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One of Datlow & Windling's excellent series of anthologies of retold/reimagined fairy tales. Terri Windling's one of the only people I've ever written out & out fan mail to - - I'm just that totally in favor of everything she's worked to espouse in literature...if you haven't seen her website, check it out! : http://www.endicott-studio.com/Contents of the book are:* 1 • Introduction • Terri Windling & Ellen Datlow* 7 • Kiss Kiss • Tanith LeeLee's take on the story of The Frog Prince is at first
Overall entertaining and interesting. Might read another of these anthologies. Good break between other books. Sometimes an anthology is what is needed. 1, Kiss Kiss by Tanith Lee - 3 stars. Not much to it. Sad though with the loss and outcome.2, Carabosse by Delia Sherman - 3 stars, I guess? A poem was unexpected. Liked the take well enough. 3, The Price by Patricia Briggs - 3.5, 4 stars. Fun take. I enjoyed it.4, Glass Coffin by Caitlin Kiernan - 2 stars. Not a fan of the writing style. Meande...
Anthology 3.4 starts1. Kiss Kiss by Tanith Lee. The story of the princess and the frog without a happy ever after. Good story. ****2. Carabosse by Delia Sherman. A poem. Ho-hum. **3. The Price by Patricia Briggs. Retelling of Rumpelstiltskin. I loved this story. *****4. The Glass Coffin by Caitlin Kiernan. Retelling of Sleeping Beauty in modern times, also without a happy ending. Very good story. *****5. The Vanishing Virgin by Harvey Jacobs. Retelling/reshaping really of The Flea and the Profes...
I only read the short story by Patricia Briggs "The Price" which is a Rumplestiltskin retelling. I did really like it.
I'm not even sure how to rate this one. I enjoyed this one more than I thought. I only checked it out of the library because of the story by Patricia Briggs, and sometimes I don't bother reading the remainder of the anthology when I do that. I was glad I read this one. I liked the various retellings of fairy tales with modern twists. I liked some of them more than others. The Little Mermaid one was perhaps my favorite. A couple of them were more weird than good, and at least one of them was so m...
Kiss, Kiss :)Caraboose :)The Price :)Glass Coffin :(The Vanishing Virgin :(Clad in Gossamer :(Precious :)The Sea Hag :)The Frog Chauffuer :)The Dybbuk in the Bottle :/The Shell Box :)Ivory Bones :/The Wild Heart :/You Wandered Off Like a Foolish Child to Break Your Heart and Mine :/Arabian Phoenix :)Toad Rich :)Sking So Fine and Green :)The Willful Child, The Black Dog and the Beanstalk :(Locks :)Marsh-Magic :)Toad :/
A very good anthology on average. Almost every story had something to like about it, usually it's sense of style, and the ones I disliked tended not to have anything objectively bad about them other than density and opaqueness. The prevalence of 'frog prince' stories in this are interesting, and often remind me why it's a bit of a disappointing fairy tale - beauty and the beast with all the bite and charm sucked out.My particular favorites were - Locks, by Neil Gaiman, Precious, The sea hag and
In this fifth installment in the series of retold fairy tale anthologies by Datlow & Windling, the prevalent tale seems to be "The Frog Prince," judging from the number of stories, which though it isn't one fairy tale I care for, had one good reimagined version I enjoyed. Datlow & Windling do have a nose for finding good storytellers to invite as contributors for their anthology series, because although the bane of all anthologies (varying quality) is to be found here, the gap isn't so huge as t...
I loved this book, just as I loved the other ones:)
ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS book, you'll want to take your time on it and not rush - allow some thinking time between each tale - the book consists of quite twisted fairy tales and I really enjoyed it, some (much) more than others, but that's only a matter of taste. Before each story is an introduction of each author, which is now leading me to search out other works. Its a big enough endeavor to make me want o purchase a hard copy of this book, because I read it from a public library download. HIGHLY R...
Like most anthologies, some good stories, some just okay, some really not for me. I picked it up because it includes some authors I generally like, but their stories didn't out to be the ones I preferred.
I do love new perspectives on old tales, or rather to see old tales from new perspectives, but I am not into dark fantasy—I get enough darkness in the real world. I did very much like, however, The Sea Hag, The Price, and Marsh-Magic.And, although heart-wrenching, how wonderful to think of all the others in these stories who were just of side note, brave, but unsuccessful. Not evil—and perhaps foolish, but perhaps not...—but not the hero/heroine. Ordinary like so many of us. They didn’t triumph,...
As always with an anthology a bit hit or miss on the stories. I generally enjoy them and didn’t feel that any were particularly poor, however only a few stood out. This might be because a lot of the narratives seemed to choose Rumplestilskin as their inspiration, which made them blend a bit... There *were* two standouts that I quite enjoyed, both on the darker side:"You Wandered Off Like a Foolish Child to Break Your Heart and Mine" by Pat York "The Willful Child, the Black Dog and the Beanstalk...
A collection of retold and remixed fairy tales, much like the originals in tone. In some stories, there is a happy ending, but most end in blood, death, or other loss.
A very varied bunch of storiesAn interesting collection of fairytales made new. Some of them are just lovely; others are anything but. They're all interesting and wildly different from the stories you read as a kid or that mom might've read to you.I think my favorite was the Rumplestiltskin remake as the miller's daughter was able to see beyond the surface and the Rumplestiltskin character wasn't an evil little gnome while the handsome young king was a jerk and stupidly cruel. There were a coupl...
This is a collection of short stories that play with many well-know fairy tales, with new twists and often a darker edge. They consider real life problems (consequences of trauma, domestic abuse, greed, exploitation, etc.), rather than focusing on always wining and the supposed "happily ever after". Some are sad, some outright tragic, though some others will bring a smile to a reader's face.Favourite stories:Kiss Kiss: a re-telling of "The Frog Prince". A deeply feminist re-interpretation that p...
If you are a fan of reworked fairy tales, you will love this book! Excellent short stories by equally excellent authors!
My favourites:Kiss, Kiss by Tanith Lee. A girl that wants a friend meets a talking frog.Carabosse by Delia Sherman. A magic gift giving the opportunity to be more than she would have been.The Price by Patricia Briggs. The worth of beauty.The Sea Hag by Melissa Lee Shaw. Counteracts the lack of sympathetic adults in fairy tales.The Shell Box by Karawynn Long. A girl with a stolen voice.The Wild Heart by Anne Bishop. A play on archetypes in Sleeping Beauty.Arabian Phoenix by India Edgehill. A mode...
DNF. This book is what you get if you asked people who hate fairytales to rewrite fairytales. The astounding amount of pulling the rug out from under the heroines to put them into abusive relationships or dismal endings instead of happily ever afters for the sake of being 'modern or clever' hot takes on the stories was just so gross and disappointing to read. There was also an over abundance of The Princess and the Frog stories...like really!? Pick one for your book, not multiples.I borrowed thi...
To be fair, I did not read the entire book. I keep thinking I must be missing something in these anthologies, as they are fairytales for adults. This is the second volume I’ve attempted, I skimmed the reviews in goodreads and read three of the stories that were repeatedly well rated (the sea hag, the shell box, and you wandered off like a foolish child). I would give them each around two stars. They were ok, nothing I’d recommend to anyone else.