Reviews tagging 'Blood'

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

3 reviews

linnylionheart's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Pregnancy, Trafficking, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Terminal illness and Blood

apalershadeofwhite's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative medium-paced

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

3.0

This collection as a whole was pretty middle-of-the-road. There were some tales I really enjoyed, some I didn't like at all, and some that weren't bad but were pretty forgettable. It was especially a bit difficult to want to read in the middle, where a lot of the tales were pretty repetitive, but it did pick up a little towards the end. 

So many of the tales in this collection were basically the same story but wrapped in a different package! There was an insane amount of repetition with the content within the tales and most often had the same ending, just with differently named characters and a different locale. It made the reading process a bit monotonous.

Don't get me wrong, though, there was still some good writing in here! They just felt a bit like finding a pearl in the sea haha. I specifically liked the focus on symbolism and metaphors as I'm a sucker for these in any narrative I read. Although, there were a lot of grim (ha) inclusions in the tales that sometimes were a bit odd. There was, on the other hand, quite a few really funny bits within this collection. I'm unsure if they were all intentional, but they made me laugh either way so it's a plus.

There were, however, massive racist undertones. The tales often talked of women being "black and ugly as sin" but other being "white and beautiful" which was awful to read, to be honest. And I felt like all of the messages to girls in these tales were to just sit and be pretty.

I found that the overarching morals throughout the tales were: honesty versus deceit, selfishness versus compassion, jealously, and equality and equity.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Bullying, Abandonment, Blood, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Ableism, Death, Forced institutionalization, Child death, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Animal death, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Racism, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Violence

amandasharabooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Grief