Comments for Best Fairy Tales http://bestfairytales.com Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:04:03 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on The Sisters Grimm: Book Seven: The Everafter War by Sacramento Book Review http://bestfairytales.com/the-sisters-grimm-book-seven-the-everafter-war.html/comment-page-1#comment-1107 Sacramento Book Review Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:04:03 +0000 http://bestfairytales.com/the-sisters-grimm-book-seven-the-everafter-war.html#comment-1107 Fairy tales have been appropriated by authors for years, often to great effect. Luckily, just because it's been done many times before doesn't mean it can't be done again and done well. Michael Buckley has nicely appropriated the entire realm of fantasyland to put into his series of novels, //The Sisters Grimm//. <br /> <br />The series borrows characters galore to populate its pages--Puck, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and Robin Hood and his merry men, to name just a very few. Of course, none is still playing out his or her circumscribed role of yore. Snow White has been around for about 700 years ("Everafters," as the characters prefer to be called, live just about forever), and now she's a master of self-defense. Briar Rose owns a coffee shop. In //The Everafter War//, the latest (seventh) in the series, a grown-up Goldilocks still hangs out with the three bears, and she insists on rearranging everything wherever she is. <br /> <br />The sisters of the title are Sabrina and Daphne, and they have been battling strange creatures throughout the series while their parents have been in an enchanted sleep. Now, their parents are waking up, but the family must protect themselves and their town from the Master and his evil gang the Scarlet Hand. By the end, someone gets the upper hand, but the war (and the series) still isn't over. <br /> <br />//The Everafter War// is an entertaining, clever ride for middle readers and their parents. <br /> <br />Reviewed by <br />Cathy Carmode Lim Rating: 4 / 5 Fairy tales have been appropriated by authors for years, often to great effect. Luckily, just because it’s been done many times before doesn’t mean it can’t be done again and done well. Michael Buckley has nicely appropriated the entire realm of fantasyland to put into his series of novels, //The Sisters Grimm//.

The series borrows characters galore to populate its pages–Puck, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and Robin Hood and his merry men, to name just a very few. Of course, none is still playing out his or her circumscribed role of yore. Snow White has been around for about 700 years (”Everafters,” as the characters prefer to be called, live just about forever), and now she’s a master of self-defense. Briar Rose owns a coffee shop. In //The Everafter War//, the latest (seventh) in the series, a grown-up Goldilocks still hangs out with the three bears, and she insists on rearranging everything wherever she is.

The sisters of the title are Sabrina and Daphne, and they have been battling strange creatures throughout the series while their parents have been in an enchanted sleep. Now, their parents are waking up, but the family must protect themselves and their town from the Master and his evil gang the Scarlet Hand. By the end, someone gets the upper hand, but the war (and the series) still isn’t over.

//The Everafter War// is an entertaining, clever ride for middle readers and their parents.

Reviewed by

Cathy Carmode Lim
Rating: 4 / 5

]]> Comment on The Sisters Grimm: Book Seven: The Everafter War by R. Powell http://bestfairytales.com/the-sisters-grimm-book-seven-the-everafter-war.html/comment-page-1#comment-1106 R. Powell Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:06:26 +0000 http://bestfairytales.com/the-sisters-grimm-book-seven-the-everafter-war.html#comment-1106 I am a 4th grade teacher and I absolutely love the Sisters Grimm series. I love how the origional Fairy Tales are used. Rating: 5 / 5 I am a 4th grade teacher and I absolutely love the Sisters Grimm series. I love how the origional Fairy Tales are used.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> Comment on The Sisters Grimm: Book Seven: The Everafter War by Anonymous http://bestfairytales.com/the-sisters-grimm-book-seven-the-everafter-war.html/comment-page-1#comment-1105 Anonymous Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:59:13 +0000 http://bestfairytales.com/the-sisters-grimm-book-seven-the-everafter-war.html#comment-1105 AWESOME. Filled with the perfect blend of butt kicking action, loss, and the true meaning of being a family. Rating: 4 / 5 AWESOME. Filled with the perfect blend of butt kicking action, loss, and the true meaning of being a family.
Rating: 4 / 5

]]> Comment on The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales by Anonymous http://bestfairytales.com/the-oxford-book-of-modern-fairy-tales.html/comment-page-1#comment-1101 Anonymous Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:53:06 +0000 http://bestfairytales.com/the-oxford-book-of-modern-fairy-tales.html#comment-1101 This book is a comprehensive of 19th Century up to today of fairy tales. It is a great buy because of all the stories you get for your money. It has all the fairy tales we have loved throughout the ages. It is great to give to your children. Rating: 5 / 5 This book is a comprehensive of 19th Century up to today of fairy tales. It is a great buy because of all the stories you get for your money. It has all the fairy tales we have loved throughout the ages. It is great to give to your children.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> Comment on The Sisters Grimm: Book Seven: The Everafter War by J. Smith http://bestfairytales.com/the-sisters-grimm-book-seven-the-everafter-war.html/comment-page-1#comment-1104 J. Smith Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:33:42 +0000 http://bestfairytales.com/the-sisters-grimm-book-seven-the-everafter-war.html#comment-1104 I ordered this book to read and get the latest released book from Michael Buckley. My students love his books and this way I could read the latest one while on summer vacation from school. I really enjoy how he has created fairy tale character mysteries and think more people should read the series. Rating: 5 / 5 I ordered this book to read and get the latest released book from Michael Buckley. My students love his books and this way I could read the latest one while on summer vacation from school. I really enjoy how he has created fairy tale character mysteries and think more people should read the series.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> Comment on The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales by Christopher Waldrop http://bestfairytales.com/the-oxford-book-of-modern-fairy-tales.html/comment-page-1#comment-1100 Christopher Waldrop Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:52:40 +0000 http://bestfairytales.com/the-oxford-book-of-modern-fairy-tales.html#comment-1100 Alison Lurie, whose brilliant book "Don't Tell the Grownups" demonstrates both her knowledge of and insight into children's literature, has done a wonderful job of collecting fairy tales from the 19th Century all the way up to the present, including authors such as Dickens, Thurber, and Le Guin. Anyone familiar with Lang's "Prince Prigio" will wish it had been included, but the other tales more than compensate for its absence. Rating: 5 / 5 Alison Lurie, whose brilliant book “Don’t Tell the Grownups” demonstrates both her knowledge of and insight into children’s literature, has done a wonderful job of collecting fairy tales from the 19th Century all the way up to the present, including authors such as Dickens, Thurber, and Le Guin. Anyone familiar with Lang’s “Prince Prigio” will wish it had been included, but the other tales more than compensate for its absence.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> Comment on The Sisters Grimm: Book Seven: The Everafter War by Lynne Shaney http://bestfairytales.com/the-sisters-grimm-book-seven-the-everafter-war.html/comment-page-1#comment-1103 Lynne Shaney Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:45:57 +0000 http://bestfairytales.com/the-sisters-grimm-book-seven-the-everafter-war.html#comment-1103 Volume 7 takes us even deeper into the world of the Sisters Grimm. Beware the spoiler review below with the title "Good Read"! It's written by a kid who did not realize that some people reading the review have not yet read the book. Rating: 5 / 5 Volume 7 takes us even deeper into the world of the Sisters Grimm. Beware the spoiler review below with the title “Good Read”! It’s written by a kid who did not realize that some people reading the review have not yet read the book.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> Comment on The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales by Isthmus Nekoi http://bestfairytales.com/the-oxford-book-of-modern-fairy-tales.html/comment-page-1#comment-1099 Isthmus Nekoi Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:30:35 +0000 http://bestfairytales.com/the-oxford-book-of-modern-fairy-tales.html#comment-1099 There is a wide variety of writing styles in this collection although it should be noted there is an emphasis on British authors until you reach the more contemporary tales. It is also a little outdated, cutting just short of the sudden wave of contemporary fairy tale writers from the 1990s. <br /> <br />Also, this may not be an ideal collection for children for a few reasons: the vocabulary from some tales is likely to be difficult, most children will not grasp/enjoy the more modern narrative structures and some parents may object to the overt sexual content in some of the tales. Rating: 4 / 5 There is a wide variety of writing styles in this collection although it should be noted there is an emphasis on British authors until you reach the more contemporary tales. It is also a little outdated, cutting just short of the sudden wave of contemporary fairy tale writers from the 1990s.

Also, this may not be an ideal collection for children for a few reasons: the vocabulary from some tales is likely to be difficult, most children will not grasp/enjoy the more modern narrative structures and some parents may object to the overt sexual content in some of the tales.
Rating: 4 / 5

]]> Comment on Bedtime Stories: Goldilocks by theprincess2452 http://bestfairytales.com/bedtime-stories-goldilocks.html/comment-page-1#comment-1083 theprincess2452 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:50:42 +0000 http://bestfairytales.com/bedtime-stories-goldilocks.html#comment-1083 lol lol

]]> Comment on Bedtime Stories: Goldilocks by Noraschool9 http://bestfairytales.com/bedtime-stories-goldilocks.html/comment-page-1#comment-1082 Noraschool9 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:01:54 +0000 http://bestfairytales.com/bedtime-stories-goldilocks.html#comment-1082 After 6 months I'm having a hard time saying this to my cousin its not the real story infacted you suck very hard I hope your story goes to hell! PS I'm flagging this as shocking contact next time warn me! After 6 months I’m having a hard time saying this to my cousin its not the real story infacted you suck very hard I hope your story goes to hell!

PS I’m flagging this as shocking contact next time warn me!

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