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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
I absolutely adore these dark fairy-tales, where in most cases the kind-hearted are rewarded with their happily ever after, while the mean and spiteful endure some horrible punishment for their crimes. The notes after each story were also very interesting, and I enjoyed reading them as much as the stories.
Strangely I also loved the introduction, a thing I would usually have to push myself to read.
Strangely I also loved the introduction, a thing I would usually have to push myself to read.
Half the stories could be cut with no loss. The best are great, but the slog of going through the many repetitions of the same story diminishes all of it.
My face when I learn King Lear is a rip off of a Grimm’s Fairy Tail.
A retelling of fifty fairy tales from the Grimm brothers by Philip Pullman. Some are famous some are not (Cinderella, Rapunzel, Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood…)
It was alright but not very exciting, and I loved this tales when I was younger. I guess I found that the writing lacked a little bit of poetry as the retelling is extremely straight to the point and can seem a bit dull.
I wish there was more in-dept commentaries or anecdotes from Pullman as well ! Otherwise a quite complete collection to come back to.
It was alright but not very exciting, and I loved this tales when I was younger. I guess I found that the writing lacked a little bit of poetry as the retelling is extremely straight to the point and can seem a bit dull.
I wish there was more in-dept commentaries or anecdotes from Pullman as well ! Otherwise a quite complete collection to come back to.
For some reason I expected it to be more than it was, but it was still good fairytales
adventurous
dark
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A wonderful collection of well known and less well known tales.
I did get a bit tired of men giving their daughters as gifts and if that wasn't the case the girl would marry a guy she'd known for about 5 seconds. But that's just fairy tales for you.
Other than that, I found many of my favourite tales in this book, some of which I've not read since I was a child, and when I was a child, they were not the gruesome versions to be found here.
I've always wanted to read the darker side of the Disney movies I watched as a child, and now I have and all I can say is... what the fuck was that.
I did get a bit tired of men giving their daughters as gifts and if that wasn't the case the girl would marry a guy she'd known for about 5 seconds. But that's just fairy tales for you.
Other than that, I found many of my favourite tales in this book, some of which I've not read since I was a child, and when I was a child, they were not the gruesome versions to be found here.
I've always wanted to read the darker side of the Disney movies I watched as a child, and now I have and all I can say is... what the fuck was that.
Absolutely nothing wrong with this collection, it was as enjoyable as all fairytale collections and Pullmans 2-cents at the end of each tale were often interesting, but still I cannot help wondering why one wouldn't just buy a translated copy of the original book. That way you get all the stories in (one of) the version the Grimm Brothers wanted them published and not a version of the stories that Pullman edited to his liking, sometimes pulling from similar tales from entirely different places, traditions and cultures.