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The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales, by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm

aprilparker97's review against another edition

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adventurous dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

debinva's review against another edition

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dark slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

1.0

zanosgood's review against another edition

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informative lighthearted reflective 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

3.0

tommy1233's review against another edition

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adventurous funny inspiring fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

rynflynn12's review against another edition

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dark funny lighthearted slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

complinguophile's review against another edition

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After listening to a few stories for the last few days, I couldn’t push myself anymore to go on. I found out that I unfortunately never liked these kind of books, but the delicate sweet taste of little drops of memories of my childhood in them. It’s not these stories that I like; it’s just that I missed those days, now trying to seek and retrieve it through these books... Alas! Not only did I not enjoy the stories as an adult, but I wondered how superficial and sometimes idiotic could they be! If only I could go back in time and meet the child-version of myself, I’d strongly recommend her not to devote her time to it, but to stick more to those anthropology books of hers!



P.S. Apart from the content, I listened to the audiobook narrated by Bob Neufeld on LibriVox app. & he had the most perfect & comforting & suitable grandpa voice for such stories. That was the only reason I could make it through for about half an hour & didn’t give up sooner on the book.

super_jane19's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny hopeful slow-paced

4.0

matiireada's review against another edition

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los leía de pequeña y tengo que admitir que algunos me dejaron traumada, pero amé la mayoría y me sirvieron para un trabajo en el colegio

sqekr89's review against another edition

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4.0

I really enjoyed the collection, especially the extra information at the end of each story. I wish I had taken more time to really read and enjoy the stories, rather than racing through them like I did. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for an introduction to fairy tales.

impreader's review against another edition

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5.0

Wordless is the best praise, you know. To stand, wordless -- the sign of joy and wonder. But in this case, certainly wonder. Fairy tales are like that; but this collection and translation in particular is keen as keen, and as inundating as the first fairy stories I fell into when I was quite a bit smaller.