fact that while it doesn't shy away from the grossness of real fairy tails, it doesn't revel in them either.
3.5 stars! A funny and quick retelling about Jack and Jill! I’m surprised this book is recommended to ages 9 and up. It has a lot of gory scenes but it adds to the Grimm aspect.
It would've been amazing if this were a long series, three books are nowhere near enough.
Jack and Jill are the new main characters in this book, and like Hansel and Gretel they're brave and lonely and resourceful. I really liked them.
Jack and Jill are the new main characters in this book, and like Hansel and Gretel they're brave and lonely and resourceful. I really liked them.
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
So I like this book a lot better than the first one. It’s not at the point where I really, really like it, but I did feel like I really myself while reading it. Now these are not happy fluffy fairy tales by any means, but they are nice and interesting retellings that just happen to be quite bloody as well. This book follows two cousins- Jack and Jill and their adventures in trying to find a looking glass. Their quest is to find the looking glass or die, not leaving them much of a choice.
MVP: Frog
MVP: Frog
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Diverse cast of characters:
No
I actually gave up on this one before the end because I tired of the narrator telling me how truly awful the story was over and over again.
There are so many things about this book that I love. The narrative voice is amazing. The humor is spot on. I cannot wait until my son is old enough to read this and A Tale Dark and Grimm aloud with me. I wish all fairy tale retellings were this much fun.