The Rose and the Beast: Fairy Tales Retold

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The Rose and the Beast: Fairy Tales Retold

by Francesca Lia Block (Goodreads Author)

3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 · rating details · 4,108 ratings · 238 reviews

With language that is both lyrical and distinctly her own, Francesca Lia Block turns nine fairy tales inside out.

Escaping the poisoned apple, Snow frees herself from possession to find the truth of love in an unexpected place.

A club girl from L.A., awakening from a long sleep to the memories of her past, finally finds release from its curse.

And Beauty learns that Beasts ca...more

Paperback, 240 pages

Published August 7th 2001 by Joanna Cotler Books/HarperCollinsPublishers (first published September 19th 2000)

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Jun 15, 2010 Greta is Erikasbuddy rated it 5 of 5 stars

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WOW!! I'm speachless. Not many books can do that to me. Normally I can take a really cool book and make fun of it but not this book. This one just blew me away.

The Rose and the Beast is exactly what the title says. The author takes 9 fairy tales and retells them. SHe put her own twist on them.

My three favorites were Charm, Bones, and Ice.

WOW!!

The reason I loved these stories so much is because there was a bit of rock-n- roll in them. They brought up past memories in this thrity-something that I...more

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May 14, 2008 Joana rated it 3 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. As the title might suggest, Francesca Lia Block’s The Rose and the Beast takes some of the most popular of Grimm’s fairy tales and plops them down in modern-day Los Angeles. The tales are reworked to fit a modern day world, but the lessons, both new and old, behind each tale have not been lost in the least.

Now, much like the original Grimm fairy tales, these tales have not been sugar-coated in the least. While the author refrained from outright telling the readers what some of the heroines were...more As the title might suggest, Francesca Lia Block’s The Rose and the Beast takes some of the most popular of Grimm’s fairy tales and plops them down in modern-day Los Angeles. The tales are reworked to fit a modern day world, but the lessons, both new and old, behind each tale have not been lost in the least.

Now, much like the original Grimm fairy tales, these tales have not been sugar-coated in the least. While the author refrained from outright telling the readers what some of the heroines were going through, the vivid pictures Francesca Lia Block paints with her words leaves no doubt in the reader’s mind as to what they are witnessing. Sexual abuse, rape, molestation, murder - these are just a few of the things that plague the protagonists of these fairy tales.

Unsurprisingly, the more popular and well known fairy tales, such as "Snow White", "Beauty and the Beast", "Sleeping Beauty", "Little Red Riding Hood", "Thumbling", and "Cinderella", make their way into this collection. However, a couple of the lesser known tales can be found as well. I must confess to being rather disappointed with just how many of the more popular and well-known fairy tales made it into this book. While they were well written and enjoyable, they’re tales I’ve seen rewritten and redone numerous times. Just about every author who sets out to rewrite a few fairy tales picks one or two of the popular tales and rewrites them. Seeing not one but six of them in a collection of just nine tales was very disheartening to say the least.

Lia Block’s version of Bluebeard, entitled "Bones" in her book, is one of the few lesser-known fairy tales included in the collection, and also one of my favorites from said collection. A young girl stuck in a dead end job waiting, dreaming, and hungering for something better to come along, receives an invitation to a producer’s party one night. She’s alone in the world and unsure of her place in things - a perfect victim because she won’t be missed. The producer, Derek Blue takes an interest in her and invites her to stay after the party. Like the original tale, the heroine is presented with a key, however there is no need for her to wander into the forbidden room as the villain is more than happy to tell her about all of the other girls who have suffered the same fate that awaits her.

Now, what I liked most about this tale was the heroines’ ability to fight back and escape all on her. Rather than fall down in a heap of despair and terror, the story’s heroine acknowledges that there will be no brother’s running to her rescue and instead fights off her would be murderer with a pocket knife and runs for her life. Unlike trite horror movies, this girl has some common sense, so instead of running up the stairs or into the woods she makes a beeline for her car and escapes. Instead of the stereotypical bimbo we’re treated with a young girl who makes mistakes but has the wits about her to get out fast - I loved this.

The author's renditions of Thumbling/Thumbelina ("Tiny") was amusing and interesting to see adapted to a modern day environment, but was an overall unoriginal take on the classic tale. Likewise I found the renditions of Beauty and the Beast ("Beauty") and Snow White ("Snow") to also fall short of the mark. I was impressed with the author’s version of Little Red Riding Hood ("Wolf") however and how she cleverly weaved a tale of child abuse and domestic violence into the classic storyline and adapted it for modern times. The abused runaway daughter as little red riding hood, and the abusive father as the big bad wolf was absolutely perfect.

In short, while the author provides an interesting and unique spin on many of these fairy tales, the appearance of widely known, and thus widely-retold, stories will be a let down for anyone looking for a truly unique retelling of fairy tales. The fact that the bulk of these fairy tales are made up of commonly retold fairy tales also takes away from the enjoyment factor. Click here for the full book review.(less)

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Jul 08, 2011 Grace rated it 5 of 5 stars

Author: Francesca Lia Block
Title: The Rose and the Beast: Fairy tales retold
Description: This book is a selection of nine retellings of fairy tales, all set in contemporary United States.
Review source: nope, this one I wanted and purchased on my own (I know, you didn’t think I did that…)
Plot: The short stories are not connected, other than stylistically and by the fact that they are fairy tales.
Characters: Block’s most memorable characters are her heroines. A book like this one really brings it...more

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Jun 07, 2011 Charlynn rated it 4 of 5 stars

Although not written as free-verse poetry, The Rose and the Beast: Fairy Tales Retold by Francesca Lia Block is also quite lyrical and some grammar rules are blatantly ignored as a way, I assume, to make the reading flow more like conscious thought rather than narration. With nine classic fairy tales revisited and retold in a more modern way and setting, Block takes what are usually considered romances and dirties them up. Stories don't always end happily, the beautiful girl doesn't always get h...more

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Apr 17, 2011 Anastasia added it

Francesca Lia Block takes over the fairy tales of old in short, abstract and effervescent stories with unexpected twists and modern commentary.

Snow - ***
A young snow white grows up amongst brothers and grows finds expected truths about her past and future.

Tiny - **
The life of a small girl who is different than most of us but still feels the same pangs of first love.

Glass - ****
An almost abstract portrait of a girl with a beautiful personality and those who will try to destroy her with their en...more

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Jul 04, 2010 PurplyCookie rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fairy-tale, mythic-fiction

Nine tales are offered including Little Red Riding Hood ("Wolf"), Beauty and the Beast ("Beast"), Thumbelina ("Tiny"), Bluebeard ("Bones"), Sleeping Beauty ("Charm"), Snow White ("Snow"), Snow Queen ("Ice"), and Cinderella ("Glass"). These, for the most part, are not your typical Disney retelling, light and fluffy. They are dark and gritty, not unlike the originals.

In these evocations Bluebeard becomes an aging blue-haired producer, Sleeping Beauty pricks her arm with a heroin needle, Red Riding...more

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Oct 25, 2009 Jay rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: faerie-magic, deliciousness, fantasy, hunger-hurts-but-starving-works, my-lesbianism-let-me-show-you-it, redrum, ya

SNOW

An adaptation of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

I enjoyed the retelling of this. The start was a lot more believable- a desperate mother giving up her child because she realises she's unable to take care of it. I also liked the twist at the end, with Snow staying with her makeshift brothers/fathers.

I didn't quite understand why the mother decided to poison her child, but that's partially because sometimes I find Block's style hard to read and understand.

3/5

TINY

A retelling of Thumberlina.

Th...more

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Aug 01, 2009 Courtney rated it 4 of 5 stars

The Rose and The Beast: Fairy Tales Retold is just that...fairy tales retold.

In this collection are nine short stories that are classic fairy tales with a modern day twist. These tales include Snow (Snow White), Tiny (Thumbelina), Glass (Cinderella), Charm (Sleeping Beauty), Wolf (Little Red Riding Hood), Rose (Snow-White and Rose-Red), Bones (Bluebeard), Beast (Beauty and the Beast) and, finally, Ice (The Snow Queen).

Like all collections for me, there were tales that I truly enjoyed (Wolf, The...more

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Nov 16, 2012 Gloria Villagomez rated it 5 of 5 stars

The title of the book is The Rose and the Beast by Francesca Lia Block. The book was fist published in 2000 and it is a fairy tale. The main character is Snow. When she was a baby gave to a gardener and the gardener gave the baby to seven brothers. Another important character was the gardener. He gave away Snow when she was a baby. The third important character of this book is the 7 brothers and they are the fathers, brothers, mothers, sisters every thing to Snow.The summary of this book is at t...more The title of the book is The Rose and the Beast by Francesca Lia Block. The book was fist published in 2000 and it is a fairy tale. The main character is Snow. When she was a baby gave to a gardener and the gardener gave the baby to seven brothers. Another important character was the gardener. He gave away Snow when she was a baby. The third important character of this book is the 7 brothers and they are the fathers, brothers, mothers, sisters every thing to Snow.The summary of this book is at the beginning of the book a girl has a baby and the girls mother gives the baby to their gardener to take her away. The gardener gives the baby to seven brothers. Years pass and the baby is now a grownup and her name is Snow. Once a woman goes to the forest and finds Snow and gives Snow an apple, but Snow escapes the poisoned apple. After that she wonders whats on the outside. The story of Tiny is about a woman has a baby and the baby is as tall as your finger. When the baby girl is taken home she falls in love with a normal sizes boy. then she goes on an adventure trying to find the boy. The Glass story is like the Cinderella story. The story Charm is like Sleeping Beauty. Its a girl who falls asleep with the prick of a heroin needle. Rose is about a sisters growing up so close together. That then they part each other away. Bones is about a girl in L.A. She awakes from a long sleep to the memories. And gets released from her curse. Beast is like the story Beauty and the Beast. Beauty is about Snow falls in love with her beast boy. Ice is about Snow being a Queen and she knows she is not strong as the other stories but she can be a good Queen. One of the best passages from this occurs in page 4 when "Take her the mother said. I can't keep her. She will devour me". This part of the book was important because why would mother of the girl who had the baby give the baby away if it was not even hers. This book is similar to the book Briar Rose because they are both like princes stories. If you like fairy tale then you'll enjoy this book because it is like princes stories so choose The Rose and the Beast by Francesca Lia Block as your next reading book. (less)

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Nov 16, 2011 Gloria Mundi rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fairy-tales, pretty-words, poetry, beauty-and-the-beast, re-telling, short-stories, coverlust

This is a short story collection of nine fairy tales retold. These were certainly beautiful and gave a totally different perspective to some of the stories while keeping very close to the original with others. They read more like poetry than anything else.

I loved him the way it feels when you get hot wax on the inside of your wrist and while it's burning, just as sudden, it's a cool thick skin. Like it tastes to eat sweet snow, above the daffodil bulbs - not that I've ever found it, but clean sn

...more This is a short story collection of nine fairy tales retold. These were certainly beautiful and gave a totally different perspective to some of the stories while keeping very close to the original with others. They read more like poetry than anything else.

I loved him the way it feels when you get hot wax on the inside of your wrist and while it's burning, just as sudden, it's a cool thick skin. Like it tastes to eat sweet snow, above the daffodil bulbs - not that I've ever found it, but clean snow that melts to nothing on the heat of your tongue so that you aren't even sure if it was ever there. I loved him like spaniel joy at a scent in the grass - riveted, lost.

I'd sit around dreaming that the boys that I saw at shows or at work - the boys with silver earrings and big boots - would tell me that I was beautiful, take me home and feed me Thai food or omelettes and undress me and make love to me all night with the pale trees whispering windsongs about a tortured, gleaming city and the moonlight like flame melting our candle bodies.

She made him want to cry when he walked up the path through the ferns and doves and lilies and saw her covered with earth and dust and ash. Only her eyes shone out. Revealing, not reflecting. Windows. Her feet were bare. He wanted her to tell him the rest of the story. He felt bereft without it, without her. There were only these women with mirror eyes strutting across marble floors, tossing their manes, revealing their breasts, untouchable, only these tantalizing empty glass boxes full of dancing lights he could not hold, only these icy cubicles, parched yards, hard loneliness.

The problem was that with poetry, I have to feel it with my heart rather than my mind and, while I did think these were beautiful, I just didn't love them. I kept feeling like I wasn't really getting these stories and there is a bigger deeper more profound meaning to them that kept eluding me. A quick and interesting read but I doubt I will be coming back to them.(less)

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Dec 04, 2008 Shelbi added it Recommends it for: nobody.

Before checking books out of the library, I sit and read the first few chapters or so to gauge if I'd like the rest of the book. I am so glad I did that with this book. As some of you may have noticed, I am really going through a fairy-tale stage, and this book just didn't cut it.

Firstly, I didn't realize it was a YF book. Not that there is anything wrong with that, but I have come to the realization that the writing is simply a lot worse for teenagers than for adults. Secondly, there is serious...more

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Oct 26, 2010 Susan rated it 2 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Block fans

Shelves: 2010read, youngadult

I've always loved fairy tales, and I've always loved retold fairy tales. In fact, I've written a few myself in the past. There's something about reading version after version of these universal stories that people have heard since they were kids that appeals to me. There's also something about the duality of nature that most of the stories hold: a darkness within the light. I suppose Francesca Lia Block would be the exact kind of writer you would expect to put out a collection like this. Her sto...more I've always loved fairy tales, and I've always loved retold fairy tales. In fact, I've written a few myself in the past. There's something about reading version after version of these universal stories that people have heard since they were kids that appeals to me. There's also something about the duality of nature that most of the stories hold: a darkness within the light. I suppose Francesca Lia Block would be the exact kind of writer you would expect to put out a collection like this. Her stories always seem like a bit of a fairy tale, sometimes even with actual fairies as characters. However, I'm not completely sold on her as a writer as of yet. I've only read a couple of her books, but most people say they are all the same. I find her female characters disturbing in a way. They seem very passive, at time borderline masochistic. Their relationships with boys and men are troubling. Reading the back cover of this collection, most reviewers praise her for her "lush, beautiful words" and language comparable to a "jeweled sword." She certainly is a very pretty writer. I'm not sure I would say beautiful. I think she sometimes tries too hard to describe things in a pretty, magical way. She often writes about very dark subjects, mostly involving young teens, but seems to skirt the issue with her light, airy language. It bothers me.

This was an okay collection. She used a few lesser known tales and avoided some of the bigger ones. I admire that, but at the same time would've loved to see her take on Hansel and Gretel or Rumpelstiltskin. There were a couple stories where I actually wasn't sure which fairy tale she was retelling. Other times, the stories seemed a bit short. I think my favorite was "Wolf" although I also liked "Beast." I think those were the most fully realized. It was easy to tell which tale they came from, but they went their own way about it. As I said before though, something about her characters relationships and the way she writes them makes me uneasy.

Grade: C(less)

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Mar 20, 2011 Joe Donovan rated it 4 of 5 stars

The book is set up as a traditional book of fairy tales. It tells them each with distinct voice as if a person had over looked each of these odd and macabre stories. The symbolism in the stories was entirely too poetic and eluding in your mind. To understand them you had to think much deeper than the words. They commented on the jealousy of society, and how a woman's 'sisters' can be the people who build you but also the people who become jealous and destroy you. In another it showed how someone...more

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Feb 09, 2011 Megan rated it 5 of 5 stars

With language and a writing style that is deliciously unorthodox, Francesca Lia Block weaves a series of retold fairy tales that can easily stand by themselves. Each story possesses an almost dreamlike quality that enchants the reader and tenderly pulls them along, making the pages fly by in the process (this is also partly due to the margins on each page forming the text into little blocks of story). Even though each tale is short and sweet, each one packs a mean punch that resonates with the r...more

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Jul 29, 2011 Pamela(AllHoney) rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: retold-fairy-tales, anthologies

To sum it all up in one word - odd. I wanted to try my hand at some young adult literature and this was probably the wrong one because I would never recommend it to my young daughter to read. It had a very dark and vulgar feel to it. It wasn't terrible but not really to my taste.

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Jan 23, 2008 Eternity Waits rated it 5 of 5 stars

A modern-day retelling of some classic favourites, with a twist. This takes stories like Little Red Riding Hood, and Beauty and the Beast and brings them onto a whole new level.

I highly recommend anyone who's a fan of the classic tales to take a look through these stories.

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Dec 10, 2012 Cleo rated it 2 of 5 stars

As you can (obviously) tell from the title, this is a book of retold fairy tales by Francesca Lia Block. I love fairy tales, especially with new twists or different endings, so this was the perfect book for me-or so I thought. Block is known for writing dark stories, and these fairy tales are as well. Perhaps a bit too dark. They are very different from the original. Block's writing style is very distinct too. In fact, many of the blurbs on the back of the book commented about Block's language....more

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May 09, 2013 Kelly rated it 4 of 5 stars

I've always loved the retold fairy tale genre and Francesca Lia Block does it the best. I read Echo first which pulled me in with its retelling of Greek myth and then this. What a lovely quick read. Definitely should be in the YA canon of literature. Certainly will be on the shelf for my middle school reading students. I think the Bluebeard story, titled "Bones" here, is the one that has haunted and inspired me for many years. She is able to take the everyday experience of young girls in LA and...more

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Jan 11, 2012 Shelby Finger rated it 3 of 5 stars

I have a real thing for "pocket books," and this one is my favorite. For those of you who aren't sure what I mean, I'm talking about small books that could almost fit into your pocket, with chapter stories that take 15 minutes or so to finish.

I stumbled upon Francesca Lia Block almost a decade ago, and she's still one of my guilty pleasures as an adult. Her imagery is beautiful, her characters compelling.

This book takes a mixture of household known fairy tales (like Beauty and the Beast) and s...more

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Jul 23, 2012 Kaitlyn rated it 2 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Wow this was... weird...
It took fairy tales and just... messed with them. Retold them somewhat modern and somewhat just plain strange. It was written in a style between prose and poetry which I found very disconcerting, especially when it randomly would repeat a word three times for emphasis. I'm just... not used to that. Everything felt detached and impartial. Most of the fairy tales were clear, but one (Wolf, I believe it was called) I could not figure out. But some of the others I only recogn...more

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Jun 07, 2009 Victoria rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult, best-books, poetry

Loved loved loved it ten years ago. Reread June '09:

There are authors who abuse the English language because they're just not capable of writing correctly. And then there are those who mangle words and compose run-on sentences because they know their medium well enough to play with it when art requires just a little more.

I didn't like anything else written by Francesca Lia Block half so much as this - but this one I absolutely adore. It's a collection of short retellings of fairy tales that aren...more

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Aug 08, 2012 L rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: ya, fairy-tales, girls-who-kick-ass

Gorgeously unexpected takes on classic fairy tales. From Snow White to Bluebeard, Block surprises with twist endings that turn each fairy tale on its head. What I love love love about this book is how much agency these girls have. They are no longer passively awaiting the end of the narrative, rather they are demanding, moving, striving, deciding, and embracing their endings. In these tales happily ever after isn't just a prince on a white horse riding in to make everything okay. These happily e...more

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Apr 22, 2012 Laura rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012, america, female-author, female-and-queer-issues, l-a, magic, myths-fairytales-retellings, short-stories, youth-fiction, alternative-characters, fae

I think the most poignant and devastating of these stories were the ones that did not end in happily ever after, with girl meets boy and is happy. I found the raw pain and life in these stories amazing. A girl realises the man whose home she spent the night is a serial killer, abused children struggling to deal with the pain of their lives, the real wolf, romantic love several familial bonds, and a girl choosing the love of her fathers over the pain of romance. These are stories about the real w...more

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Mar 18, 2013 Mel rated it 4 of 5 stars

Of all the fairy tale retellings I've been reading lately, these have to be my favorite. Not just because Block rarely mentions menstruation (though, yeah, that's a big part of it) but because even after reading two or three of the stories you could never tell which way she was going to go with it. Sometimes she played to expectation and the story ended in a similar way to the original, but sometimes she would turn it on its head. Snow White goes back to the dwarfs. Beauty preferred the Beast as...more

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Sep 21, 2007 Keely rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: contemporary-fiction, fantasy, short-story, novel, reviewed

I think what would really make this book complete would be two more chapters. Then it would be wide enough to correct the short leg on my dining-room table. As of now, the thing can have no possible purpose.

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Nov 09, 2011 Jolene rated it 3 of 5 stars

The back of this book does not misrepresent itself when it states that, "Francesca Lia Block turns nine fairy tales inside out." These retellings are recommended for those days when you are feeling particularly anti-Disney. In other words, do not pick this book up unless you are willing to have well-known and, possibly, well-loved stories told in a highly original and sometimes unrecognizable manner. Happily ever after is not on the menu, at least not in its traditionally accepted interpretation...more

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Aug 10, 2007 Grace rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorites, books-i-read-as-a-teenager, favorite-teen-reads

This is written by my favorite author. She is one of the best storytellers of my generation. Her work should not be limited to just teen readers-adults should read them as well.

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Nov 18, 2012 Mae rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: gothic, bittersweet, romance, psychological-drama, teen-angst, spin-off

Cannot describe it, but I can express my impressions. I read it at a young age and fell prey to its dark seduction. My favourite story is the retake on the Snow Queen... in this, it's perverted, very - a young girl with a pure and devoted heart trying to save the boy she loves against a cruel, cold, beautiful and powerful woman... actually I read that wrong. The Ice Queen might have been cocaine or some drug, 'cuz the boy is a rocker and well, it makes sense he's become consumed by his addiction...more

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Jan 13, 2012 Kristin rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I normally love Francesca Lia Block books but this one just didnt do anything for me. I had to push myself to read it and was bored from page one. In my opinion this is far from her best work. I saw another reviewer found fault in the short choppy scentences in this book and that also bothered me for some reason. I love Block's unique and somewhat edgy writing style. Shes not afraid to weave unpleasant subject matter into her stories. I love the thick feel of fantasy and lore (at least thats how...more

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May 23, 2010 Emily Ann Meyer rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2010, fairy-tales, paperback-swap

I love fairy tale retellings, and this collection had been recommended.

It was a very quick read - large print, wide spacing, and wide margins - but the retellings are gonna linger with me for a while.

Very dark, overt exploration of the subtext (Beauty's father inappropriately lusted after her; Sleeping Beauty was a heroine addict; Snow White & the dwarfs, well . . .)

The voice was confident, and yet lazy--retelling in broad sentences and languid language much like a half-remembered dream. It...more

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Francesca Lia Block was born in Los Angeles to a poet and a painter, their creativity an obvious influence on her writing. Another influence was her childhood love of Greek mythology and fairy tales.
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