amandadglaze's review against another edition
3.5
Crazy to read the original story behind one of my fave Disney movies!
aelurus's review against another edition
medium-paced
5.0
Comme à chaque fois les livres de Benjamin Lacombe se lisent mais se regardent également. L'histoire est de Andersen mais toutes les illustrations sont de Benjamin Lacombe et j'aime tellement cet illustrateur que je ne suis peut-être pas objective mais il n'empêche qu'il a vraiment du talent pour mettre le texte en image et embarquer le lecteur dans son univers féeriquement horrible.
Oui, j'ai écris horrible car ici ce n'est pas le conte de Disney mais bien l'original et la fin n'est pas vraiment en happy end. Et toute l'horreur de la situation, toutes les souffrances vécues par cette petite sirène sont parfaitement mise en image et rendus jusqu'en dans ma dualité de l'auteur. Andersen était homosexuel et ici la confrontation du genre se fait par le choix es couleurs choisies. Un rose fluo qui frappe et des bleus sombre et profond.
C'est magnifique à tous les points de vue.
Oui, j'ai écris horrible car ici ce n'est pas le conte de Disney mais bien l'original et la fin n'est pas vraiment en happy end. Et toute l'horreur de la situation, toutes les souffrances vécues par cette petite sirène sont parfaitement mise en image et rendus jusqu'en dans ma dualité de l'auteur. Andersen était homosexuel et ici la confrontation du genre se fait par le choix es couleurs choisies. Un rose fluo qui frappe et des bleus sombre et profond.
C'est magnifique à tous les points de vue.
ffomixam's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
solsticestorm's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
onalark's review against another edition
dark
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism
filesm's review against another edition
This story is so weird and I liked it but my favorite part is at the end when it’s like every time a child is super nice to their parents the little mermaid gets one year off yr sentence
ceelie's review against another edition
3.0
I saw a post on Tumblr about the real story of The Little Mermaid which is very different from the story I grew up with. Disney definitely changed a huge part of the story, though I can't say I didn't like this classic. It's been a long time since I've been wanting to read this because of the different turn of story but I have to say that I really expected more from it. I still liked it, though. It's just a bit too short and I really thought it would break my heart a lot, but it didn't. Not as much as I thought it would, anyway.
This artwork is so beautiful...
This artwork is so beautiful...
dorothy_gale's review against another edition
4.0
I may like this better than the Disney version. My daughter was offended at the real price she paid the witch though.
loyaultemelie's review against another edition
4.0
Going to goodreads to mark this as have read I realized at some point as a kid I had marked it 2 stars. Upon reread I think I was just upset about the ending, which is fair. Still I think that it deserves a higher rating. There is something truly ethereal about the way it’s written, and I find it hard not to like this story, despite the admittedly sad ending. There are a lot of things I think you could say about this story in terms of analysis, but I will simply say that if you haven’t you really should read it