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The Asbo Fairy Tales (2008)

by Chris Pilbeam(Favorite Author)

3.23 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1843172933 (ISBN13: 9781843172932)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Michael O'Mara Books

review 1: Does what it says on the tin.The title of this book is great and intrigued me because of my work with fairy tales at uni and it is an easy read. All stories are kept short and keep in line with the idea of the book but I didn’t like the twists of the endings, they were all very ‘and obviously there’s no happy ever after!’ and fairly abrupt. The ‘Asbo-esque’ ideas didn’t really change from one story to the next and so when reading all of the fairy tales back to back they were very similar and not a good read as an entire book. I didn’t dislike it, it just didn’t stir anything in me.
review 2: I don't think there's much to review with this book, the title says it all I think.It's a collection of fairy tales told in modern language using modern s... moreituations. The stories include Snow White and the Seven Dads, The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Bailiff, Little Red Riding Hoodie, The Princess and the Oven Chip, Blingerella and Mouldy Locks and the Three Bears.This book was quite funny to begin with, using situations such as The Jeremy Kyle Show in a story or two. In the end the book just got a bit repetitive, the female characters being 'blinged up' precocious princess's and the male characters being 'bad boy' drugged up chavs.It's ok if you don't take it serious but to be honest with a title like The Asbo Fairy Tales, how can you take this serious, A quick and light hearted read. less

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