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jade_flynn's review against another edition
3.0
Favorites: Sleeping Beauty, The Frog Prince, Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, Little Red-Cap, Rumpelstiltskin, Cinderella, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs & Snow-White and Rose-Red.
bazules's review against another edition
4.0
Lo terminé, dije yo que lo haría. Primera vez que leo Los cuentos de los hermanos Grimm, a pesar de que durante toda mi vida los cuentos han sido mi principal referente e incentivo a la lectura. Me sentí engañada por haber leído siempre las versiones más "suaves" de estos clásicos, pero es probable que hubiese quedado traumada xD lo podría leer mil veces y cada vez sería diferente.
Además la edición es maravillosa.
Además la edición es maravillosa.
brittanya's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
joycinita's review against another edition
adventurous
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
karen_unabridged's review against another edition
4.0
My daughter loves fairy tales and we hadn't read this particular edition before. The illustrations are comical and there's a nice selection here. (Including the ridiculous "Hans")
scrooge3's review against another edition
3.0
The original Grimm’s fairy tales are true children’s stories. If you’ve ever heard a five-year-old tell a story, you know what I mean. They’re full of non sequiturs and random events. People turn into animals for no reason, and then turn back into humans for no reason. Go blind? Just wait for a princess’s tears to restore your sight. Shoes too small? Just chop off a toe or your heel so they fit. Think you are dead? Maybe it's just an apple bit stuck in your throat. Sometimes bad things happen to good people, and sometimes good things happen to bad people. The only constants are that step-mothers are always wicked and beautiful princesses are always better than everyone else. The only moral is that life is chaotic and unpredictable.
gisselc's review against another edition
3.0
Los cuentos están bien, pero varios son repetitivos, es mejor leer una antología de cuentos de menos cuentos para tener más variedad en lugar de varios que suenen parecidos.
minionn's review against another edition
3.0
This was a very easy read. I kind of expected more, thinking that the original version of the fairytales would be really interesting to read. I quickly realized that I don't even remember the details of the fairytales I heard growing up, so i couldn't really compare the originals to them. I wouldn't recommend this book, simply because I don't think the stories would appeal to an audience other than children. Overall, it didn't take me long to finish this, because I had time on my hands and the stories were very simple and easy.
elsdraeger's review against another edition
4.0
I remember reading this book as a child, and many of the stories have stayed with me. It was a very different experience to read them as an adult though, as many of the themes are now so outdated. I found myself getting angry with all the misogyny and violence against women in many of the stories. I was also interested to note how many of the stories referenced God. The other thing that fascinated me was trying to work out why only a small proportion of the tales have been made into hollywood movies. On reading all of the stories, there are many that I think would have made better films than the ones which have been used, such as "The Six Swans" and "The Shoes which were danced to Pieces".
sarapb27's review against another edition
3.0
El libro está bien para leer los típicos cuentos de toda la vida con sus verdaderos finales, lo único que está escrito de forma bastante infantil y es algo que no me esperaba.