My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales by Katherine Vaz, Chris Adrian, Stacey Richter, Kate Bernheimer, Brian Evenson, Kellie Wells, Kathryn Davis, Joy Williams, Karen Joy Fowler, Jonathon Keats, Kevin Brockmeier, Neil LaBute, Karen Brennan, Joyce Carol Oates, Hiromi Itō, Naoko Awa, Carmen Gimenez Smith, Gregory Maguire, Marjorie Sandor, Francesca Lia Block, John Updike, Jim Shepard, Ludmilla Petrushevskaya, Michael Cunningham, Michael Mejia, Neil Gaiman, Ilya Kaminsky, Kim Addonizio, Lily Hoang, Rabih Alameddine, Kelly Link, Sabrina Orah Mark, Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, Alissa Nutting, Michael Martone, Lucy Corin, Lydia Millet, Joyelle McSweeney, Francine Prose, Aimee Bender, Shelley Jackson, Timothy Schaffert

576 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

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The fairy tale lives again in this book of forty new stories by some of the biggest names in contemporary fiction. Neil Gaiman, “Orange”   Aimee Bender, “The Color Master”   Joyce Carol Oates, “Blue-bearded Lover”   Michael Cunningham, “The Wild ...

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Community Reviews Summary of 651 reviews

Moods

dark 81%
mysterious 50%
adventurous 45%
emotional 31%
challenging 27%
reflective 22%
funny 13%
lighthearted 9%
relaxing 4%
sad 4%
tense 4%

Pace

slow 57%
medium 38%
fast 4%

Plot- or character-driven?

A mix: 62% | N/A: 18% | Plot: 18%

Strong character development?

It's complicated: 46% | N/A: 46% | Yes: 6%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 35% | N/A: 28% | No: 28% | Yes: 7%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 62% | It's complicated: 25% | N/A: 12%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

N/A: 42% | Yes: 28% | It's complicated: 21% | No: 7%

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