A review by mara_miriam
Fairy Tales by Berlie Doherty

1.0

I was taken this book because of my childhood fascination with fables and the evocative illustrations. But the tales themselves are not retold in a way that places them in a new light and continues the problematic gender and familial dynamics of fairy tales. How many times can you read a story of a neglectful and hateful mother, passive father, or a young girl who says that she does not want to be married and then marries the first person who 'asks' her? I'm over these types of tires fables.