![]() ![]() It’s just 175 pages long, but still dragged on too long for me. This was a backup choice to fulfill a reading challenge prompt, after DNFing my first choice. ![]() I’m not much of a retold fairytale reader. I think the crux of the book is contained in these poetic lines from, Question the Fairytale. Even when Gill uses her own voice, she takes that same attitude of both cautionary tale and sage advice. For example, Cinderella’s Mother Sends Her a Message from Heaven. The primary angle on the retelling is advice for young women from one who’s somewhat older. And she draws from tales around the world, which is a positive. Gill uses various points of view, including main and sideline characters from traditional tales. For me, though, the content wasn’t as stirring as promised. ![]() Nikita Gill puts an adult, mostly feminist spin on common fairytales and legends in her collection, titled Fierce Fairytales: Poems and Stories to Stir Your Soul. ![]()
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