A review by emmirosereads
How to Fracture a Fairy Tale by Jane Yolen, Jane Yolen

Did not finish book.

2.0

I adore fairytales and fairytale retellings/reimaginings so you can imagine my excitement about seeing this book and being able to get a copy. Unfortunately this was one I had trouble connecting to. Anothologies are always a hit or miss with me. I will say the entire idea behind this book is something I loved and the writing of these tales was absolutely excellent. I really love how Jane Yolen really captured the feel and essence of classics fairytales. They all just felt very authentic. Despite that I just simply wasn't drawn into each tale. Many just felt too short making it hard to really connect to them and the book as a whole. I think another thing is that many of the tales and stories we're based on ones I'm not familiar with. Which definitely isn't a bad thing but simply made it harder to connect with the stories. I also just think many of the stories we're bleak and I didn't care for many of the different fractures of the story as the author puts it.

I definitely would recommend giving this book a try because it's not had by any means. It's simply just wasn't entirely for me.