Reviews tagging 'Antisemitism'

Grimm's Fairy Stories by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm

4 reviews

linnylionheart's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Terminal illness and Blood

singalana's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

As this is a complete collection of fairy tales, it's a very mixed bag. Some of them are witty and funny, and others incredibly repetitive and confusing. And often similar tales follow each other, so basically it's the same story twice. 

A modern reader can pick up elements that would nowadays be considered problematic: women are treated as prizes, the ugly and overweight are often presented as evil, and there is some antisemitism as well. 

About 15 % of these stories are actually good, 35 % fulfil the need for nostalgia for those who grew up listening to these stories. And the rest… Well, frankly I could have done without. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol

vampyr's review against another edition

i simply didn't finish because i was beginning to get bored & thus was not retaining any information as i read on. but this is a book i want to revisit someday because i am still very interested in how people of the past told stories & want to continue to examine how common the themes & motifs are in these stories, & i just generally find fairytales to be interesting (the original fairytales, not whatever the fuck disney is up today) it's just not the right time right now. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape and Antisemitism

sarah_speaks's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexism, Violence, and Antisemitism