by Jack Zipes, George Walker, Neil Gaiman
I think of her hair as black as coal, her lips as red as blood, her skin, snow-white. As do I. Snow White and the Seven Dwarves is a fairy tale, nay, a beloved fairy tale about a young, beautiful girl with hair as black as ebony, lips as red as blood, and skin as white as snow. It is the story of th...
This is my Halloween spooky read for this year - I was thinking of re-reading Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber, but I had yet to read this one and I wanted something new. And I chose well because the tone of this short story is reminiscent of Carter's writing in The Bloody Chamber: the lyrical ...
I did enjoy this, I truly did. But I would have enjoyed it a lot more if it were a true story, not set out as a script for a play. What was missing to me, was the stunning scenery and imagery that Neil normally paints with his words. Instead we got the intimate confession/story of the Queen. I liked...
A very spooky retelling of Snow White.Parts of the story are sort of violent, so I recommend for adults and very mature teens (16-18 years)