A review by benix
The Red Shoes and Other Tales by Metaphrog

4.0

JGN

So dark.
I'm familiar with 2 of the 3 tales but, wow, dark.

The title story is part compulsion, part obsession, part too much of a good thing. It is sad.

The next story, The Glass Class is not one I know but figured out where it was going early on. A warning tale of getting what you wish for? I'm not sure of the message -
Spoilerescaping a brutal home by being locked up forever?
Yikes.

The last story, The Little Match Girl, is just a sad commentary on homelessness and
Spoilerdeath. Her death is just heartbreaking.


It's a junior graphic novel but the stories are dark and brooding. Not for the younger set but older elementary or middle school kids.