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A review by volterra13
Thumbelina by Hans Christian Andersen
3.0
Okay, re-reading favourite childhood fairy-tales as an adult is a tricky thing...
On one hand, you grew up loving them, but on the other... you understand so much more... and it's not always pretty. Like this story, for example. I remembered it as a story with a happy ending where a girl found her prince. But man, it has so many layers. We have kidnappings, forced marriages, characters with broken heart, insta-love, judging a character by its appearance and my personal "favourite" is when that handsome prince just changes out Thumbelina's name because it's, and I quote, not pretty enough for her. Merlin, this is insane... I think I'd hated this story if I read in originally as an adult, but I grew up with it, so I can't do that... Man, I have mixed feelings.
On one hand, you grew up loving them, but on the other... you understand so much more... and it's not always pretty. Like this story, for example. I remembered it as a story with a happy ending where a girl found her prince. But man, it has so many layers. We have kidnappings, forced marriages, characters with broken heart, insta-love, judging a character by its appearance and my personal "favourite" is when that handsome prince just changes out Thumbelina's name because it's, and I quote, not pretty enough for her. Merlin, this is insane... I think I'd hated this story if I read in originally as an adult, but I grew up with it, so I can't do that... Man, I have mixed feelings.