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A review by misssusan
Grim by Christine Johnson
4.0
really good collection! i rather think it would be faster to talk about the stories that didn't work for me then the ones that did as the latter vastly outweigh the former
ellen hopkins' before the rose bloomed: didn't really add anything new or interesting to the story and i could see no reason for the verse other than that hopkins has made a name for herself as a verse writer and is comfortable sticking with that
myra mcentire's skin trade: couldn't see the point tbh. the love story was too threadbare to do anything for me and the story in general felt like it lacked purpose
amanda hocking's the pink: another story that doesn't do much with its framework, if you've read the original fairytale you may as well pass because it doesn't really add anything new to the story
otherwise i enjoyed myself quite a bit! the other stories all managed to either use their fairytales to say something important -- i really loved how tessa gratton's beast/beast structured itself around the theme of choice -- or played with the tone -- sarah rees brennan's beauty and the chad sort of demonstrates yet again that she has one narrative voice but as it's funny and charming i really don't mind -- or did something cool with the setting -- shaun david hutchinson's better aka the pied paper of hamelin IN SPACE! 14:3 is a really good ratio of solid stories to poor ones, christine johnson ought to be proud. 4 stars
ellen hopkins' before the rose bloomed: didn't really add anything new or interesting to the story and i could see no reason for the verse other than that hopkins has made a name for herself as a verse writer and is comfortable sticking with that
myra mcentire's skin trade: couldn't see the point tbh. the love story was too threadbare to do anything for me and the story in general felt like it lacked purpose
amanda hocking's the pink: another story that doesn't do much with its framework, if you've read the original fairytale you may as well pass because it doesn't really add anything new to the story
otherwise i enjoyed myself quite a bit! the other stories all managed to either use their fairytales to say something important -- i really loved how tessa gratton's beast/beast structured itself around the theme of choice -- or played with the tone -- sarah rees brennan's beauty and the chad sort of demonstrates yet again that she has one narrative voice but as it's funny and charming i really don't mind -- or did something cool with the setting -- shaun david hutchinson's better aka the pied paper of hamelin IN SPACE! 14:3 is a really good ratio of solid stories to poor ones, christine johnson ought to be proud. 4 stars