UnEnchanted
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Mina Grime is unlucky, unpopular and uncoordinated; until she saves her crush's life on a field...
The Fox in the Forest
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The Fox in the Forest is a trick-taking game for two players. Aside from the normal ranked- and...
Grimm Tales: For Young and Old
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In this beautiful book of classic fairy tales, award-winning author Philip Pullman has chosen his...
Sarah (7799 KP) rated Troll Hunter (2010) in Movies
Aug 11, 2017
Little Red Riding Hood by Fusee
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"Little Red Riding Hood" is a new, illustrated and animated adaptation of one of the best well known...
Where Now: New and Selected Poems
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Laura Kasischke’s long-awaited selected poems, Where Now, presents the breadth of her probing...
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The Tales of Beedle the Bard
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'You've never heard of The Tales of Beedle the Bard?' said Ron incredulously. 'You're kidding,...
The Wild Swans ( Timeless Fairytales book 2)
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Elise is the foster-daughter of the King of Arcainia, a mathematician, and the country’s...
Rachel King (13 KP) rated The Sleeping Beauty (Five Hundred Kingdoms, #5) in Books
Feb 11, 2019
I especially enjoyed the many different challenges that the two women conceived to test the many Princes vying for Rosa's hand in marriage, and I even tried to answer a few myself before I read ahead. The novel takes the modernized approach that the Damsel in Distress does not always need a man to save her from Doom - but having a few handy just in case certainly don't hurt!
I enjoyed how unique each of the characters are, even minor characters, such as some of the Princes who were eliminated early or the different Brownies in the service of the Fairy Godmother. Seigfried and Leopold are opposites in many ways, and yet they work very well together. Seigfried's bird is also great entertainment and quite convenient as a source of knowledge and backstory. The way that Leopold resolves the force of the The Tradition that has been plaguing Seigfried is rather perfect, too. The mirror spirit, Jimson, who serves the Fairy Godmother, Lily, is also quite endearing, and I found his resolution somewhat predictable, but still enjoyable.
What I like most about the Five Hundred Kingdom series is that even though each of the books in the series could qualify as a stand-alone novel, each book still sneaks in elements to connect it to the backstory of previous books, such as when Lily contacts Elena regarding dragons. The fairy tales are reimagined in the light of modern values while still favoring core elements, and even an adult such as myself can appreciate them!
ClareR (5846 KP) rated Fables: Volume 1: Legends in Exile in Books
Jan 5, 2019
The Adversary has forced the Fairy Tales out of their homelands and those who have survived now live in New York. They have their own government, and they are hiding from the general population in plain sight.
We join the Big Bad Wolf (who looks human - of course) as he investigates the murder of Rose Red. Other fairytale characters are featured during the course of Wolf's investigation: Snow White, Prince Charming (who is a sleaze ball!), Jack and loads of other characters. I can see the basis of the other comics emerging in this first one, and I really liked the bits at the end: short cartoons and stories about the battles with the Adversary and the Fairytales' escapes. Really good stuff!!