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3.42 AVERAGE
3.42 AVERAGE
Reading the reviews for this I had high expectations, but was let down, I mean honestly if I was older I would've enjoyed it. But I wasn't really happy with it. I wish that I enjoyed it, but honestly I guess I shouldn't expect much from funnier stories. It just wasn't my type of book typically.
Funny and a modern, grown-up twist on classic tales that we all loved as children. Could have been a little bit more interesting and would have been better if each story was written across a few pages before going on to another story.
Partially because I just wanted something light and funny today, but I felt like I had just sat down to read when this wonderful re-imagining was over. Laugh out loud funny.
I'm having a really hard time forming an opinion on this book. It's definitely not what I expected (or what I was hoping) it would be. But I don't want to hold that against the author...
But I'm not really sure what he's going for. Rather than being like a collection of stories where each plotline had a couple of pages in a row, like mini stories, each had a page here and there scattered throughout the book. After I made it a little over halfway through they kind of pieced together and I realized they weren't all completely random pages from each other, but it took me that long to really start kind of liking it.
I couldn't tell if this quick read (like 30 minutes, quick) was supposed to be a coffee table book (where a guest may flip to and read a random page or two) or if it is supposed to be read like a really quick book.
Some of the modern twists I thought were cute (The Ugly Duckling finding an Instagram filter that actually made her look good), while others were just kind of eh to me (Goldilocks is now gluten free.) Even others were a little much (Beauty and the Beast are "sexting" each other to rekindle their relationship). But again, I won't hold that against the author. Just not quite what I expected.
I'd definitely recommend my friends check it out from the library (as I did) before purchasing...
But I'm not really sure what he's going for. Rather than being like a collection of stories where each plotline had a couple of pages in a row, like mini stories, each had a page here and there scattered throughout the book. After I made it a little over halfway through they kind of pieced together and I realized they weren't all completely random pages from each other, but it took me that long to really start kind of liking it.
I couldn't tell if this quick read (like 30 minutes, quick) was supposed to be a coffee table book (where a guest may flip to and read a random page or two) or if it is supposed to be read like a really quick book.
Some of the modern twists I thought were cute (The Ugly Duckling finding an Instagram filter that actually made her look good), while others were just kind of eh to me (Goldilocks is now gluten free.) Even others were a little much (Beauty and the Beast are "sexting" each other to rekindle their relationship). But again, I won't hold that against the author. Just not quite what I expected.
I'd definitely recommend my friends check it out from the library (as I did) before purchasing...
Hilarious in some places, but in others, shit got real. Definitely a good read!
I honestly don't even know what to give this. This wasn't what I was expecting. The "stories" are 1-3 sentences on every other page about a certain well-known fairy tales and basically made them all angsty or lazy 20 year olds. Some of the characters are reoccurring, furthering their stories and some of them are mentioned once and never again. While some of them were funny, for the most part it was just on a level of "okay" and didn't impress me much. Don't know if it was worth making a book over. I would have much rather have read fully remade stories than little segments.
Overall, this was a really (really) quick read that passed the time well, but I didn't love or hate it.
Overall, this was a really (really) quick read that passed the time well, but I didn't love or hate it.
Creative twist on the fairy tales of Alice, Cinderella, Robin Hood, Snow White, The Little Mermaid, Peter Pan, and more. It was a fast fun read.