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4.08 AVERAGE
4.08 AVERAGE
La edición que leí fue la original y la verdad es que entendí totalmente la razón de que se necesitase editar los cuentos. Al ser orales la habilidad del narrador da mucho juego a la historia y todos estos fueron terriblemente secos, sin sentido y MUY repetitivos. Algunos nuevos pero la gran mayoría me sonaban y muchos son variaciones los unos de los otros. Me costó terminarlo.
I've always wanted to read these books but I'm 300 pages in and most of these are the same story with very slight variants. I put it down, I haven't picked it up again.
I feel a bit bad that this book took me so long to read. In fact, it's a DNF.
Like most people, I was drawn to these stories upon hearing that our beloved movies and cartoons growing up were based off of them. (It feels a bit odd giving them credit for /all/ of these tales though, since much of the time it was them retelling or including tales by other people.) It was intriguing to read the 'source', or as close to it as possible, about the original tales. I had come across a few in middle school, and loved the drastic difference between what I thought was the story and what was [almost] actually the story. (Again, they retold some things and reworked some things, so it's still not 100% accurate to the actual original tales.)
Upon hearing about a collection of all their stories, I was eager to jump on it. Curious to read the classics of those I had missed, and of new ones I never knew about.
I had started this book reading from start to finish, but found myself quickly growing bored. The writing style was more archaic than I was used to, which dragged things a bit, and I found that the stories that were lesser known were also more boring to me. Not too many things happened in these tales, and the sexism was a bit annoying at times. (I get it, product of their time, but still. Also, funny how Snow White was seven in their story, and 14 in Disney's. Both of them got married at their respective ages btw. xD) Quite a few were mostly repetitive, which didn't help. And after a while, the same morals over and over was tiring. (And many were just waiting around for magic or luck to happen, and not take any action yourself.) I found a few of the stories to jump around a lot in plot as well, like random things would come up and not be addressed. Some endings were inconclusive. Etc. I can't say for certain for its time if it was well written, but I can say that for now, it reads as weak to me.
That's not to say they were all bad, but it was a scarce few in a collection of hundreds.
Since life is too short for me, I decided to jump around, pick out the ones I'd find most interesting, and then finally put this book to rest and add it to my "donate to library" pile.
If you're into old literature and stories, especially fairy tales, you'd probably have gotten more out of this than I did. If you're just looking for the 'Disney' tales themselves, they're all public domain and you can certainly find them online for free to save yourself some money. (Or I guess check out your local library? xD)
I'm uncertain if I'd recommend reading this to children, I guess it depends on the age. I read 'Cinderella' in middle school though, and my classmates and I managed through it fine. Depends on the person, though, I'm sure. Just be mindful and check the stories out before you do, if anything.
Like most people, I was drawn to these stories upon hearing that our beloved movies and cartoons growing up were based off of them. (It feels a bit odd giving them credit for /all/ of these tales though, since much of the time it was them retelling or including tales by other people.) It was intriguing to read the 'source', or as close to it as possible, about the original tales. I had come across a few in middle school, and loved the drastic difference between what I thought was the story and what was [almost] actually the story. (Again, they retold some things and reworked some things, so it's still not 100% accurate to the actual original tales.)
Upon hearing about a collection of all their stories, I was eager to jump on it. Curious to read the classics of those I had missed, and of new ones I never knew about.
I had started this book reading from start to finish, but found myself quickly growing bored. The writing style was more archaic than I was used to, which dragged things a bit, and I found that the stories that were lesser known were also more boring to me. Not too many things happened in these tales, and the sexism was a bit annoying at times. (I get it, product of their time, but still. Also, funny how Snow White was seven in their story, and 14 in Disney's. Both of them got married at their respective ages btw. xD) Quite a few were mostly repetitive, which didn't help. And after a while, the same morals over and over was tiring. (And many were just waiting around for magic or luck to happen, and not take any action yourself.) I found a few of the stories to jump around a lot in plot as well, like random things would come up and not be addressed. Some endings were inconclusive. Etc. I can't say for certain for its time if it was well written, but I can say that for now, it reads as weak to me.
That's not to say they were all bad, but it was a scarce few in a collection of hundreds.
Since life is too short for me, I decided to jump around, pick out the ones I'd find most interesting, and then finally put this book to rest and add it to my "donate to library" pile.
If you're into old literature and stories, especially fairy tales, you'd probably have gotten more out of this than I did. If you're just looking for the 'Disney' tales themselves, they're all public domain and you can certainly find them online for free to save yourself some money. (Or I guess check out your local library? xD)
I'm uncertain if I'd recommend reading this to children, I guess it depends on the age. I read 'Cinderella' in middle school though, and my classmates and I managed through it fine. Depends on the person, though, I'm sure. Just be mindful and check the stories out before you do, if anything.
dark
informative
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death
Minor: Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
This was the latest book that I read out loud to my husband at bedtime. The length of the stories makes for great bedtime reading. We especially liked reading the un-Disneyfied versions of well-known stories.
However, the book is very repetitive. It appears that, in an attempt to present as many stories as possible, many were included that were variations of previous stories. We ended up skipping quite a few.
However, the book is very repetitive. It appears that, in an attempt to present as many stories as possible, many were included that were variations of previous stories. We ended up skipping quite a few.
Not what I was looking for, I think I'm reading the kid's version. There's no content warning for possible death from boredom, so consider this the warning.
This is a great buy to include in your collection. And with so many stories bundled into one you won't have a shortage of stories to read. I love this.
dark
My ratings for these stories spanned everywhere between a 1 star and a 4 star (with mostly 1.5s and 2s) - my favourite being 'The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean'. The stories' average rating turned out to be 1.7 (ouch) but I'm adding some extra points because having extensive literary discussions about the morals of sausages and beans made the experience so much more worthwhile.
adventurous
dark
funny
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes