In this exciting collection of short stories, Tim Miller gives his own extreme twist on some classic fairy tales. Forget what you thought of the originals and fasten your seatbelts for a set of fast paced tales that will blow your mind and turn your stomach. Included are Tim’s variations of:
Alice in Wonderland Little Red Riding Hood Snow White Sleeping Beauty Beauty and the Beast
I was excited to read Tim Miller's take on several beloved fairy tales. I knew from previous experience how perfectly dark and twisted his books can be and I was ready to see just how far he would take it with these fairy tales. The book started with Alice in Wonderland. The story told of a Wonderland unlike one I had ever seen. Things just kept getting worse and worse for Alice, and then she met the Big Bad Wolf, which added a whole other element as the story continued on. Alice also journeyed into other fairy tales, meeting unique versions of both Sleeping Beauty and Snow White. She endured many terrible trials and saw many frightening things. The ending brought things to a good conclusion. I enjoyed Miller's version of these fairy tales. They were woven together in a dark and interesting way.
Every time I listen to a Tim Miller book I think it's disturbing yet I find myself enjoying it every time and keep coming back for more! Dee Butchery is the perfect voice for these stories! This is a very twisted take on a few classic fairy tales.
Tim Miller is one hell of an awesome crazy ass -he must be insane- madcap writer extraordinaire!! He takes me places even my weirdest dreams fail to venture. I've read quite a few of his books, some more serious, and some just downright absurdist campy filth filled fun times. I must say I do prefer the latter, those over the top, WTF are you on and can I have some PLEEEASE, kinds of stories. Although he is fabulous in either style, I do believe he has set up his Monopoly on those torrid and tawdry playgrounds. I'm thinking Boardwalk and Park Place here. Lol
These were all little individual novellas, all completed and put into one volume, just the way I like it. Like the April Almighty Series before and now this, Twisted Fairy Tales.
Introducing Alice - wrong Alice, this one is a little more...mature, shapely, sarcastic. Alice lives in Texas and is out doing chores with her older sister Amy one day, she spots a weird rabbit looking thing chowing down on a wild hog. Of course she follows the retched thing and of course, she falls down a hole. Alice has many different strange, scary, odd, erotic, filthy, perverse, and repugnant adventures in whimsical wonderlands all over the other realm. Through portals she travels to the Mad Splatters cannibalistic tea party, ends up narrowly avoiding nuptials to the Queens manchild gimpish son, experiences the joys of a handmaiden foursome, has some liaisons with the Big Bad Wolf, held captive by Little Red Riding Hood and her coven, encounters dwarfs that are neither happy nor bashful plus one jealous and domineering Snow White, a mouthy and condescending Mirror Mirror, Belle's batshit, and Sleepy Beauty's been roofied!!!
What the hell is going on, will the nightmare ever end but deep down Alice has never felt this womanly or empowered. There are so sooo many more lewd, crude, and hilariously heinous plot points and angles in this delightful little tale but I don't wanna give too much away. And besides my mind couldn't possibly group anymore together, I just don't bend that way. Lol
This is HIGH entertainment right here, like hiiiigh...as a kite. Awww kites are so pretty...
Tim Miller IS the Mad Hatter and I would willingly attend any of his tea parties, especially if he shares his goodies.
Honestly, all those fairy tales in their original origins were pretty whacked out and disturbing already. I think Mr. Miller just found the deleted bits using that Mad Hatter street cred card of his and pieced us together a more colorful and accurate portrayal of it all.
I'm such a big fan that I have a bunch of signed books on the way from him. It's gonna take me awhile, since he has so many, but I'll eventually collect them all. Keep em coming Mr. Miller ~ you crazy loon, you!! :D
I don't know if Tim Miller was on acid while writing this book, or maybe I was slipped some acid... It's still up in the air. Lol!
A cool and twisted take on Alice and Wonderland. We get an Alice, and a Wonderland, but everything else isn't like our good ole fairy tale. Oh, and maybe one of your favorite nursery rhyme characters may show up. You never know in Wonderland.
And down a dark hole she will go, again. Witches, grandma, werewolves, Red Riding Hood and so much more. Alice will find herself in another land and fairy tale, and again, nothing is like the fairy tale you grew up knowing.
As each new portal Alice enters, the new land will get more and more bazaar. With more encounters with characters from all different fairy tales, and they get more creepy.
Wonderland. Big Bad Wolf. Snow White and the Pissed-off Dwarfs. Narcoleptic Beauty. Beauty and Beastiality.
Tim Miller once again screws with your mind, taking your favorite stories as a child, and makes them twisted and deranged. I will never look at the original stories the same way again. You did it Tim! Twisted Fairy Tales still sticks with his type of humor, creativity and madness. I was in awe of the creativity in this book. It's definitely something different, and you might catch yourself thinking "what the hell did I just read?!?" Tim Miller and his mind never lets us down!
Let me start by saying ... writing is an art. Some books can use another round of edits. Art is in the eye of the reader in this case. I give Miller a 5-star review for his unapologetic, extreme, grab me up by the hair writing style, especially in retelling fairy tales. I wish Mr. Miller would attend my Christmas party this year. Halloween - that would be too easy - perhaps even expected. But this kind of story-telling at Christmas ... Well ...