A review by tyler_j
The Little Mermaid and Other Stories by Tasmin Greig, Hans Christian Andersen
adventurous
dark
emotional
lighthearted
sad
4.0
These aren't the stories from Hans Christian Andersen exactly, but from the couple I knew (The Little Mermaid and Rumpelstiltskin) the originals, it seemed like it was mostly the same beats but the dark parts of the originals were made happy. Happy endings and such, like changed for the modern child I assume. Of course I believed these were the originals just on audio but that turned out to be wrong. Still I didn't really mind it. I enjoyed it anyway even though it wasn't exactly what I was expecting.
Besides the 2 I mentioned there is also The Snow Queen and The Little Match girl. I should state The Little Match Girl was an exception to the "happy" rule. I never heard the original story but this is SO DARK AND SAD. It makes me wanna cry! So I can't help think that was the original but I don't know and how could the original be any darker?
To have those 3 unexpected happy child-friendly stories and then to be hit with THAT out of the blue?! Omg T.T.
Besides the 2 I mentioned there is also The Snow Queen and The Little Match girl. I should state The Little Match Girl was an exception to the "happy" rule. I never heard the original story but this is SO DARK AND SAD. It makes me wanna cry! So I can't help think that was the original but I don't know and how could the original be any darker?
To have those 3 unexpected happy child-friendly stories and then to be hit with THAT out of the blue?! Omg T.T.