The Bloody Chamber
I have mixed feelings about this one. While I tend to love any work that re-envisions fairy tales, this one is just a bit over the top. While I can overlook the sexual content when I’m drawn into the story or when it is particularly appropriate, this collection just doesn’t do it for me. I couldn’t get involved in the stories, the language was distracting, and the content was inappropriate in most cases. A few of the stories do rise above the others, simply by offering an unusual retelling, but towards the end of the anthology, I was simply too tired of wading through the pretentious vocabulary to enjoy the story, which made the inappropriate content all that much more annoying.
September 17, 2007
Posted in: fiction, retold fairy tale
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