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A review by wisteria_may
Snow White, Blood Red by Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling
3.0
3.2 stars. That's the exact number when I did the maths of the average rating.
My 5 stars stories are
The Princess In the Tower by Elizabeth A. Lynn - a fun and light-hearted retelling of "Repunzel". The romance was cute and has lots of delicious sounding food. Maybe I just gave this story a 5-star because I was bored of other dark and sensual retellings. Who knows?
Troll Bridge by Neil Gaiman - a retelling of "The Three Billy Goats Gruff". I don't know how to describe the story, so I'm just gonna use the words from the editors. "In this version, there's only one 'billy goat,' and while it seems to be about escaping a troll, the story actually speaks of lost chances". It was really good.
And the last and probably my favourite story is A Sound, Like Angels Singing by Leonard Rysdyk - finding out which fairy tale this story actually retell was the fun of it. It was pure genius. Kind of sad and dark too.
There were also a few 4-star stories. The others were just okay. Some are funny and some are just gross because there were "child molesting, incest and rape".
My 5 stars stories are
The Princess In the Tower by Elizabeth A. Lynn - a fun and light-hearted retelling of "Repunzel". The romance was cute and has lots of delicious sounding food. Maybe I just gave this story a 5-star because I was bored of other dark and sensual retellings. Who knows?
Troll Bridge by Neil Gaiman - a retelling of "The Three Billy Goats Gruff". I don't know how to describe the story, so I'm just gonna use the words from the editors. "In this version, there's only one 'billy goat,' and while it seems to be about escaping a troll, the story actually speaks of lost chances". It was really good.
And the last and probably my favourite story is A Sound, Like Angels Singing by Leonard Rysdyk - finding out which fairy tale this story actually retell was the fun of it. It was pure genius. Kind of sad and dark too.
There were also a few 4-star stories. The others were just okay. Some are funny and some are just gross because there were "child molesting, incest and rape".