Joe S. (maskbear55) reviewed Fairy Tales: Traditional Stories Retold for Gay Men on + 8 more book reviews
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"Clever, funny and surprisingly moving....It's easy to imagine FAIRY TALES becoming a dog-eared favorite among gay men who have longed since childhood to find images of themselves in their bedtime stories." -- COMMON BOUNARY.
The book was a great find. I have read it over and over again. As the quote says it is about time we found our fairy tales.
The book was a great find. I have read it over and over again. As the quote says it is about time we found our fairy tales.
Kat B. (KatAstraFe) reviewed Fairy Tales: Traditional Stories Retold for Gay Men on + 25 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
This book is refreshing. Great twist on traditional stories. They are rewritten in a way that is not a cheezy knock off but they read like traditional faerie tales with a refreshing message meant for the gay male.
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I liked the concept of this book and the writing was fairly good. I didn't like the inclusion of modern-day objects and situations, such as the father having a cell phone and driving a car in Beauty and the Beast, or the Frog Prince living in someone's guest house and going to clubs. It was off-putting in stories that contained ideas and elements of the medieval fantasy world that classic fairy tales are written in. I would have enjoyed the book more if the modernizations had been excluded.
