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A review by chettireads
Snow White, Blood Red by Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling
1.0
I really wanted to like this but at some point a little over half-way through, I couldn't stomach it. There's a lot of sexual abuse, implied and/or explicit and it just became uncomfortable. I'm not a squeamish reader; it was more that none of it seemed to have a point aside from an aim to be provocative. But it wasn't, it was just a bit unsettling.
There were a few stories that, at the time I read this, seemed promising but most, I felt were not really that inventive. It's been 2 months since I gave up on this one and the only story I distinctly remember was Tanith Lee's retelling of Snow White, which was actually quite good -- and much more Angela Carter-esque.
Obviously this comes down to personal taste, but I really haven't found a GREAT anthology of reworked fairy tales, with the exception of Angela Carter's work, which I enjoyed overall. There are plenty of novels that work in fairy tale elements that are fantastic, but straight up retellings seem to fall flat for me.
There were a few stories that, at the time I read this, seemed promising but most, I felt were not really that inventive. It's been 2 months since I gave up on this one and the only story I distinctly remember was Tanith Lee's retelling of Snow White, which was actually quite good -- and much more Angela Carter-esque.
Obviously this comes down to personal taste, but I really haven't found a GREAT anthology of reworked fairy tales, with the exception of Angela Carter's work, which I enjoyed overall. There are plenty of novels that work in fairy tale elements that are fantastic, but straight up retellings seem to fall flat for me.