Status Updates From Ein wilder Schwan

Okay, I admit, I didn't understand this book... so much potential, and in my opinion, it remained untapped...

This story makes sense and has a clear message. The prince's curse may not have been a punishment, but protection for everyone else... It's strangely disturbing, but at least it has something extra...

Okay, I didn't understand the second story at all... that was weird... I'm trying to figure out what the author meant, but honestly, I have no idea...

So far, I've read the introduction and the first story... the introduction is brilliant, but in my opinion, the first story lags a little behind. I think the potential of the original story is underutilized, but the story's underlying idea cannot be denied...

'Right. One last roomful of straw, twice the size again...
And . . .
If the girl pulls it off one more time, the king has announced he'll marry her, make her his queen.
That's the reward? Marriage to a man who'd have had you decapitated if you'd failed to produce not just one but three miracles?'

'There are any number of boys like Jack. Boys who prefer the crazy promise, the long shot, who insist that they're natural-born winners... They drop out of vocational school because they can see, after a semester or two, that it's a direct path to loserdom—better to live in their childhood bedrooms, temporarily unemployed, until fame and prosperity arrive.'

9. Beasts
10. Her Hair
11. Ever After

7. Little Man
8. Steadfast; Tin

5. Poisoned
6. A Monkey’s Paw

4. Jacked

3. Crazy Old Lady

1. Dis. Enchant
2. A Wild Swan