mybookishhedgemaze's review
4.0
I'd give these stories 5/5 except that they're rather dark for children, in the same vein as the more macabre Brothers Grimm tales. I'm not opposed to reading these to children (though the vulgar name calling and insults in one tale could stand to be toned down), but readers should be aware that some details may disturb sensitive children. Lots of descriptions of people eating entrails, eyeballs, brains, etc, eating animals alive, stomach-churning descriptions of smells...
Well worth reading for the culture alone, and to compare the plots to similar tales compiled by the Grimms, Hans Christian Andersen, etc.
Well worth reading for the culture alone, and to compare the plots to similar tales compiled by the Grimms, Hans Christian Andersen, etc.
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