Emily M. (nnaylime) - reviewed on 5/23/2010 + 14 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

I love fairy tale retellings, and this collection had been recommended.

It was a very quick read - large print, wide spacing, and wide margins - but the retellings are gonna linger with me for a while.

Very dark, overt exploration of the subtext (Beauty's father inappropriately lusted after her; Sleeping Beauty was a heroine addict; Snow White & the dwarfs, well . . .)

The voice was confident, and yet lazy--retelling in broad sentences and languid language much like a half-remembered dream. It worked, anything more overt would've been more shocking, deliberately disturbing.

I'm curious to see what else this author has done.

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