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Once Upon A Time Is Now (2000)

by Stephen Carpenter(Favorite Author)

3.46 of 5 Votes: 3

languge

English

genre

Horror

series

The Grimm Curse

review 1: This is a solid book. Most reviews complain that it is too short but I think it is a good length for a book molding itself after the Grimm fairy tales, which were all fairly short, add in the knowledge that this book was written by the creator of the Grimm television series and I really believe this book is what it was meant to be.The story is solid and good, even short it had a full plot development and since it is more written as a type of journal entry the character development is at the level I would expect.Overall I really enjoyed this book and look forward to reading the next two books in the trilogy.
review 2: A light bit of easy reading, ok story/charactersThis book only took me about 3 hours to read, easy to read in an afternoon for many people. It was... more short, but easy to read and kept me engaged fairly well. It's clearly based on the show, Grimm, as it's written by the creator of that show.The stories definitely get into the grittier versions of the old fairytales, but they were bogged down by the annoying writing for the teenage protagonists. The whole reveal of Jake Grimm's past is a bit convoluted and calls for extreme suspension of disbelief.There was a certain charm that I found in the quality of the writing, like reading something from a creative writing class and enjoying it, but knowing it could be better with more effort. less

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