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A review by mattisnotscary
Der Struwwelpeter by Heinrich Hoffmann
5.0
After every story, some adult’s voice from my childhood said, “That’ll learn ya.”
Sort of reminded me of the darkness of numerous Aesop’s Fables but with more children as main characters. In the author bio at the end, there’s a statement that I think rings true about how most of the stories will be viewed. It’s along the lines of: the terrible things that happen in these stories will probably be harder for adults to stomach, but children—and the child that every adult once was— will likely laugh at the absurdity.
Sort of reminded me of the darkness of numerous Aesop’s Fables but with more children as main characters. In the author bio at the end, there’s a statement that I think rings true about how most of the stories will be viewed. It’s along the lines of: the terrible things that happen in these stories will probably be harder for adults to stomach, but children—and the child that every adult once was— will likely laugh at the absurdity.