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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2165 KP) rated Once Upon a Crime in Books

Mar 9, 2018

This book takes the characters to New York City where they find fairy tale characters living in hiding. While they try to heal a friend, they get involved in a murder. This series may be for kids, but I just love the creativity each book shows.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/05/book-review-once-upon-crime-by-michael.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.

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Erika (17788 KP) rated Pan's Labyrinth (2006) in Movies

Jun 17, 2018

Pan's Labyrinth is a creepy-dark fairy tale from GDT. I absolutely love the aesthetic of this film. The story completely ripped my heart out, but it was so good.
Seriously, the Pale Man freaks me out, and I may or may not have nightmares about that creepy thing. The scene with the Pale Man is pitch perfect, and you can feel the tension and fear.

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Caffeinated Fae (464 KP) rated A Kiss at Midnight (Fairy Tales, #1) in Books

Jul 12, 2018

This was a really cute novel. I really enjoyed reading it. It was predictable but that is to be expected when a novel is based off of a fairy tale. I found myself engrossed in this novel. It was a nice escape from reality. I will definitely look into reading more novels by this author. The writing was spectacular, and it was very imaginative.

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Hansel and Gretel

Neil Gaiman and Lorenzo Mattotti

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The enduring story of the children, the breadcrumb trail and the gingerbread house is brought to...

Matt Dentler recommended Rushmore (1998) in Movies (curated)

Rushmore (1998)

1998 | Comedy

8.4

(5 Ratings)

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"I cannot stop watching this film. I’ve tried. Yet Wes Anderson has created a fairy-tale world that is so timeless and awkwardly comfortable. Bill Murray and Jason Schwartzman portray one of the most endearing duos in years, with an ensemble of memorable characters surrounding them. Full of hilarious dialogue, a pristine song score, and Anderson’s imaginative eye—this will restore anyone’s faith in American independent filmmaking."

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Barbies Fairytale Adventure－Dressup Games

Games and Education

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Barbie's fairy tale world adventure is a much more favorite girls dress up game. The story of the...

Tale of Tales

Book and Education

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It is an app designed for children to elicit creative play. Our goal with this was to create a story...

ClareR (5674 KP) rated The Gloaming in Books

May 2, 2018 (Updated May 2, 2018)

The Gloaming

Kirsty Logan | 2018 | Fiction & Poetry, LGBTQ+, Science Fiction/Fantasy

10.0

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A grown up fairy tale

This is a story which weaves the fantastical and the real together so well. It's set on a small, remote Scottish island, where the people there believe in selkies and turn to stone on a cliff top looking out to the ocean, when they die.
Mara Ross and her family live in a run down castle, that they never quite manage to repair. After her little brothers death, Mara leaves the island with Pearl, who she often refers to as a mermaid or a selkie (it's her job, actually).
This is a story of love, loss, hope, return and growing up. Fairy tales are used as a way of illustrating gender roles and how they have changed. This all sounds far too 'dry' though. This story is written in such lyrical, wistful language. It's beautiful. I could carry on reading it for another 200 pages. You're never quite sure what's real and what's fairy tale - and that's O.K.
And for the record, I like that there's no definite ending. I think that works really well with the rest of the novel.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher.