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4.08 AVERAGE
4.08 AVERAGE
June 2023. An audiobook of some of some of the most famous Grimm’s Fairy Tales. I’d heard some before but not all of them, it was interesting and fun to listen to the original versions I hadn’t heard before.
Listened to on Libby with my Sac library card.
“Grimm’s Fairy Tales” by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.
Listened to on Libby with my Sac library card.
“Grimm’s Fairy Tales” by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.
will finish this book eventually, but at my current rate, i’m reading a story or two a month, so there’s still a long way to go. I just want it off my currently reading.
Earlier versions seem so much less didactic than the later versions. Great intro to this edition.
challenging
dark
slow-paced
I enjoyed reading these tales, they were dark at times. I found some of the stories familiar with other stories but that didn't take away from my enjoyment of them. I'm glad I finally read this book.
Alas , I'm parting with this beautiful book. and Alas for my decision to read it after I've read other fairytales in french this very same year, so I think I'll be postponing reading any other fairytales books.
What kept me wondering whenever I read a story was it's origin, a lot of those stories are intertwined, they have the same beginnings but not the same endings , and a lot of those stories have other versions I've read in the french book I mentioned before, so where did they come from?
reading the original versions of the stories we all loved and grew up knowing, is a tremendous thing, whenever I come across a story I know it's automatically puts a smile on my face.
And a plus here people was the fact that there are some really kick-a** girls in the book, which really amazed me.
It is a book very suited for little children, I know how much imagination those stories gave me when I was little, I know they'll do the same to ANYONE.
A must read for your children!!
Oh and I forget, Once upon a time brought me here, yeah I know it's lame to mention it on my review but it's a great show! :p
now I'm done with the review
What kept me wondering whenever I read a story was it's origin, a lot of those stories are intertwined, they have the same beginnings but not the same endings , and a lot of those stories have other versions I've read in the french book I mentioned before, so where did they come from?
reading the original versions of the stories we all loved and grew up knowing, is a tremendous thing, whenever I come across a story I know it's automatically puts a smile on my face.
And a plus here people was the fact that there are some really kick-a** girls in the book, which really amazed me.
It is a book very suited for little children, I know how much imagination those stories gave me when I was little, I know they'll do the same to ANYONE.
A must read for your children!!
Oh and I forget, Once upon a time brought me here, yeah I know it's lame to mention it on my review but it's a great show! :p
now I'm done with the review
Even though I like some of the Disney movies they're mostly watered down and fluffy versions of these incredibly imaginative, dark and grim folk tales that the brothers Grimm collected. Even though not all the tales are interesting I would happily get this to my bookshelf anyway.
And finally, I would like to thank you my Finnish teacher who introduced the morbid world of the Grimms to my class when we were 13. She read the most memorable fairy tales to us under a red lamp and it made me travel back in time to dark woods in the heart of Europe with buckets of blood.
And finally, I would like to thank you my Finnish teacher who introduced the morbid world of the Grimms to my class when we were 13. She read the most memorable fairy tales to us under a red lamp and it made me travel back in time to dark woods in the heart of Europe with buckets of blood.
Look, I know these are supposed to be "beloved classic," but...no.
The two stars are for creative violence (pounding nails through a barrel, putting victim in barrel, pulling barrel via rope behind horse until victim is dead of nail punctures), but most of the stories are some variation of the same theme or amalgamations of parts of the other stories.
And the real downfall comes via the heavy misogyny of the time. Every female character is either young, beautiful, and sweet or ugly, duplicitous, and generally evil. Fuck that shit.
The two stars are for creative violence (pounding nails through a barrel, putting victim in barrel, pulling barrel via rope behind horse until victim is dead of nail punctures), but most of the stories are some variation of the same theme or amalgamations of parts of the other stories.
And the real downfall comes via the heavy misogyny of the time. Every female character is either young, beautiful, and sweet or ugly, duplicitous, and generally evil. Fuck that shit.
Read this a few years ago, but I'd forgotten most of it. Great bunch pf stories, most og which are quite different from the ones we're used to hearing. This is a treasure for any age.
Read by a full cast, including some of my favorites such as Jim Dale and Julia Whelan, Grimm's Fairy Tales are the stories you know and love but with their original dark twists. So don't be shocked when
Rumpelstiltskin rips himself in half out of anger or the evil queen in Snow White dances herself to death in red-hot iron shoes. Obviously, there are some problematic aspects, particularly where gender roles are concerned, but they are interesting to read all the same.
Rumpelstiltskin rips himself in half out of anger or the evil queen in Snow White dances herself to death in red-hot iron shoes. Obviously, there are some problematic aspects, particularly where gender roles are concerned, but they are interesting to read all the same.
dark
slow-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
Ok, so well known and famous for being children’s tales, but this is some seriously dark and flawed shit. All princesses are beautiful, all stepmothers are wicked, all stepsisters are ugly and jealous, and apparently all women would welcome being carried off to wed the prince (who is always handsome)… and some of the punishments are macabre and twisted…