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laurenkaleo's review
5.0
As most people know, I love fairy tales. I was in high school when I literally stumbled upon Dame Darcy's website while trying to entertain my little cousin with dress up games online. Dame Darcy's site had a link to "play dress up" with her characters of Meatcake, a highly interesting comic book that's not recommended for children. I clung to her website as any goth-like outsider would. When I went to buy her comics, the man at the register directed me to her Frightful Fairy tales. It was love at first sight. It's not the retelling of stories that we know, it's completely new stories that the lovely Dame Darcy has not only made up inside of her head, but she's also drawn out all the pictures. A few months later, she was at that same comic bookstore, signing autographs. She's a lovely woman whose imagination and flair is better than most! I highly recommend this to anyone... Who has a high threshold for the weird. These stories don't all have happy endings... You've been warned.
iamastraythought's review
2.0
I forgot to mark this book when I started to read it, oh well
This book was alright. I picked it up at the library because I like fairy tale retellings, and because I loved the cover design.
The illustrations quickly became bland to me, because everyone looked the same no matter what, dreadfully sad and wailing. Everyone had huge amounts of eyeliner and everyone looked like there neck was broken.
Beyond that the stories ranged from meh to sound and decent. I liked The Black River, which seemed like it was the most well planned story. The other stories were all alright, but nothing jumped out at me. Some of them were outright silly, like the one about the girl in the well where the Author outright tells you the moral of the story.
I cannot tell the motive of the author and while i liked it I kind of feel like it was a pet project and not a passion project. That is just my opinion.
This book was alright. I picked it up at the library because I like fairy tale retellings, and because I loved the cover design.
The illustrations quickly became bland to me, because everyone looked the same no matter what, dreadfully sad and wailing. Everyone had huge amounts of eyeliner and everyone looked like there neck was broken.
Beyond that the stories ranged from meh to sound and decent. I liked The Black River, which seemed like it was the most well planned story. The other stories were all alright, but nothing jumped out at me. Some of them were outright silly, like the one about the girl in the well where the Author outright tells you the moral of the story.
I cannot tell the motive of the author and while i liked it I kind of feel like it was a pet project and not a passion project. That is just my opinion.
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