White As Snow (Fairy Tales)
Format: kindle
ASIN: B008MYX8HS
Publish date: December 7th 2001
Publisher: Tor Books
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Series: The Fairy Tale Series
There is something about the tale of Snow White that attracts people. It really is no surprise that it was first feature length cartoon that Disney did. Is it because Snow White and the Stepmother are linked by more than just the non-existent father/king? Is it because Snow White is the queen in ...
There was a lot I liked about this book, and a lot that I didn't, or a lot that I was just indifferent to. Weaving the tale of Hades and Persephone into Snow White always seemed superfluous and odd; there are no natural parallels and the ones Lee makes feels like one tale being forced onto another, ...
This was one of the most miserable books I've ever read. Yes, lots of sex (as I was expecting, since it's marketed as an adult fairy tale), but it was all impersonal and detached. Lots of rape, lots of women being used. However, the women hardly ever reacted, and when they did seem to actively parti...
I read this book for a college course on fairy tales and folklore. I have read some of Lee's other novels, most notably Black Unicorn, Red Unicorn, and the Secret Books of Paradyse, and was excited to read her retelling of the Snow White fairy tale. On the whole, this book was good. Lee attempts to ...
Unpleasant expansion of the Snow White story, with lots of rape and child abuse.
12 years ago
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