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Grimm Fairy Tales #2
Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 2
Librarian's Note: This is an alternate cover edition - ISBN13 9780978687465
A narcissistic queen goes to extreme measures in order to remain the most beautiful woman in the land; a desperate man sells his last cow for magic beans, but his greed destroys what he loves the most. When the residents of a small town call on a mysterious man to rid the town of the vermin terrorizing them, they will find that withholding payment has dire consequences.
Zenescope introduces six classic tales re-imagined with frightening new twists that will leave you wanting more!
Enter a world where morality is constantly tested and the shocking repercussions of one's choices must always be faces... Enter the world of Grimm Fairy Tales.
A narcissistic queen goes to extreme measures in order to remain the most beautiful woman in the land; a desperate man sells his last cow for magic beans, but his greed destroys what he loves the most. When the residents of a small town call on a mysterious man to rid the town of the vermin terrorizing them, they will find that withholding payment has dire consequences.
Zenescope introduces six classic tales re-imagined with frightening new twists that will leave you wanting more!
Enter a world where morality is constantly tested and the shocking repercussions of one's choices must always be faces... Enter the world of Grimm Fairy Tales.
165 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 2007
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July 7, 2015
hmmm okej, neke stvari su malo jasnije. Doduse zagrebali su samo povrsinu price "glavne junakinje" Sele Meters, ko je, sta radi itd. Koncept prica je isti kao u prvoj knjizi. Zelim da saznam The Big story iza svega ovoga. Mora da ga ima. u Medjuvremenu citam dalje iz dva razloga: 1. tera me da nastavim jer ocekujem da saznam tu veliku pozadinsku pricu i 2. jer mi je mozak na ispasi, ne moram preterano da se udubljujem...
July 30, 2017
This volume started as badly as the other one ended. You see, of course in the modern part of the story the girl is blond, Snow White is probably only black haired because the story says so. Also if they claim this to be the original, why didn't they take from the original that the evil queen is her mother and not step mother? Or make her dance to death?
Also, from all they change, they kept that she was only 15? That a girl was a threat to a grown woman?
And in this Snow White the dwarves are kind of demonic, even thinking of eating her while she sleeps, and when she is dead here, they attack the queen with teeth and glass shards and in the present day the stepmother is also attacked by them somehow and yet she is only in the mental institution.... odd. Because that is not even remotely how the tale actually went. Why? No idea because it would have been a better story.
Also why they still call it Grimm Fairy Tales here is either just a gimmick or they really don’t know that Jack and the Beanstock is not a tale by the Brothers Grimm. It is not even from the same country. And yes, I checked it, it is still claimed that this is based on their stories. And considered that the makers had no problem using a pretty unknown tale of theirs in the last volume and that the Grimm collected around 121 tales at least, this can't be due to ignorance.
And just when you thought this book couldn't get any more pretentious, it wants to compare the situation of a starving farmer family with an urban poor family who has it rough but not starving. And the dealer is just greedy and apparently it is just his greed and not the fact that he wants his family out of that crappy city. Quite frankly, the book goes by: You are just not trying hard enough, loser!
And the Goldilocks story… Have you ever come across cases where people say it is like Romeo & Juliette just because there are some allegedly star-crossed lovers involved? This is the same: it has a woman called goldilocks and three bears. But how do you get from that tale to two where the bears are vengeful spirits of a wizard who kill those that kill and rob people? This is probably the biggest stretch so far. Plus, the story was so forgetful, that I cannot remember anything of it anymore.
There is no rhyme or reason as to why these tales were chosen and changed. Why would you choose the Frog King if you want to have a "don't judge someone by his looks" story where the arrogant girl becomes a monster? Considered that they do not stick to the Grimms anyway they could just take Beauty and the Beast or the Prince in the Bearskin.
And later on it got even dumber than the goldilocks story. Not only does Lela (the black haired woman), gives someone who thinks her boyfriend wants to kill her the story of Bluebeard and then complains as to why she didn't finish the story (she killed her boyfriend who had a surprise birthday party for her), because it makes so much sense to have someone who is already paranoid give a story that will only enhance her paranoia. And the "twist" is no saving grace for this dumb plan either as it is plain garbage, Bluebeard still acted aggressively and irrationally, so never mind that it "was an illusion" what his wife saw. He acted exactly how you would think a murderer who cannot control himself act. So, why these authors thought this was a good story is beyond me. Maybe they just wanted drama and gore and that clashed with the moral of the story they wanted to show.
Although this didn’t clash nearly as much as having a wild west town for the pied piper story. That was when I asked myself: how come these places look like that or normally like some porno medieval film but never like medieval or early modern Central Europe?
And boy, these rats are as big as dogs. Plus they and the piper look like demons (he even has big pointy ears in some panels), also the modern day story is about two guys planning a murder and the assassin kidnaps one of the guy's family and tortures them, how is that even like this piper story? Also in this story the piper has the returned kids to have them transform into the rat monsters at night even though he got all of money. Where is the connection? Are the authors trying to be smart or something?
And the last chapter shows us how Sela had a relationship with a guy once, how she is more than 300 years old and some red-head comes along after he boyfriends death (whom she left years ago) and brings Sela to help others, at least that is what my notes tell me as I can barely remember anything of it, but still: why? What has one thing do with the other here?
This book is a waste of time, these reinterpretations are not even creative.
Also, from all they change, they kept that she was only 15? That a girl was a threat to a grown woman?
And in this Snow White the dwarves are kind of demonic, even thinking of eating her while she sleeps, and when she is dead here, they attack the queen with teeth and glass shards and in the present day the stepmother is also attacked by them somehow and yet she is only in the mental institution.... odd. Because that is not even remotely how the tale actually went. Why? No idea because it would have been a better story.
Also why they still call it Grimm Fairy Tales here is either just a gimmick or they really don’t know that Jack and the Beanstock is not a tale by the Brothers Grimm. It is not even from the same country. And yes, I checked it, it is still claimed that this is based on their stories. And considered that the makers had no problem using a pretty unknown tale of theirs in the last volume and that the Grimm collected around 121 tales at least, this can't be due to ignorance.
And just when you thought this book couldn't get any more pretentious, it wants to compare the situation of a starving farmer family with an urban poor family who has it rough but not starving. And the dealer is just greedy and apparently it is just his greed and not the fact that he wants his family out of that crappy city. Quite frankly, the book goes by: You are just not trying hard enough, loser!
And the Goldilocks story… Have you ever come across cases where people say it is like Romeo & Juliette just because there are some allegedly star-crossed lovers involved? This is the same: it has a woman called goldilocks and three bears. But how do you get from that tale to two where the bears are vengeful spirits of a wizard who kill those that kill and rob people? This is probably the biggest stretch so far. Plus, the story was so forgetful, that I cannot remember anything of it anymore.
There is no rhyme or reason as to why these tales were chosen and changed. Why would you choose the Frog King if you want to have a "don't judge someone by his looks" story where the arrogant girl becomes a monster? Considered that they do not stick to the Grimms anyway they could just take Beauty and the Beast or the Prince in the Bearskin.
And later on it got even dumber than the goldilocks story. Not only does Lela (the black haired woman), gives someone who thinks her boyfriend wants to kill her the story of Bluebeard and then complains as to why she didn't finish the story (she killed her boyfriend who had a surprise birthday party for her), because it makes so much sense to have someone who is already paranoid give a story that will only enhance her paranoia. And the "twist" is no saving grace for this dumb plan either as it is plain garbage, Bluebeard still acted aggressively and irrationally, so never mind that it "was an illusion" what his wife saw. He acted exactly how you would think a murderer who cannot control himself act. So, why these authors thought this was a good story is beyond me. Maybe they just wanted drama and gore and that clashed with the moral of the story they wanted to show.
Although this didn’t clash nearly as much as having a wild west town for the pied piper story. That was when I asked myself: how come these places look like that or normally like some porno medieval film but never like medieval or early modern Central Europe?
And boy, these rats are as big as dogs. Plus they and the piper look like demons (he even has big pointy ears in some panels), also the modern day story is about two guys planning a murder and the assassin kidnaps one of the guy's family and tortures them, how is that even like this piper story? Also in this story the piper has the returned kids to have them transform into the rat monsters at night even though he got all of money. Where is the connection? Are the authors trying to be smart or something?
And the last chapter shows us how Sela had a relationship with a guy once, how she is more than 300 years old and some red-head comes along after he boyfriends death (whom she left years ago) and brings Sela to help others, at least that is what my notes tell me as I can barely remember anything of it, but still: why? What has one thing do with the other here?
This book is a waste of time, these reinterpretations are not even creative.
May 14, 2025
Some occasional moments of inspiration strike when these familiar fairy tales get their "twisted" twists, but that only accounts for about 5% of the book. The remaining 95% is primarily concerned with straightforward recounting of those familiar tales and an EC Comics-style morality play framing story to go around each one. Like the first volume, there are still very few attempts to make any kinds of connections between stories, so I'm still not sure when that part will develop.
May 1, 2013
My opinion is that is that this volume is inferior to the first. It was more of the same, yet less satisfying, in more ways than one.
First, the stories themselves. Great pick of classic stories but poor execution. Of them all, only Jack and the Beanstalk and Bluebeard proved on par with the first volume. Snow White and Goldilocks and are very dissimilar tales but they were ended with the same twist, with regards to how the final end came - effects carried over from the fairy tale to the real world. Goldilocks was the worse of the two because aside from the name and the three bears, the link to the fairy tale was weak. The Pied Piper had a very unsatisfactory ending - it doesn't - it just leaves you hanging with regards to their fates.
Given that this is meant to be a "fan service" comic series, I certainly expected them. Unfortunately the artwork was pretty bad throughout; definitely worse than the first volume.
As with the first volume, this one ends with a little more story about Sela Mathers, the woman who appears in each story.
First, the stories themselves. Great pick of classic stories but poor execution. Of them all, only Jack and the Beanstalk and Bluebeard proved on par with the first volume. Snow White and Goldilocks and are very dissimilar tales but they were ended with the same twist, with regards to how the final end came - effects carried over from the fairy tale to the real world. Goldilocks was the worse of the two because aside from the name and the three bears, the link to the fairy tale was weak. The Pied Piper had a very unsatisfactory ending - it doesn't - it just leaves you hanging with regards to their fates.
Given that this is meant to be a "fan service" comic series, I certainly expected them. Unfortunately the artwork was pretty bad throughout; definitely worse than the first volume.
As with the first volume, this one ends with a little more story about Sela Mathers, the woman who appears in each story.
June 1, 2012
I have to say that I really and truly enjoy Zenescope's series Grimm Fairy Tales and and all the various spinoffs (Neverland, Piper, etc). Unless something major happens I will continue to follow this series. My one and only gripe with it is the unnecessary and gratuitous sexuality and objectification of women within the pages. It truly has no place within the story. Now I am by no means a prude but they don't even try to give it purpose. They are no better than the creators over at the bigger publishers (Marvel, DC). This is why this series will never reach the greatness that is Bill Willingham's Fables. Nothing is done without purpose. And he knows that his story is so good that he doesn't need clichéd tropes like massive mammaries and barely there clothing.
February 25, 2020
Volume 2 of Grimm Fairy Tales is more of the same formula, where in we have few stories mixing modern world with the fairy tale and then a last chapter running a different story. for first chapter drawing was really bad in this volume. There were again 5 fairy tales.
I have always loved comics, and I hope that I will always love them. Even though I grew up reading local Indian comics like Raj Comics or Diamond Comics or even Manoj Comics, now's the time to catch up on the international and classic comics and Graphic novels. I am on my quest to read as many comics as I can. I Love comics to bit, may comics never leave my side. I loved reading this and love reading more, you should also read what you love and then just Keep on Reading.
I have always loved comics, and I hope that I will always love them. Even though I grew up reading local Indian comics like Raj Comics or Diamond Comics or even Manoj Comics, now's the time to catch up on the international and classic comics and Graphic novels. I am on my quest to read as many comics as I can. I Love comics to bit, may comics never leave my side. I loved reading this and love reading more, you should also read what you love and then just Keep on Reading.
August 24, 2012
This volume links traditional Grimms' fairy tales with modern-day counterparts. At the end of the collection the narrative shifts focus to the ageless woman in charge of trying to warm modern humanity from their various follies. The artwork borders on the tawdry side of cheesecake, but the stories are interesting enough in their own right to make up for it.
February 7, 2014
I totally love it...when you walk into a coffee shop...and look at what people are reading...and see some reading this book...I have always loved fairy tales...and yes...even if the women drawn have big breasts...the stories and illustrations are amazing!!! I am going to read each volume!!!
March 4, 2018
Grimm Fairy Tales Vol 2
Issue 7 (Snow White)
PLOT: A young lady is suffering from an illness that the doctor doesn't seem to be able to detect. Her stepmother seems to be taking good care of her. Or is she? Turns out not so much as we see her dump something from a poisonous bottle into her lunch. Sela shows up at the door with her ever-present book of fairy tales and suggests the story of Snow White. Only this tale doesn't end with true love's kiss and a happily ever after. Rather a meal for three with the Evil Queen being the main course (for the dwarfs). The stepmother (back in real life) closes the book but then gets her own evil fairytale ending when gazing upon her own end downstairs much in the same way as the Evil Queen's. Well, maybe not quite as deadly. The story ends happily for the young lady. The step-mother is left in an institution.
MY THOUGHTS: When I read this I wondered what the stepmother's motivation was. It's clear the Evil Queen's is vanity. We get a hint that the lady back in her hey-day was on the squad and thus popular. But is she so jealous of her step-daughter because she can't get that time back in her life? Or it because she's jealous because the father's love for the daughter more so than it seems her? We don't see the father. Or is it that the father left her with the daughter (died?) and she's resentful. I just wish we knew more so the reason. Also, the end reminded me of OUAT where we find the stepmother locked up in the mental institution similar to what the Evil Queen in Once did to Belle and the Wicked Witch.
RATING: 7 Never trust stepmother's who once considered themselves on your status level. They may have a hidden ax to grind. And those dwarfs. Would you really have shacked up with them for however long they offered? I think I'd take my chances in the woods. One of them looked especially nightmarish.
ISSUE 8 (JACK AND THE BEANSTALK)
PLOT: A poverty-stricken Jim, with little skills (or education) is struggling to provide for his wife and daughter. He's trying to make enough money to get them a house, despite his wife's protest to quit and they can take their money and live in an apartment. He heads out, not soon after being confronted by someone who thinks he's moving in on his territory because he's been doing so well in sales. After he assures the man this isn't the case, he heads to his destination only to find not the person he was expecting, but Sela who tells him the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. It goes pretty much the same as we expect. Jack sells his cow to a peddler for a magic bean. He plants the bean and it grows into a sky-high stalk. Upon the stalk, he finds the castle of a giant that's full of treasures. He gets enough to take care of his family but gets greed keeps him going back until he's caught by the Giant (after the Harp starts to yell). The Giant comes down but not only does he kill the Giant he in turn, kills his family when the Giant falls on them. In real time Jim learns from the story, wises up, and decides to take the second chance he's given.
MY THOUGHTS: This was a good lesson that showed to quit while your ahead and the dangers of getting in over your head. Which is what Jim would have done and possibly endangered his family's life if he'd continued down that path. But I feel sorry for Jim because I know how hard it is in this world WITH an education and skills to get a good job. I can't imagine what it's like to have to provide for a family without having anything to fall back on. So I do understand the temptation to make your money the best way you know how. IT IS NOT EASY! And that's the GRIMM truth!
RATING 8.
ISSUE 9 (GOLDILOCKS)
PLOT: In what looks like a student lounge, a girl meets up with her lover and they discuss the elimination of her abusive (spouse? Old man? Boyfriend? Significant other?). Sela sits nearby listening. The lover gets up to carry out the plan which will ensure them a happily ever after. The girl discovers the book on the table, calls out to Sela, and she walks away. (Side note) As many times as she's left this book somewhere to be found do they always bring it back to her? If not wouldn't that be a pain to have to go back and get it all the time)? The story is conveniently open to Goldilocks and the three bears. This version starts a little like Cinderella. Goldie is a beautiful girl that spends her days cleaning. If it were up to old man (sugar daddy) it wouldn't be that way. But alas Goldie is taken. And what a great guy he is. He wants her to take up the sugar daddy's proposal so they can rob him blind and get the hell out of town. Goldy is reluctant because there's talk he might be a wizard, but agrees. The Sugar Daddy is delighted and welcomes her into his home. He's even honest with her about what he is and in time he'll tell her his story. Only time is not on his side. Her guy goes through with the robbery and is successful. That is up until being mauled by the Wizard's enchanted bear statues. Back in real time, the lady rushes out to stop the attempted murder. Only she's too late. Not only is her man killed by her side piece, she sees blood, goes to investigate, and then she falls to the ground in grief. Only to be mauled herself. For the first time Sela's "student" didn't get the message in time.
MY THOUGHTS: This one strayed SO FAR from the original one I've heard. First of all, maybe not the best idea to plan for your side piece to kill your significant other and then LEAVE the same day. VERY SLOPPY! Like you won't be on the police's radar for something like that. Then COME ON a bear really? Just out of no freaking where. I know they were trying to tie the two stories together but as far-fetched, as some of these endings are, I could have thought of a better ending. How about Officer Bearington walks up and arrest her on the spot because there are two bodies found and she's on the scene. Slightly better ending. Still keeping with the point.
RATING: 5 The bear at the end messed this one up.
ISSUE 10 (THE FROG PRINCE)
PLOT: In a biology class a guy Neville (yes I know) with a skin condition is being played by a hot girl (Lizette). He's good enough to do her biology assignment yet not quite good enough for her to keep her promise to go out with. Very much like in Issue 5 (Sleeping Beauty). They're dissecting a frog and it's not clear whether she runs off because the knife slips and a little frog gut gets on her, or she's grossed out when his scarf slips and she see's his scabby neck (which is a very good touch in keeping with the story). Sela catches up to her in the hallway and gives her the book with the story of the Frog Prince. There's a beautiful princess named Calliope whose jewel falls from her crown. A Frog rescues it with the condition that she take him home to be her companion. She flicks him out the way, but later he shows up. Ending in his later demise of being flung out the window to his death. Now for the twist. A man picks him up heartbroken and drops him back down the well. We see him transform into this beautiful sight of a man. Later showing up at the Prince's palace to take her away. He spits some game to her about her being as beautiful on the outside as on the inside and offers her a drink of water (from the well). Which turns her outsides as ugly as her insides. Back in the hallway, Sela tries to warn Liz, but Liz isn't hearing any of it. She goes to drink the water and just like in the story she starts a transformation. Sela gives a guilt-ridden Neville the lesson that there's nothing wrong with him. Instead, there's only something wrong with people that think there's something wrong with him.
MY THOUGHTS: I think so far Sela's advice here is my favorite in the collection. And I really do think it's a shame that people who are ugly on the inside can't clearly have ugly outside appearances to match. But unfortunately, it doesn't happen like this is the real world. Some of the best looking people you will ever meet have the most decayed insides imaginable. Good people suffer every day for loving (and just wanting to be around) people like that. Reading about people like this that get what they dish out is so satisfying! Even if it is just a fairy tale. And what's slightly disturbing is girls probably would today where a G-string like that to class.
RATING: 8
ISSUE 11 BLUE BEARD
PLOT: Mr. Pinkerton (a hired PI) shows Debbie pictures of her husband and another lady so of course, he has to be having an affair. Debbie gets further paranoid and thinks he's out to kill her when he slips out to the garage one night. I think Debbie's been watching too many Lifetime movies. Sela find's Debbie distraught and gives her the story of Blue Beard. Blue Beard is about a wealthy man who moves back into a castle that's been abandoned. After he's restored it he decides to take a bride. But he has to find out if she's trustworthy so he tells her he's going on an overnight journey and gives her the keys. He tells her she can go anywhere in the castle she wants just not in one room. So of course after a while, her curiosity gets the better of her and she goes in the room only to find a room full of dead women strung up. Blue Beard finds out and leads her to the room and is about to throw her in (seemingly) but she gets the upper hand and stabs him in the stomach with a knife. Debbie is so upset she stops reading. Her husband comes home and says he has a surprise for her. Her mind has become so warped that by the time they get there, she thinks he's taken her there to kill her and then she stabs him. Just as the lights flick on and everyone yells surprise. Turns out the lady was a party planner. Sela wonders why she didn't finish the book.
MY THOUGHTS: Sela's not coming out so good in this book. Her batting average is so far 2 wins and 3 loses. Let's hope she comes out better in the next story. I'm starting to get the sense of why some of the fairy tales depict her as evil and this turn might occur. If people don't heed her lessons. This one was good. I'm single but I'd hope that if it was an alternate universe and I'd actually been blessed with someone that after all I've been through I wouldn't let paranoia (not do something as drastic as stab them with a knife) let me become that woman that's always worried about them cheating enough that I have to hire a private eye to track there every movement. This story actually does show that some men can be trusted. Which is a good thing to do in a comic that's based on gore and horror. It even tried to put Blue Beard in a good light.
RATING 10
(ISSUE 12) THE PIED PIPER
PLOT: Two brother's (Chad and Neal) are in a heated dispute. Neal has embezzled money from the company and someone in the company has threatened to rat him out if they don't pay him. I'm not sure how big a part Neal played in this but he's reluctant to go along with Chad's plan which is bumping off the person so they can't testify. Later they go to a bar and Sela finds them and gives them the story of The Pied Piper. Neal tells Sela to kick rocks but Chad heeds her and reads the story. The people of Hamilton have been getting attacked nightly by monstrous, gigantic, rats. So they call a meeting and someone says there's someone who can rid them of the problem but he's costly. They call on him and he agrees to take care of the problem if they meet his price. So they agree. He rids the town of the problem but they shortchange him on his fee. The next night he kidnaps all the kids. So they have no choice but to pay them but he gets his revenge by having turned the kid's into rats every night as a reminder. Back in real time, Chad gets a phone call from "the snitch". Seems he's given him a little present. (Neal's ear) and a promise that if he doesn't get his money there's more to come. Chad also finds his son's football jersey.
MY THOUGHTS: Sela isn't shown at the end of this one. I'm not really sure if this counts as a win for her or not. Chad did try to do the right thing and call off the hit and I guess if he pays the snitch it will all be well. But the end didn't really feel like you could count it as a victory.
RATING: 4
Issue 7 (Snow White)
PLOT: A young lady is suffering from an illness that the doctor doesn't seem to be able to detect. Her stepmother seems to be taking good care of her. Or is she? Turns out not so much as we see her dump something from a poisonous bottle into her lunch. Sela shows up at the door with her ever-present book of fairy tales and suggests the story of Snow White. Only this tale doesn't end with true love's kiss and a happily ever after. Rather a meal for three with the Evil Queen being the main course (for the dwarfs). The stepmother (back in real life) closes the book but then gets her own evil fairytale ending when gazing upon her own end downstairs much in the same way as the Evil Queen's. Well, maybe not quite as deadly. The story ends happily for the young lady. The step-mother is left in an institution.
MY THOUGHTS: When I read this I wondered what the stepmother's motivation was. It's clear the Evil Queen's is vanity. We get a hint that the lady back in her hey-day was on the squad and thus popular. But is she so jealous of her step-daughter because she can't get that time back in her life? Or it because she's jealous because the father's love for the daughter more so than it seems her? We don't see the father. Or is it that the father left her with the daughter (died?) and she's resentful. I just wish we knew more so the reason. Also, the end reminded me of OUAT where we find the stepmother locked up in the mental institution similar to what the Evil Queen in Once did to Belle and the Wicked Witch.
RATING: 7 Never trust stepmother's who once considered themselves on your status level. They may have a hidden ax to grind. And those dwarfs. Would you really have shacked up with them for however long they offered? I think I'd take my chances in the woods. One of them looked especially nightmarish.
ISSUE 8 (JACK AND THE BEANSTALK)
PLOT: A poverty-stricken Jim, with little skills (or education) is struggling to provide for his wife and daughter. He's trying to make enough money to get them a house, despite his wife's protest to quit and they can take their money and live in an apartment. He heads out, not soon after being confronted by someone who thinks he's moving in on his territory because he's been doing so well in sales. After he assures the man this isn't the case, he heads to his destination only to find not the person he was expecting, but Sela who tells him the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. It goes pretty much the same as we expect. Jack sells his cow to a peddler for a magic bean. He plants the bean and it grows into a sky-high stalk. Upon the stalk, he finds the castle of a giant that's full of treasures. He gets enough to take care of his family but gets greed keeps him going back until he's caught by the Giant (after the Harp starts to yell). The Giant comes down but not only does he kill the Giant he in turn, kills his family when the Giant falls on them. In real time Jim learns from the story, wises up, and decides to take the second chance he's given.
MY THOUGHTS: This was a good lesson that showed to quit while your ahead and the dangers of getting in over your head. Which is what Jim would have done and possibly endangered his family's life if he'd continued down that path. But I feel sorry for Jim because I know how hard it is in this world WITH an education and skills to get a good job. I can't imagine what it's like to have to provide for a family without having anything to fall back on. So I do understand the temptation to make your money the best way you know how. IT IS NOT EASY! And that's the GRIMM truth!
RATING 8.
ISSUE 9 (GOLDILOCKS)
PLOT: In what looks like a student lounge, a girl meets up with her lover and they discuss the elimination of her abusive (spouse? Old man? Boyfriend? Significant other?). Sela sits nearby listening. The lover gets up to carry out the plan which will ensure them a happily ever after. The girl discovers the book on the table, calls out to Sela, and she walks away. (Side note) As many times as she's left this book somewhere to be found do they always bring it back to her? If not wouldn't that be a pain to have to go back and get it all the time)? The story is conveniently open to Goldilocks and the three bears. This version starts a little like Cinderella. Goldie is a beautiful girl that spends her days cleaning. If it were up to old man (sugar daddy) it wouldn't be that way. But alas Goldie is taken. And what a great guy he is. He wants her to take up the sugar daddy's proposal so they can rob him blind and get the hell out of town. Goldy is reluctant because there's talk he might be a wizard, but agrees. The Sugar Daddy is delighted and welcomes her into his home. He's even honest with her about what he is and in time he'll tell her his story. Only time is not on his side. Her guy goes through with the robbery and is successful. That is up until being mauled by the Wizard's enchanted bear statues. Back in real time, the lady rushes out to stop the attempted murder. Only she's too late. Not only is her man killed by her side piece, she sees blood, goes to investigate, and then she falls to the ground in grief. Only to be mauled herself. For the first time Sela's "student" didn't get the message in time.
MY THOUGHTS: This one strayed SO FAR from the original one I've heard. First of all, maybe not the best idea to plan for your side piece to kill your significant other and then LEAVE the same day. VERY SLOPPY! Like you won't be on the police's radar for something like that. Then COME ON a bear really? Just out of no freaking where. I know they were trying to tie the two stories together but as far-fetched, as some of these endings are, I could have thought of a better ending. How about Officer Bearington walks up and arrest her on the spot because there are two bodies found and she's on the scene. Slightly better ending. Still keeping with the point.
RATING: 5 The bear at the end messed this one up.
ISSUE 10 (THE FROG PRINCE)
PLOT: In a biology class a guy Neville (yes I know) with a skin condition is being played by a hot girl (Lizette). He's good enough to do her biology assignment yet not quite good enough for her to keep her promise to go out with. Very much like in Issue 5 (Sleeping Beauty). They're dissecting a frog and it's not clear whether she runs off because the knife slips and a little frog gut gets on her, or she's grossed out when his scarf slips and she see's his scabby neck (which is a very good touch in keeping with the story). Sela catches up to her in the hallway and gives her the book with the story of the Frog Prince. There's a beautiful princess named Calliope whose jewel falls from her crown. A Frog rescues it with the condition that she take him home to be her companion. She flicks him out the way, but later he shows up. Ending in his later demise of being flung out the window to his death. Now for the twist. A man picks him up heartbroken and drops him back down the well. We see him transform into this beautiful sight of a man. Later showing up at the Prince's palace to take her away. He spits some game to her about her being as beautiful on the outside as on the inside and offers her a drink of water (from the well). Which turns her outsides as ugly as her insides. Back in the hallway, Sela tries to warn Liz, but Liz isn't hearing any of it. She goes to drink the water and just like in the story she starts a transformation. Sela gives a guilt-ridden Neville the lesson that there's nothing wrong with him. Instead, there's only something wrong with people that think there's something wrong with him.
MY THOUGHTS: I think so far Sela's advice here is my favorite in the collection. And I really do think it's a shame that people who are ugly on the inside can't clearly have ugly outside appearances to match. But unfortunately, it doesn't happen like this is the real world. Some of the best looking people you will ever meet have the most decayed insides imaginable. Good people suffer every day for loving (and just wanting to be around) people like that. Reading about people like this that get what they dish out is so satisfying! Even if it is just a fairy tale. And what's slightly disturbing is girls probably would today where a G-string like that to class.
RATING: 8
ISSUE 11 BLUE BEARD
PLOT: Mr. Pinkerton (a hired PI) shows Debbie pictures of her husband and another lady so of course, he has to be having an affair. Debbie gets further paranoid and thinks he's out to kill her when he slips out to the garage one night. I think Debbie's been watching too many Lifetime movies. Sela find's Debbie distraught and gives her the story of Blue Beard. Blue Beard is about a wealthy man who moves back into a castle that's been abandoned. After he's restored it he decides to take a bride. But he has to find out if she's trustworthy so he tells her he's going on an overnight journey and gives her the keys. He tells her she can go anywhere in the castle she wants just not in one room. So of course after a while, her curiosity gets the better of her and she goes in the room only to find a room full of dead women strung up. Blue Beard finds out and leads her to the room and is about to throw her in (seemingly) but she gets the upper hand and stabs him in the stomach with a knife. Debbie is so upset she stops reading. Her husband comes home and says he has a surprise for her. Her mind has become so warped that by the time they get there, she thinks he's taken her there to kill her and then she stabs him. Just as the lights flick on and everyone yells surprise. Turns out the lady was a party planner. Sela wonders why she didn't finish the book.
MY THOUGHTS: Sela's not coming out so good in this book. Her batting average is so far 2 wins and 3 loses. Let's hope she comes out better in the next story. I'm starting to get the sense of why some of the fairy tales depict her as evil and this turn might occur. If people don't heed her lessons. This one was good. I'm single but I'd hope that if it was an alternate universe and I'd actually been blessed with someone that after all I've been through I wouldn't let paranoia (not do something as drastic as stab them with a knife) let me become that woman that's always worried about them cheating enough that I have to hire a private eye to track there every movement. This story actually does show that some men can be trusted. Which is a good thing to do in a comic that's based on gore and horror. It even tried to put Blue Beard in a good light.
RATING 10
(ISSUE 12) THE PIED PIPER
PLOT: Two brother's (Chad and Neal) are in a heated dispute. Neal has embezzled money from the company and someone in the company has threatened to rat him out if they don't pay him. I'm not sure how big a part Neal played in this but he's reluctant to go along with Chad's plan which is bumping off the person so they can't testify. Later they go to a bar and Sela finds them and gives them the story of The Pied Piper. Neal tells Sela to kick rocks but Chad heeds her and reads the story. The people of Hamilton have been getting attacked nightly by monstrous, gigantic, rats. So they call a meeting and someone says there's someone who can rid them of the problem but he's costly. They call on him and he agrees to take care of the problem if they meet his price. So they agree. He rids the town of the problem but they shortchange him on his fee. The next night he kidnaps all the kids. So they have no choice but to pay them but he gets his revenge by having turned the kid's into rats every night as a reminder. Back in real time, Chad gets a phone call from "the snitch". Seems he's given him a little present. (Neal's ear) and a promise that if he doesn't get his money there's more to come. Chad also finds his son's football jersey.
MY THOUGHTS: Sela isn't shown at the end of this one. I'm not really sure if this counts as a win for her or not. Chad did try to do the right thing and call off the hit and I guess if he pays the snitch it will all be well. But the end didn't really feel like you could count it as a victory.
RATING: 4
October 11, 2015
Ah.. I still don't like the artwork, but the stories are fun to read. Off to the next one!
July 8, 2022
Another set of stories where Sela is trying to help those that are in need by giving them stories to read that are close to what they're experiencing in life. And we also get a glimpse into Sela's life and what she has to go through being able to live for so long and never age. You can tell the frustration and sadness she feels when you see how someone doesn't learn from the stories they read. And you can feel the loneliness she feels when she finally finds love...
This was a very great read and I remember how I felt when I read through this the first time. I also remember how angry I was when I saw someone tried to open my package with a knife and cut into the cover of my book. 😠 But at least they didn't damage any of the pages and only the cover, so that was a lucky break. But yes, the writing for each story is strong once again, and I find myself having a hard time putting this down when I'm reading each one. And once again, I'm giving this one a 4.5 / 5 since I didn't care for the art in the book again. This time each story had its own artist and art style, but I still didn't really care for it. But that's just me - you could feel completely differently about the art style and love it. But I'm more here for the story than I am for the art at this point. I just love seeing where things started and how they progress from the point, especially when we have a certain character make an appearance in the final story of this volume.
I'm glad to be reading through these once again and I'm just as excited to read more, jut like I was when I first discovered the series all those year ago in Borders Books.
This was a very great read and I remember how I felt when I read through this the first time. I also remember how angry I was when I saw someone tried to open my package with a knife and cut into the cover of my book. 😠 But at least they didn't damage any of the pages and only the cover, so that was a lucky break. But yes, the writing for each story is strong once again, and I find myself having a hard time putting this down when I'm reading each one. And once again, I'm giving this one a 4.5 / 5 since I didn't care for the art in the book again. This time each story had its own artist and art style, but I still didn't really care for it. But that's just me - you could feel completely differently about the art style and love it. But I'm more here for the story than I am for the art at this point. I just love seeing where things started and how they progress from the point, especially when we have a certain character make an appearance in the final story of this volume.
I'm glad to be reading through these once again and I'm just as excited to read more, jut like I was when I first discovered the series all those year ago in Borders Books.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 5, 2021
7- snow white-IRL: a stepmom is poisioning her daughter into thinking she is super sick, she gets a book from sela and read it, goes into the basement hears things, attacked through a mirror, is seen in an asylum freaking out over dwarves FT: stepmom sends a hunter to kill snowhite but he doesn't so the stepmom poisons her with an apple, the dwarves eat the stepmom alive for revenge.
8- jack and beanstalk-IRL: a man deals drugs to help his wife and kid but sela intervenes, in the end, he decides to give it up for his family FT: Jack steals from the giant one too many times and the giant falls from the sky onto his house and kills his family.
9- goldilocks-IRL: a woman married to an old man has a young side piece and they are going to rob and kill the old woman beater husband. in the end, though the guy is killed as well as the side piece. FT: same as IRL except there are bear statues that come to life when they are stealing from the old man and the side piece dies in it too.
10- frog king-IRL: a girl is paired up with a boy in science who has an ugly birthmark on his neck she runs aways and ignores the story sela has her read, she drinks from a water fountain and gets warts and scales all over her body. FT: vain princess makes a deal with a frog for a gemstone back and goes back on her words and is a horrible person, he transforms into a handsome man and she lies still drinks from his water well and turns into a frog.
11- bluebeard-IRL: a woman thinks her husband is cheating and going to kill her, she reads a story from seal but doesn't finish, her husband takes her out in the woods for a surprise party but she ends up killing him thinking he is going to murder her FT: a woman marries bluebeard says while she is gone she can go into any room except for one. after a few days she goes in and finds what she thinks are mutilated women, she kills him upon his return and finds out they were all fake just to see if he could trust her.
12- the pied piper-IRL: two brothers embezzle money and hire a guy to kill another guy. they do not pay enough money though. sela shows up and the "good" brother wants to turn himself in but it is too late. FT: a town recruits the pied piper to get rid of their rat problem but they do not pay the piper what they promised so the piper turns their kids into rats.
8- jack and beanstalk-IRL: a man deals drugs to help his wife and kid but sela intervenes, in the end, he decides to give it up for his family FT: Jack steals from the giant one too many times and the giant falls from the sky onto his house and kills his family.
9- goldilocks-IRL: a woman married to an old man has a young side piece and they are going to rob and kill the old woman beater husband. in the end, though the guy is killed as well as the side piece. FT: same as IRL except there are bear statues that come to life when they are stealing from the old man and the side piece dies in it too.
10- frog king-IRL: a girl is paired up with a boy in science who has an ugly birthmark on his neck she runs aways and ignores the story sela has her read, she drinks from a water fountain and gets warts and scales all over her body. FT: vain princess makes a deal with a frog for a gemstone back and goes back on her words and is a horrible person, he transforms into a handsome man and she lies still drinks from his water well and turns into a frog.
11- bluebeard-IRL: a woman thinks her husband is cheating and going to kill her, she reads a story from seal but doesn't finish, her husband takes her out in the woods for a surprise party but she ends up killing him thinking he is going to murder her FT: a woman marries bluebeard says while she is gone she can go into any room except for one. after a few days she goes in and finds what she thinks are mutilated women, she kills him upon his return and finds out they were all fake just to see if he could trust her.
12- the pied piper-IRL: two brothers embezzle money and hire a guy to kill another guy. they do not pay enough money though. sela shows up and the "good" brother wants to turn himself in but it is too late. FT: a town recruits the pied piper to get rid of their rat problem but they do not pay the piper what they promised so the piper turns their kids into rats.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 6, 2020
The second volume of Grimm Fairy Tales shows what happens to those who don't learn their lessons from Sela's book. Some refuse to learn, some learn too late, some learn but still aren't able to change things.
While Sela was a vaguely ominous character in the first trade, here she is more clearly a teacher trying to help people on the right path.
The art is hit or miss. It's never so bad as to detract from the story, but I wouldn't recommend it based on the artwork either.
Bluebeard is my favorite of the reimagined fairy tales in the second volume.
The mix of one-off characters with Sela being a connecting thread continues to be enjoyable.
While Sela was a vaguely ominous character in the first trade, here she is more clearly a teacher trying to help people on the right path.
The art is hit or miss. It's never so bad as to detract from the story, but I wouldn't recommend it based on the artwork either.
Bluebeard is my favorite of the reimagined fairy tales in the second volume.
The mix of one-off characters with Sela being a connecting thread continues to be enjoyable.
June 7, 2022
This volume had retellings for Snow White, Jack and the Beanstalk, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The Frog King, Bluebeard, The Pied Piper, and Timepiece. The last I'm not sure if it's a fairy tale or more of the little background to this particular series. I do like that it takes normal lives in a normal world and then has them read the retelling to learn a moral lesson. Because that's what these were and are: moral lessons. Some of the artwork in this volume wasn't on par with what I got used to in the first volume but they area ll different authors so that might be why. Still, the stories do well enough themselves that the artwork isn't too much of a bother.
February 22, 2017
Sela Mathers continues her quest to aid folks with the use of an enchanted copy of Grimm's Fairy Tales. This volume has twisted versions of Snow White, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and the Pied Piper among its pages. Plenty of interesting artwork keeps the reader entertained in the tales. The story of Sela Mather is also slowly unfolding.
November 24, 2023
more of the same - sexy!halloween costumes showcase for covers, needlessly cruel bonus twists for drama with complete mismatch of the fairy tale to the framing modern-day story. Art just as ugly as before
you need some good fairy stories deconstructions with new updates? read FABLES instead
you need some good fairy stories deconstructions with new updates? read FABLES instead
January 14, 2018
Dark re imagined versions of fairy tales with a twist.
Characters: 3.5/5
Setting|World Building: 3.5/5
Plot: 3.5/5
Enjoyment: 3.5/5
Artwork: 3.5/5
Average: 3.5
Contine with the Series: Yes
Characters: 3.5/5
Setting|World Building: 3.5/5
Plot: 3.5/5
Enjoyment: 3.5/5
Artwork: 3.5/5
Average: 3.5
Contine with the Series: Yes
December 31, 2018
What was that twitter thread about male authors not writing women well? Well, this artist can't draw women as people, just bosoms. Her knockers boobed breastidly down the stairs. Gawd, these need better artwork. The stories are fun and definitely grim.
January 3, 2019
I love fairy tales, so I wanted love this reworked collection. The main character Sela tries to help people with the use of fairy tales. The stories are twisted versions of fairy tales but the graphics were so over the top T and A that it was a distraction.
January 6, 2018
Snehulienka a sedem zabijákov, Jack a fazule, o troch strážnych medveďoch, Žabodlačí princ, Modrofúz, Krysař. Morálne poučenia a druhé šance, ktoré zase niektorí nevyužili.
January 15, 2019
Getting a tad repetitive and not all are adapted that well or work that well with their new story, Fan service of course. Not bad, but not really good either.
August 20, 2021
Amazing !
Amazing it’s such a quick read yet so interesting I am addicted to this books I’ve been reading a couple a day
Amazing it’s such a quick read yet so interesting I am addicted to this books I’ve been reading a couple a day
July 7, 2024
I overall enjoyed reading another adaptation of these stories and getting to know a few I've never read. It does tend to get repetitive but i will pick up another edition if it's on sale or something
December 29, 2024
3/5
Quality of writing: 3
Plot development: 3
Pace: 3
Characters: 2
Enjoyability: 3
Ease of reading: 5
Quality of writing: 3
Plot development: 3
Pace: 3
Characters: 2
Enjoyability: 3
Ease of reading: 5
December 8, 2025
I've been enjoying reading these Fairytales but the only thing is I wish there was more to each story but all in all they were good.
February 23, 2016
Again, these are fairy tales surrounding a modern-day situation which is related to that fairy tale.
The first story is Snow White. A woman is poisoning another woman from the cheerleader squad. The woman with the fairy tale book shows up. In this version of the tale Snow White is left to die in the cold and the seven dwarves find her. Later her step-mother gives her the poisoned apple, as the common story goes, but what the dwarves do after that is not common at all.
The second story is Jack and the Beanstalk. The present-day story is a married couple with a child. The guy has no job and is pushing drugs. His wife doesn't want him to. Then it's to the fairy tale, where Jack gets greedy and keeps on stealing things from the giant.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears is the third story. A woman has an abusive husband. She also has a boyfriend on the side, and then plan to murder the husband.
The Frog King is next. The present-day part of the story revolves around a frog dissection in a classroom. One girl runs out, unable to do it. Again, there's a girl who get a guy that likes her to do her work. Then we go to the fairy tale, which ends quite differently from what we are used to, and then back to the present day where the girl had not learned the lesson from the tale and pays for it.
Next is Bluebeard. A woman is suspicious of her husband and hires a private detective, who gets incriminating pictures of him and another woman. She also thinks he's planning to kill her. Then comes the fairy tale part. Neither turns out well.<
The Pied Piper is the next story. There are two brothers who work for the same company. One of them has embezzled a lot of money and plans to kill some guy before he can testify against him. Sela, the woman with the book, talks briefly to the two and leaves the book with them. As with the story above, neither ending is pretty.
Timepiece is the last story, another one I am not familiar with. Some guy gives Sela a watch that he says was from some woman friend of hers. They end up dating. Sela is at least 300 years old. They marry but she leaves him because she doesn't age. There's something ominous going on, though, when she meets the woman from the start of the story.
The first story is Snow White. A woman is poisoning another woman from the cheerleader squad. The woman with the fairy tale book shows up. In this version of the tale Snow White is left to die in the cold and the seven dwarves find her. Later her step-mother gives her the poisoned apple, as the common story goes, but what the dwarves do after that is not common at all.
The second story is Jack and the Beanstalk. The present-day story is a married couple with a child. The guy has no job and is pushing drugs. His wife doesn't want him to. Then it's to the fairy tale, where Jack gets greedy and keeps on stealing things from the giant.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears is the third story. A woman has an abusive husband. She also has a boyfriend on the side, and then plan to murder the husband.
The Frog King is next. The present-day part of the story revolves around a frog dissection in a classroom. One girl runs out, unable to do it. Again, there's a girl who get a guy that likes her to do her work. Then we go to the fairy tale, which ends quite differently from what we are used to, and then back to the present day where the girl had not learned the lesson from the tale and pays for it.
Next is Bluebeard. A woman is suspicious of her husband and hires a private detective, who gets incriminating pictures of him and another woman. She also thinks he's planning to kill her. Then comes the fairy tale part. Neither turns out well.<
The Pied Piper is the next story. There are two brothers who work for the same company. One of them has embezzled a lot of money and plans to kill some guy before he can testify against him. Sela, the woman with the book, talks briefly to the two and leaves the book with them. As with the story above, neither ending is pretty.
Timepiece is the last story, another one I am not familiar with. Some guy gives Sela a watch that he says was from some woman friend of hers. They end up dating. Sela is at least 300 years old. They marry but she leaves him because she doesn't age. There's something ominous going on, though, when she meets the woman from the start of the story.
June 27, 2013
I read in a book about creating comics that the second issue normally contains more blemishes than the first. This is because the publisher had all the time in the world to work on their very first issue, then they suddenly realize the crazy deadlines that come with comics and flounder a bit on the second run. Pretty sure that’s exactly what happened here.
Volume Two continues Selma’s education of young people through “original” and darker versions of fairy tales. Like its predecessor, it also ends with some very interesting personal history of hers. Each story features a new artist too, which keeps the work fresh.
My first qualm is with the first story, “Snow White.” The art is terrible, which really detracted from the otherwise alright story – it didn’t differ enough from the original to really wow me. At one point, the evil step-mother is supposed to be freaking out, but it looks like she’s doing some crazy dance. I actually laughed out loud. While funny, I don’t think that’s what the artist was going for. Thankfully, the next stories featured considerably better art and good stories. Although some themes were not developed enough for me, like the abuse just lightly touched on in “Goldilocks and the Three Bears.” That’s an extremely serious topic I would like to have seen explored more.
The only other story I didn’t really like was “The Pied Piper.” I didn’t see any difference between it and the original. Fortunately, they redid it and really fleshed it out. I’d recommend just skipping to the newer version.
Overall, this wasn’t a total bust. There is some good stuff in here, if you just wade beyond the not so good stuff. This series is still going strong, so they obviously improve with age and experience.
Volume Two continues Selma’s education of young people through “original” and darker versions of fairy tales. Like its predecessor, it also ends with some very interesting personal history of hers. Each story features a new artist too, which keeps the work fresh.
My first qualm is with the first story, “Snow White.” The art is terrible, which really detracted from the otherwise alright story – it didn’t differ enough from the original to really wow me. At one point, the evil step-mother is supposed to be freaking out, but it looks like she’s doing some crazy dance. I actually laughed out loud. While funny, I don’t think that’s what the artist was going for. Thankfully, the next stories featured considerably better art and good stories. Although some themes were not developed enough for me, like the abuse just lightly touched on in “Goldilocks and the Three Bears.” That’s an extremely serious topic I would like to have seen explored more.
The only other story I didn’t really like was “The Pied Piper.” I didn’t see any difference between it and the original. Fortunately, they redid it and really fleshed it out. I’d recommend just skipping to the newer version.
Overall, this wasn’t a total bust. There is some good stuff in here, if you just wade beyond the not so good stuff. This series is still going strong, so they obviously improve with age and experience.
October 30, 2010
I purchased this book after having read & loved the first volume of GFT. The overall theme of the book (lessons learned) is pretty much the same as the previous volume, and the creators haven't deviated from the old standards of "lessons & hooters". Oh yes, let's not forget that for every lesson learned there's a damsel in distress in a skimpy dress. However the fanservice is never over the top, so it's not going to alienate any of the readers who aren't into that sort of thing.
The stories in this volume include the Frog Prince, Bluebeard, & Goldilocks, amongst others. Tacked onto the end is a story about the enigmatic hostess of the book & how she got her start in teaching moral lessons to ultimately spoiled girls & boys. For the most part all of the stories are pretty decent, but are somewhat lacking overall. My favorite one however, was the retelling of Frog Prince-a story that I've always hated due to the princess always being a royal snot in the tales. (She gets what's coming to her, believe me.)
Overall I'd say that this was a nice enough volume & a good addition to comic collections if you are into story retellings & gothic artwork. There's not a lot of substance to the stories, but there's nothing wrong with reading a comic just for entertainment value alone. I recommend that some readers may want to check this out at a bookstore first, as some may not find it good enough to purchase.
The stories in this volume include the Frog Prince, Bluebeard, & Goldilocks, amongst others. Tacked onto the end is a story about the enigmatic hostess of the book & how she got her start in teaching moral lessons to ultimately spoiled girls & boys. For the most part all of the stories are pretty decent, but are somewhat lacking overall. My favorite one however, was the retelling of Frog Prince-a story that I've always hated due to the princess always being a royal snot in the tales. (She gets what's coming to her, believe me.)
Overall I'd say that this was a nice enough volume & a good addition to comic collections if you are into story retellings & gothic artwork. There's not a lot of substance to the stories, but there's nothing wrong with reading a comic just for entertainment value alone. I recommend that some readers may want to check this out at a bookstore first, as some may not find it good enough to purchase.
September 11, 2016
I like the idea of the individual stories but I want a more cohesive storyline so hopefully it'll get better with future volumes
June 7, 2015
This comic has beautiful artwork and great stories. this series is about a woman with a unique book of fairy tales that she uses to try to lead people into making the right decisions. Sometimes it works and the person changes and nothing bad happens but most of the time they either brush the lesson off and pay a gruesome price or the lesson is too late and the price is gruesome. All of the stories in her book are dark and violent tellings of stories we all grew up with. I look forward to getting my hands on the other trade-paperback volumes in this series.
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