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kingjason's review against another edition
4.0
This Folio edition of the classic short story collection by Hans Christian Andersen is beautiful, it comes in a protective box, bright red with gold writing on the cover, inside mixed in with the stories are some lovely coloured illustrations by W. Heath Robinson, you can spend ages gazing at these beautiful pictures. I would also like to thank my Goodreads friend Jazzy Lemon for sending me this book to read to my daughter.
Like the Grimm's Fairytales these famous stories many of which have been made into children's movies by Disney, are nothing like like the story you probably know. I had great joy at work when I found out a colleague's favourite movie was The Little Mermaid, I told her about how the original played out, she was not impressed. There is a lot of violence and cruelty in these stories, there is a lot of piousness (I think that is the right word) too which can feel a bit sickly at times.
Whilst reading this to my daughter I enjoyed seeing her eyes light up when we started a story that she knew, she loved the differences from Disney had shown her, I don't think she enjoyed the unknown stories as much though. She must have enjoyed it though as she has demanded the book to read again herself.
Favourite story for me was The Emperor's New Clothes, reminds me a lot of Boris and his "brexit deal" :-)
Blog review with pictures> https://felcherman.wordpress.com/2020/03/14/hans-andersens-fairy-tales-by-hans-christian-andersen/
Like the Grimm's Fairytales these famous stories many of which have been made into children's movies by Disney, are nothing like like the story you probably know. I had great joy at work when I found out a colleague's favourite movie was The Little Mermaid, I told her about how the original played out, she was not impressed. There is a lot of violence and cruelty in these stories, there is a lot of piousness (I think that is the right word) too which can feel a bit sickly at times.
Whilst reading this to my daughter I enjoyed seeing her eyes light up when we started a story that she knew, she loved the differences from Disney had shown her, I don't think she enjoyed the unknown stories as much though. She must have enjoyed it though as she has demanded the book to read again herself.
Favourite story for me was The Emperor's New Clothes, reminds me a lot of Boris and his "brexit deal" :-)
Blog review with pictures> https://felcherman.wordpress.com/2020/03/14/hans-andersens-fairy-tales-by-hans-christian-andersen/
undomiel's review against another edition
4.0
A great selection of tales, no matter how old I grow, i will always love fairy tales and fables. These were some of my favourite as a child, and still are as a teen! A great series of stories!
sashahawkins's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
littleprairielibrary's review against another edition
2.0
I am sooooooo bored technically I am not finishing this but I have 10 pages left and I am so bored. A few of these stories are good but most of them I just haven't cared for at all.