A review by smiles_is_reading1
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

A warning must be given, this book has a very clever way in attracting reader; will start with light and delightful stories about animals, parents punishes their children lightly by telling them scary stories, but beware, after passing the usual stories here comes the true dark and gothic side of the fairy tales, the kind our parents avoided telling us as bedtime stories to keep nightmares away, you will see the mother who advised her daughter to cut her toes to marry the prince, the king who wanted to marry his daughter because she resembled his beloved late wife and the mother who throw her two children in the woods. But eventually, you cannot have a book full of kind and nice people or it will not have a plot. The book is merry, aesthetic, and beautiful and I wish you and I were part of it.