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A review by titanic
The Annotated Brothers Grimm by Maria Tatar, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
2.0
This is not what I was expected. All my life I’ve been told that the Grimm’s fairy tales are filled with horror and blood, and are so much more interesting than the sensitised version, but that was not what this book showed me.
I was bored in most places, and I think I enjoyed only one story of the forty six in here. The rest were either recycled Cinderella storylines or the same tales of the sister character rescuing her brothers from the curse that has turned them into some sort of bird. I think that tale was in here three times, which just made the whole thing boring.
Plus when it came to the ‘Tales for adults’ section, there was a story called ‘The J*w in the Brambles’ and it was just anti semitic comments throughout. They portrayed the j*w as a thief and money hungry, and being angry for wanting the main character arrested because he made the j*w dance until he handed over his money. It just made me uncomfortable with the whole thing, and was blatant stereotyping and I would not recommend this book to anyone, especially kids.
Also, I think the Grimm’s themselves held antisemite views which really made me want to distance myself from this book as much as possible. Really don’t recommend.
I was bored in most places, and I think I enjoyed only one story of the forty six in here. The rest were either recycled Cinderella storylines or the same tales of the sister character rescuing her brothers from the curse that has turned them into some sort of bird. I think that tale was in here three times, which just made the whole thing boring.
Plus when it came to the ‘Tales for adults’ section, there was a story called ‘The J*w in the Brambles’ and it was just anti semitic comments throughout. They portrayed the j*w as a thief and money hungry, and being angry for wanting the main character arrested because he made the j*w dance until he handed over his money. It just made me uncomfortable with the whole thing, and was blatant stereotyping and I would not recommend this book to anyone, especially kids.
Also, I think the Grimm’s themselves held antisemite views which really made me want to distance myself from this book as much as possible. Really don’t recommend.