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A review by frogggirl2
Grim by Christine Johnson
3.0
I'm not a huge short story fan, but I like retellings and I needed a book with a pink or purple cover for the Winter Readathon.
The Key - 2/5 cool concept of mindreading in a very specific place, decent writing, meh story, too short and no real ending.
Figment - 5/5 reminiscent of a flipped "The Monkey's Paw" with compelling characters.
The Twelfth Girl - 1/5 Yawn.
The Raven Princess - 5/5 this is just nice. A classic fairy tale feel.
Thinner Than Water - 4/5 grotesque and emotionally gutting.
Before the Rose Bloomed - 3/5 a telling, not a retelling
Beast/Beast - 5/5 lovely, sad, emotional and beautiful
The Brothers Piggett - 1/5 Weird - I felt like I what's supposed to be on the witch's side? I wasn't.
Untethered - 2/5 Not sure how this is a fairy tale retelling. Meh.
Better - 5/5 An outstanding sci-fi story that functions as a stand alone world that I'd happily read more about.
Light It Up - 3/5 gruesome but straightforward Hansel & Gretel
Sharper Than a Serpents Tongue - 1/5 Weird, pointless.
A Real Boy 2/5 - sickly sweet YA AI romance
Skin Trade 1/5 - Random, incomplete instalove nonsense
Beauty and the Chad 3/5 goofy
The Pink: a Grim Story 3/5 standard fairy tale
Sell Out 3/5 - A bit rote
The Key - 2/5 cool concept of mindreading in a very specific place, decent writing, meh story, too short and no real ending.
Figment - 5/5 reminiscent of a flipped "The Monkey's Paw" with compelling characters.
The Twelfth Girl - 1/5 Yawn.
The Raven Princess - 5/5 this is just nice. A classic fairy tale feel.
Thinner Than Water - 4/5 grotesque and emotionally gutting.
Before the Rose Bloomed - 3/5 a telling, not a retelling
Beast/Beast - 5/5 lovely, sad, emotional and beautiful
The Brothers Piggett - 1/5 Weird - I felt like I what's supposed to be on the witch's side? I wasn't.
Untethered - 2/5 Not sure how this is a fairy tale retelling. Meh.
Better - 5/5 An outstanding sci-fi story that functions as a stand alone world that I'd happily read more about.
Light It Up - 3/5 gruesome but straightforward Hansel & Gretel
Sharper Than a Serpents Tongue - 1/5 Weird, pointless.
A Real Boy 2/5 - sickly sweet YA AI romance
Skin Trade 1/5 - Random, incomplete instalove nonsense
Beauty and the Chad 3/5 goofy
The Pink: a Grim Story 3/5 standard fairy tale
Sell Out 3/5 - A bit rote