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Interesting take on flipping fairy tales around to "human tales" that the fairy creatures tell their own children about the dangers of humans. As with most anthologies, some stories were stronger than others, but overall definitely enjoyable.
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An enjoyable anthology filled with engaging, quick-read stories. A lot of fun, but not quite as clever they think they are.
First, final two story mini-reviews: Holding the Line: One of my favorites in the book, this was a sweet, fierce story of goblins protecting children from dangers of the dark, and really quite lovely.The Price of Cream: This was a well-done story of cobbler elves, little brownies that fix shoes. Showed the abuses of human green quite well, and a nice allegory to sweat shop workers.The collection as a whole was quite well-done, though not always perfect in its idea of humans being the thing the f...
As with most anthologies there were some good stories, some boring stories, and some that were just somewhere in the middle. Overall this was a fairly enjoyable collection - I especially liked the stories that flipped well-known fairytales - with a very interesting premise. If I had to make one overall complaint though it seemed like instead of 'human terrorizing monster' several of the stories were just 'everyone is equally horrible' so after awhile I was thinking 'does this really fit in with
Human Tales attempts to take "fairy tales" - the stories of all the bad things the mystical world perpetrates upon humans - and turn the concept on its head. These are the stories that the magical and mystical world tells to warn their children about humans.Short version: Graded as a solid B. Some really good stories, and a lot of pretty good ones. It's a bit uneven at times, and probably should not be read straight through. Several stories have small missteps, either because of the method of te...
Mini blurb: What if, for creatures as fae, sphinxes and dwarfs, humans were the real monsters to be afraid of?***I wanted to read this collection because it includes a story by Seanan McGuire (I only liked it, didn't love it, but it's got SPHINXES! though wait, they practice incest?!?!?), plus it sounded like a cool concept, but I ultimately DNF it early on. This doesn't have anything to do with the quality of the stories that I have read (or skimmed), but it's due to the book's settings and the...
I have a love-hate relationship with anthologies. On the one hand, they provide unique opportunities: the chance to sample work from a broad spectrum of authors, the option to enjoy a story or two at a time without committing to a novel-length journey. On the other, consistency is their cold iron - a weak point inherent to their multi-authorial construction. It was with some trepidation, therefore, that I started reading the copy of Human Tales kindly provided to me by Jennifer Brozek; I loved t...
I liked it, but at the moment, I can't really see myself coming back to this book to read any of the stories again. I've also come around to John Joseph Adams way of thinking. He chooses to pair the author information with the story. Not only does this help make a stronger mental connection between the author and the story (and therefore make it more likely for me to pick up something else by them), it also provides a good break between stories, which makes it easier to read more than one in a s...
JRR Tolkien once said that the human tales of the elves would tell of the escape from deathlessness. He was referring to his characterization (through elven eyes) of death as the Gift of Man, but it's pricked the imaginations of many a writer. What sort of stories would such entities tell about their dealings with humanity?Some of the stories in this anthologies are familiar fairy tales rewritten from the point of view of the faerie characters, while others seem to be original to the authors, dr...
