Reviews

The Sister Who Ate Her Brothers: And Other Gruesome Tales by Jen Campbell

stophie12's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

bookswithpetra's review

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

zimmerlemon's review

adventurous dark mysterious

4.5

This is a collection of stories. It was a really fun/spooky/poetic/cozy/dark read! Got me in the mood for fallllll

carrionlibrarian's review

3.0

Really Excellent Illustrations!

elatedbooks's review

4.0

I absolutely adore Jen Campbell & these were a delight to read especially accompanied by the beautiful illustrations.

Plus a hearing aid on a mermaid? I’m not even disabled but it made me so happy to see ☺️

karebic's review

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

5.0

essjay's review

4.25

Genuinely delightful (and creepy!) with wonderful illustrations on every single page. I've been on the waiting list for this from my library for a very long time, and now that I've read it, I'll have to purchase my own copy. 

cilie's review

3.5

Well written fairy-tales from around the world.  
These re-tellings have non of the mordan feel-good-and-ends-well-filter that many fary-tales have evolved into, instead it has diversity and good representation of many different kinds of people.
Only one story was creepy for me as a grown-up, but for a 10-12 year old I think they would be great Halloween material.

janlc's review

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

3.5

A nice twist on the fairy tales brining them back to their origins.
Told with a clear love of the stories, you can almost sense a wink in the eye of the author, as she revels in keeping us entertaint.

starrynight's review

dark fast-paced

3.0