Amanda's review
Leaping Beauty: And Other Animal Fairy Tales by Gregory Maguire
Amanda's review
rating:
bookshelves: fantasy, funny, good
recommended for: Fairy tale fans/humor lovers
status: Read in October, 2007
rating:
bookshelves: fantasy, funny, good
recommended for: Fairy tale fans/humor lovers
status: Read in October, 2007
This book was hysterical. Though at first I thought it was for children, there are a quite a few adult themes to be found. Gregory Maguire puts his own spin on several famous fairy tales, using modern themes and animals to tell the story. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs becomes So What and the Seven Giraffes, in which So What is an obnoxious chimp who's gorilla stepmother is angry because her magic mirror tells her that the chimp is stronger than she is.
Other parodied fairy tales include Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood, and Rumplestilskin. Okay for older kids, though watch out for subtle adult themes and some modern ones which may go over their head.
Other parodied fairy tales include Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood, and Rumplestilskin. Okay for older kids, though watch out for subtle adult themes and some modern ones which may go over their head.
