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4.0 AVERAGE
4.0 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
The follow-up to [b:A Tale Dark & Grimm|7825557|A Tale Dark & Grimm (A Tale Dark & Grimm, #1)|Adam Gidwitz|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1345696603s/7825557.jpg|10874302] is a fine tale but nothing nearly so special. The structure mirrors its predecessor: Two flat folk figures, in this case Jack and Jill of nursery rhyme and fairy tale fame, get full-blown personalities, character, and epic narrative as they move through a series of classic stories cleverly woven together. A narrator occasionally interrupts the telling to offer commentary or warn readers of what lies ahead. There's more folk etymology too: This time "con-fused" is the word picked apart and put back together with deeper meaning.
Except this time the stories are adapted more liberally from the fairy tales, with less classic horror and more contemporary gross-out silliness. And they aren't woven together quite as tightly, perhaps because of the diversity of sources this round, with a sprinkling of Grimm, a serving of Hans Christian Anderson and Joseph Jacobs, and a dollop of Mother Goose. It is sure to please anyone who would enjoy a trip down the digestive tract of a stinky, dim-witted, fire-breathing salamander named Eddie. But I missed the unflinching horror and the disciplined, rhythmic prose of the first book.
Except this time the stories are adapted more liberally from the fairy tales, with less classic horror and more contemporary gross-out silliness. And they aren't woven together quite as tightly, perhaps because of the diversity of sources this round, with a sprinkling of Grimm, a serving of Hans Christian Anderson and Joseph Jacobs, and a dollop of Mother Goose. It is sure to please anyone who would enjoy a trip down the digestive tract of a stinky, dim-witted, fire-breathing salamander named Eddie. But I missed the unflinching horror and the disciplined, rhythmic prose of the first book.
I've always like fairy tale retellings but this one was a little bit dry
Couldn't finish it. The first book was amazing. This one, not so much.
A bit gory but interesting and fairly entertaining.
adventurous
dark
funny
tense
fast-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I didn't love this one as much as the last, but I still had a lot of fun with it. My daughter loved Jack and Jill just as much as she did Hansel and Gretel, but she agrees that it wasn't quite as good.
I love the adventures these kids go on, they're so outrageous, disgusting, and occasionally; I'm so here for it.
I love that every chapter is kind of like its own little mini story and piece of their adventure; so every night that we sit down to read we're dying to see what kind of creature this chapter is about.
Super shout out to Eddie, who was one of the best parts of this one.
I love the adventures these kids go on, they're so outrageous, disgusting, and occasionally; I'm so here for it.
I love that every chapter is kind of like its own little mini story and piece of their adventure; so every night that we sit down to read we're dying to see what kind of creature this chapter is about.
Super shout out to Eddie, who was one of the best parts of this one.
"There is a wisdom in children, a kind of knowing, a kind of believing, that we, as adults, do not have." Yes, where is the magic people?
Oh, this one is even more bloody.. more than the first one, [b: A Tale Dark & Grimm (A Tale Dark & Grimm, #1)|7825557|A Tale Dark & Grimm|Adam Gidwitz|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1345696603l/7825557._SY75_.jpg|10874302]. I don't want to spoil you about the story but it has this time a variety of fairy-tales from Hans Christian Andersen, Franz Stockton, Christina Rossetti and the Brother Grimm. Plus he, Adam, put in two or three original one's in there as well.
Conclusion. Do YOU love Fairy Tales? I, mean, the real grimmly one's? Than go, read it now.
Oh, this one is even more bloody.. more than the first one, [b: A Tale Dark & Grimm (A Tale Dark & Grimm, #1)|7825557|A Tale Dark & Grimm|Adam Gidwitz|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1345696603l/7825557._SY75_.jpg|10874302]. I don't want to spoil you about the story but it has this time a variety of fairy-tales from Hans Christian Andersen, Franz Stockton, Christina Rossetti and the Brother Grimm. Plus he, Adam, put in two or three original one's in there as well.
Conclusion. Do YOU love Fairy Tales? I, mean, the real grimmly one's? Than go, read it now.
adventurous
dark
funny
tense