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ketutar's review against another edition
4.0
I have always loved fairy tales, and ferociously and ravenously devoured all I could get my greedy hands on. Among others, I read the Bible at the tender age of 8-9, because it was a fairy tale book to me. A boring one, though, but there were a couple of good stories there. Anyway, I didn't know anything about Andrew Lang before I was an adult, and the colored fairy books were on the yearly book sale in Sweden. As far as I know, these books haven't been translated into Finnish. I find it very odd, but now I can read both Swedish and English, so I have been grazing through these and others. There's a LOT of fairy tale books in the public domain in English, as they were in fashion during the Victorian times.
Another thing that surprised me was that I haven't read the Pink Fairy Book before now. It has always been "Uh, it's always there, I can read it later", and go read something else instead.
The Langs' Fairy Books are a series of 25 collections of true and fictional stories for children published between 1889 and 1913, of which 12 are fairy books, collections of fairy tales from all over the world. In the first one, the Blue Fairy Book, there's both Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Red Riding Hood, and the Beauty and the Beast, in the second one there's Snow White and Rapunzel.
This, the Pink Fairy Book, is #5 in the series. There's a lot of Danish fairy tales in this one, HC Andersen and Danish folk tales.
There are also some pretty horrible animal stories. About a jackal who pretends to be a nanny to eat a panther's cubs, and then drowns her, when she starts asking questions; about a rabbit who boils hyenas alive, etc.
Another thing that surprised me was that I haven't read the Pink Fairy Book before now. It has always been "Uh, it's always there, I can read it later", and go read something else instead.
The Langs' Fairy Books are a series of 25 collections of true and fictional stories for children published between 1889 and 1913, of which 12 are fairy books, collections of fairy tales from all over the world. In the first one, the Blue Fairy Book, there's both Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Red Riding Hood, and the Beauty and the Beast, in the second one there's Snow White and Rapunzel.
This, the Pink Fairy Book, is #5 in the series. There's a lot of Danish fairy tales in this one, HC Andersen and Danish folk tales.
There are also some pretty horrible animal stories. About a jackal who pretends to be a nanny to eat a panther's cubs, and then drowns her, when she starts asking questions; about a rabbit who boils hyenas alive, etc.
chulandonmarcum's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.5
I give this book a 3.5 ⭐️ rating some of the stories in this book I really liked and there were some others that I didn’t care for that much. I also liked the fact that in this book with most of the stories it tells you what country that story originated from.
lass_pokebelle's review against another edition
4.0
I loved reading through these different fairy / folk tales from different cultures. From these, it is interesting to see what different cultures found to be important messages to send through their generations. I especially enjoyed I Know What I Know from Denmark.
rosekk's review against another edition
3.0
A large chunk of this collection came from Hans Christian Anderson (whose fairy tales I think I will read next), so it didn't feel like it had the same variety as some of the other fairy books. I still liked it it; it's weird how stories composed of elements I've read many times before can still be enjoyable.
lraven13's review against another edition
2.0
Not quite the caliber of some of the other books, some of these are really nonsensical!
iceangel9's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
The fifth book in his collection of fantasy fairy tales. Another masterpiece collection from Lange. A must read for lovers of classic fairy tales.
mioree's review against another edition
2.0
2⭐️
Of the 3 rainbow fairytale books I've read so far, this is by far my least favorite.
Of the 3 rainbow fairytale books I've read so far, this is by far my least favorite.
paperbackstash's review against another edition
3.0
All new stories to me and nothing familiar. Not bad but not my favorite of the colored books so far. I do not have a top favorite story, but was disappointed with Hans, the Mermaid's Son. Thought it would be interesting but it became disjointed with wasted potential. The Pink book doesn't focus as heavily on the ultimate goal always being kings and marriage (although that's in there a few times too), but it does emphasize the money climb and trials/journeys, which was a nice change since I was getting suffocated by too many king/queen tales.