A review by outcolder
Transformations by Anne Sexton

4.0

Often before retelling a Grimm märchen, Sexton lets loose with the full darkness of her worldview, those bits are the best parts. I haven’t given much thought to disability in fairytales before, but Sexton’s sarcastic ableism offers a few head scratchers. There’s also a lesbian thing in Rapunzel here and it’s hard to tell if Sexton agrees with the Grimms or is just being her bitchy self. The hairiest moment is at the end of Sleeping Beauty where Sexton seems to be saying her father raped her?