A review by divo
Redder Than Blood by Tanith Lee

challenging dark sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

The stories in this collection are in the vein of the original Grim Fairy Tales and so they are very violent and dwell on the dark aspects of human nature and the appetites of men. Since they are so similar in tone, reading one after the other got to be too much - it just felt very depressing and I only liked 2 of them which were lighter in tone than the others. I can admire Tanith Lee's writing and her ability to spin new perspectives on stories that are so familiar, but the actual experience of reading them was a bit of a slog.