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adunnells's review against another edition
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
quoththegirl's review against another edition
4.0
This short novel is a Southern American retelling of the Grimm’s fairy tale. Welty’s tone is very in keeping with Grimm, and though she changes the tale a good deal, you’ll feel like you’re reading a hundreds-of-years-old story. Beautiful and bizarre and perfect.
courtneyem's review against another edition
4.0
Really enjoyed it! Sort of a Grimms' fairytale but set in Kentucky - very unusual but a fun and at times beautiful read.
cgreenstein's review against another edition
Some beautiful writing, but this book has not aged well. At all. It's got the feel of a Southern fairytale (in the original Grimm brothers sense of the word fairytale, where people make odd choices and things are unexplained and animals talk and motivations are left unclear and no one is surprised by any of it), but for contemporary readers it's lost its magical feel and instead is just rapey and racist. :(
cheriekg's review against another edition
4.0
Once I gave up trying to dig out what this was trying to *say* (an unfortunate habit us former English majors always seem to hang on to) and instead decided to simply enjoy it, it became much better. An odd, magical, strange little story with lush-yet-restrained prose.
ketelenlefkovich's review against another edition
3.0
Read this for my master's.
This was very wild haha once I learned that it's actually supposed to be kind of fairy tale-ish it all made more "sense". But despite all the weirdness I did enjoy reading this and I'm excited to study it on a deeper level.
This was very wild haha once I learned that it's actually supposed to be kind of fairy tale-ish it all made more "sense". But despite all the weirdness I did enjoy reading this and I'm excited to study it on a deeper level.
shereadsalotofbooks's review against another edition
3.0
A southern folktale style retelling of a Grimm’s fairytale, it takes place on the Natchez Trace in Mississippi and comes complete with a deep dark forest and a wicked stepmother.
In typical fairytale style the reader can see thru the ridiculous antics of the characters but the characters themselves cannot.
Welty is well known for her short stories which I prefer to this fairytale although it was entertaining enough.
In typical fairytale style the reader can see thru the ridiculous antics of the characters but the characters themselves cannot.
Welty is well known for her short stories which I prefer to this fairytale although it was entertaining enough.
claudiasousa06's review against another edition
So, I am not rating this book right now. I read it for school and since I had deadlines, I couldn't exactly read it or enjoy it as much as I think I would, because of that.
God, I hate to read for school...
Anyway, I will have to reread this, as I am going to do a paper on it. When I do, I'll review and rate.
God, I hate to read for school...
Anyway, I will have to reread this, as I am going to do a paper on it. When I do, I'll review and rate.