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carlyg123's review against another edition
3.0
Tom Thumb and the little Peasant should collaborate - I imagine that would work. Although Tom wasn't particularly viscous with his intentions, his goal was actually rather reasonable, they each used a fair level of skulduggery. // And...was Clever Gretel actually clever at all? I mean the intuition was there but...greed essentially played the greatest role. // Rumplestiltskin went from being a hobgoblin to a dwarf in reference... I'm sure there are differences between the two. // As for the old woman in the chair of the "murderers' lair" how did we know she could be trusted? Why hadn't she been killed? Was she too old? Was she somehow involved? The men listened to her when she said they should stop looking for the finger. Why? Had she helped them before? Was the idea for the girl to marry and take the old woman's place? If they had wanted to kill her there would have been many opportunities. Why go to the trouble of getting married just to kill someone? In fairy tale it seems quite odd. The other girl killed was just a bound and gagged stranger - as far as we know. Her death could have been to see if the fiancée stepped in to help the girl or if she was happy to go along with the murder. She wasn't asked to explain why she didn't turn up for the party; maybe they knew she was there, really. The old woman could have escaped any time the men were out, she didn't need a sleeping draught to do that. What happened to her after? // At a certain point, the tales stopped being thought-provoking and in the end it became a drag.
bellacrusan's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
inspiring
mysterious
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
ilovetoreadbooks's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
neet1412's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
shickenuggs's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
The book was good but a had to force myself to finish it.
jason_pym's review against another edition
3.0
A tiny book with very short (3-5 page) versions of the stories. There are weird ones you've never heard of, and familiar ones that don't turn out as you expect.
In the Frog Prince, the girl doesn't kiss the frog - the princess marries the frog against her will, then smashes him against the wall in disgust. It's only then that the frog transforms into royalty.
The queen tries to kill Snow White three times, first with a bodice then a poison comb, before she tries the apple.
I never realised that Rapunzel was the name of a plant, also called rampion, kind of a radish but used for its leaves which were like spinach apparently. So 'Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair!' could also be 'radish, radish, let down your hair...'
The weird ones include those that could turn into an interesting story (like The Twelve Dancing Princesses, The Goose Girl, The Six Swans).
Then there are the really weird ones, like The Straw, the Coal and the Bean, or The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage, the moral of which seems to be 'never send a sausage to do a bird's work.'
In the Frog Prince, the girl doesn't kiss the frog - the princess marries the frog against her will, then smashes him against the wall in disgust. It's only then that the frog transforms into royalty.
The queen tries to kill Snow White three times, first with a bodice then a poison comb, before she tries the apple.
I never realised that Rapunzel was the name of a plant, also called rampion, kind of a radish but used for its leaves which were like spinach apparently. So 'Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair!' could also be 'radish, radish, let down your hair...'
The weird ones include those that could turn into an interesting story (like The Twelve Dancing Princesses, The Goose Girl, The Six Swans).
Then there are the really weird ones, like The Straw, the Coal and the Bean, or The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage, the moral of which seems to be 'never send a sausage to do a bird's work.'
psyckers's review against another edition
4.0
A great collection of stories that engage, even though at times they can seem a little repetitive.
The style may feel dated, but when you remember when they were first publish, and the preface explains the circumstances that motivated the set of stories, your perspective changes to admiration on the Grimm Brothers Intuition in compiling such stories.
But cautious is required as some stories are quite dark and impressionable minds may be traumatized by thinking a bit too deeply or literally about the stories.
The style may feel dated, but when you remember when they were first publish, and the preface explains the circumstances that motivated the set of stories, your perspective changes to admiration on the Grimm Brothers Intuition in compiling such stories.
But cautious is required as some stories are quite dark and impressionable minds may be traumatized by thinking a bit too deeply or literally about the stories.
e_milyking's review against another edition
dark
informative
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Cool to learn about the origins of fairytales, they were fkn dark
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence