Reviews

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

labunnywtf's review against another edition

5.0

November 2011 - Holy fuckballs. I checked this book out from the library, read it all the way through, and did not in any way recall having read it two years ago.

Is this what going mad feels like?

---

Okay, with the loving of this book!

I read some fairytales I know and love, and some I've never heard of. All of them were just different enough for me to truly enjoy them, especially since I'd never read the "original" versions before. Didn't know what actually happened to Cinderella's stepsisters at the end. The annotations were wonderfully fun, and gave insight into parts I might've skipped over without wondering about. Just a wonderful book!

The adult fairytales at the end were deeply disturbing, though. I understand why they were included, but ye gods.

herphoenixloves's review against another edition

3.0

Some of these tales are very strange. Some didn't make a whole lot of sense. We enjoyed this book but we're glad it's over.

princessklee's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

blackcatchroniclesx's review against another edition

Boring

vsnotresponding's review against another edition

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

2.75

aggressive_nostalgia's review against another edition

What can i say about Grimm's fairy tales that hasn't been iterated a dozen times over - they're gruesome, violent, depressing, occasionally bawdy, and all 260-some stories seems little more than variations on a dozen different plot lines (with, for the most part, equally unoriginal titles). Some of the tales, no matter how many times i've read them, still don't make two cents of sense ("Fair Katrinelje and Pif-Paf-Poltrie", notably). and every fifth character is named Hans, or doesn't have any name at all (do you know how many generic princesses and maidens there are in this thing?). Still, it's a nice big book to curl up in pile of pillows with. And it's a classic - you can't see the Disney versions and then not read these.



A fun collection (and i actually do usually read it cover-to-cover, although i don't really recommend that. it gets pretty dreary after an hour or two).

jazlem's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.5

I read this because I feel like it's one of those books you should read in your lifetime, but a lot of the stories were similar and has the same plot line. Also the women characters had literally no automony and had no choice but to end up married to their rescuer or abuser! It got some stars because it was good to read the original tales behind the Disney classics.

kat1776's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

3.0

emmalouise_k's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Very informative. I enjoyed reading the fairytales.

legalplanner's review against another edition

fast-paced

5.0

Listen I love the darkness that is the brothers Grimm, if you haven't read the originals give it a go.