A Tale Dark and Grimm

10 Book Reviews

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  pandabear8285/20/2013 4 stars

  Very good book so far! A little confusing though.... I keep asking myself: Why? WHY??? Still, a good and determined author wrote this, congrats Adam Gidwitz! If you like "horror" books, read this!

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  sparkling55/19/2013 5 stars

  This book was amazing! Adam Gidwitz did an amazing job capturing my attention to this book and plot line. The book is a retelling of Hansel and Gretel, but more of the real, Grimm brother's way. Also including the famous baker/ witch who tries to eat them, there are more fascinating parts to this book. The book is about Hansel and Gretel, who runs away from their parents, the king and queen of Grimm, because the twins think that their parents don't love them anymore. They run away, having awesome, yet bloody adventures, in including the witch. Also, they run away again (after the witch) to a man and wife who accidentely turned his seven sons to birds, resulting in Gretel cutting off her finger. Hansel also gets "killed," separating the twins. Then, Gretel falls in love with a man who's an evil, soul ripping warlock. She defeats him, obviously. Hansel turns out that he's alive ad goes to hell, to be in eternal punishment, but escapes the Devil himself. All after that, the twins coincidentally meet, and they go off back to their parents. When they arrive back home, they defeat a dragon, but to do that, they had to kill the king, their dad. Gretel saves her dad afterwards, by reattaching the king's chopped of head to his own body... And that's pretty much the whole story.... The book deserves a 5 star because of the gruesome details and because Adam Gidwitz puts his own side comments to the book, which in my opinion was genius!

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• Brooklynn 4/8/2013

  I love this book. I love how it puts a spin on modern and baby fairy tales! Even thought its gory and if it was a movie would be more nightmare making than a movie rated R and made me puke (I'm serious I really did puke...) it was way better than that boring old Hansel and Gretel

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  maxi9903/21/2013 5 stars

  You find yourself in the perspectives of a modern Hansel and Gretal. Sneaky quotes and book references keep you on your toes. All in all, this is not your average fairy tale. Stomach-turning plot twists keep you reading and reading. Incredibly gory and adventurous.

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  fabulous68811/17/2012

  So gory but it's super awesome!!

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  sillysmilley11/10/2012 5 stars

  An amazing book and quote,"To find the brightest wisdom one must pass through the darkest zones and through the darkest zones there can be no guide no guide that is but courage." -Adam Gidwitz

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  gtaylor50510/28/2012 4 stars

  This gory book is a great campfire story at night and is awesome for kids who love gross and terrible adventures, like me. At first it may seem like another regular fairy tale with princesses and princes saving each other and then marrying, but it is far from that.

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  doglover1466/26/2012 5 stars

  this book is gory and awesome its the true story of hansel and gretel my teacher recomended this book and i just love it so much!!!

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  aud1016/5/2012 5 stars

  this is a funny book that i found in the "dark dutsy corrner in the librery" this is bloody, and the real story about hansel and gretel big adventure

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  batgirl4/22/2012 5 stars

  I love it !!! Reader:beware.Warlocks with dark spell,hunters with deadly aim ,and bakers that eat kids. but if u dare ,turn the page and u will find the true story of hansel and gretel.

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