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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Most of the stories are very dull and boring. Do not recommend.
I definitely liked some stories more than others, but overall, it was a pretty good collection.
Same as the first installation. Good selection of authors, a few lesser known fairy tales.
Overall good, but some great gems are hidden within.
Solid anthology, with the usual mix of stand-outs and not-so-great entries. I particularly liked the first story, a mash-up of "The Wizard of Oz" and "The Red Shoes" in what sounds like 1940's Hollywood, and the last one, "The Printer's Child," by Delia Sherman, which was marvelously inventive as well as being well-written.
I really didn't like this one. Though fairy tale retellings would be a great way to get out of my reading slump and instead it felt half modern retellings hitting plot points like a check list and half like a Martin masterclass on making things 'historically accurate' through violence towards women. Possibly the first time I've not liked a single story in an anthology.
Splendid read that makes me want to grab a pen and get busy writing something Datlow and Windling would want to publish someday.
Some of these stories are terrifying, all of them are brilliant.
A collection of dark fairy tales. The twists are interesting, but I prefer a dash more hope.