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Mary Mary Quite Contrary (2000)

by Cameron Jace(Favorite Author)

3.87 of 5 Votes: 4

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English

genre

Romance

series

The Grimm Diaries Prequels

review 1: I am a huge fan of the Elizabeth Bathory history AND of the bloody Mary legend. Long story short: perfection.Now I do already know quite a lot about the Bathory history, so here the story (being a novella and therefore waaaaay too short) fell a bit short and it just felt kind of rushed and summarized (I really hope that somewhere in the books this will be expanded upon).Now the Bloody Mary stuff I really liked (even though this to felt a bit rushed) I also really liked how her story explained more about the whole dreamworld thing.So yeah, short review, yes, but hey this is a review for a very short novella and I don't want to spoil too much.
review 2: Mary Mary Quite Contrary: Told from the Devil's point of view this tale is more history than fairytale. While I... more'm not opposed to the Devil as a narrator, or even the Devil as a character in these stories (which I got over after reading the Author's notes), I was put off by how much this Devil felt like a mischievous boy more than an evil and sinister Prince of Darkness, and with his weird and confusing knowledge of the future which seems fairly inconsistent throughout the story, his narration was less than desirable. The story itself however was really cool, it just shows how the author weaves these fairytales through known history. With the inclusion of folk tales such as Bloody Mary, the nursery rhyme "Mary Mary Quite Contrary" hence the title, and the somewhat debated history of Elizabeth Bathory, who is apparently the most prolific female serial killer in history. The one thing that was missing was that other than a passing mention or two of Peter Pan there wasn't really any connection to the larger story, that is until the end of the book when it comes abundantly clear where this fits into the overall story. Rating:Much like the Little Red Riding Hood story this one was very well crafted, however unlike that story I never got the feeling that this Devil narrator fit with the story very well. It was disappointing as I was looking for a really nice and malevolent Devil, but instead got someone who's voices was eerily similar to that of Peter Pan, which may have been on purpose, but I expected more out of the Devil. less

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