In a Glass Grimmly (A Tale Dark & Grimm, #2)

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More Grimm tales await in the harrowing, hilarious companion to a beloved new classicTake caution ahead Oversize plant life, eerie amphibious royalty, and fear inducing creatures abound.Lest you enter with dread.Follow Jack and Jill as they enter startling new landscapes that may or may not be scary, bloody, terrifying, and altogether true.Step lively, dear reader.Happily ever after isn t cutting it any.In this companion novel to Adam Gidwitz s widely acclaimed, award winning debut, A Tale Dark Grimm, Jack and Jill explore a new set of tales from the Brothers Grimm and others, including Jack and the Beanstalk and The Frog Prince. Free Read [ In a Glass Grimmly (A Tale Dark & Grimm, #2) ] author [ Adam Gidwitz ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Once again, Adam Gidwitz has knocked my socks off I was skeptical to see what he could do with Jack and Jill, but hethan pleasantly surprised me I will be very honest There are a couple of parts of this book that are in no way kid friendly I mean, I admit I probably read stuff like that when I was twelve, but I would caution a parent to be careful with this book You might want to read it first and then let your child r...Before I talk about much I like the book I must say that if you don t like gruesome, scary, at some point around 10 or younger or sensitive people the book my get night mere worthy, but if you have no problem with that, then go ahead and read it all of them because there great.Also, I learned this the hard way don t read the scary parts at night and if you get to a scary part and its 10 00 at night and then please just stop, but if you just can t put the book down, then when your done I r Before I talk about much I like the book I must say that if you don t like gruesome, scary, at some point around 10 or younger or sensitive people the book my get night mere worthy, but if you have no problem with that, the...I absolutely adore Fairytale re tellings Sometimes there is nothing better than curling up and visiting an old, favourite tale with a new spin.This book was wonderful in so many different ways Firstly, it was hilarious The author s little interruptions throughout the story was a perfect touch I couldn t help but imagine a British story teller living in a cottage, reading these stories and bringing them to life The authors ability to make these tales come alive in such a unique and edgy way I absolutely adore Fairytale re tellings Sometimes there is nothing better than curling up and visiting an old, favourite tale with a new spin.This book was wonderful in so many different ways Firstly, it was hilarious The author s little interruptions throughout the story was a perfect touch I couldn t help but imagine a British story teller living in a cottage, reading these stories and bringing them to life The authors ability to make these tales come alive in such a unique and edgy way was so charming Secondly, the spin on old classics I am familiar with the grimm versions and the children versions of most fairy tales There is now a great new category The Adam Gitwitz version He took each story and each character and gave them a little umph He packaged the novel...This is a very bloody book They all are HahahaThis is the second in a series of books that takes it s cue from the fact that the original versions of fairy tales were in fact pretty dark and bloody They were cautionary tales meant to warn children away from risky or naughty behavior They were meant to encourage hard work and diligence as well as listening to one s elders.Thus we get match girls dying in the snow, snow queens snatching youngsters away, Big Bad Wolves wolfing down girls in red hoods, witches that eat children and so This is the second in a series of books that takes it s cue from the fact that the original versions of fairy tales were in fact pretty dark and bloody They were cautionary tales meant to warn children away from risky or naughty behavior They were meant to encourage hard work and diligence as well as listening to one s elders.Thus we get match girls dying in the snow, snow queens snatching youngsters away, Big Bad Wolves wolfing down girls in red hoods, witches that eat children an...I didn t really like this book as much as A Tale Dark and Grimm I thought it went fast at some points, slow and descriptive at others I wouldn t recommend this to anyone who doesn t like gross stuff If it was like a Tale Dark and Grimm I would recommend it, but it wasn t my favorite.In a Glass Grimmly is the companion to A Tale Dark and Grimm It just came out this fall, and I loved it just as much It follows Jack and Jill, two royal cousins, along with a talking three legged frog, as they travel and experience you guessed it everbloody things Adam Gidwitz s sharp humor is again apparent in this second book The funny thing is, though in both books, he s always warning you about the bloody parts, they re not actually that bloody or disgusting I m sure in real lif In a Glass Grimmly is the companion to A Tale Dark and Grimm It just came out this fall, and I loved it just as much It follows Jack and Jill, two royal cousins, along with a talking three legged frog, as they travel and experience you guessed it everbloody things Adam Gidwitz s sharp humor is again apparent in this second book The funny thing is, though in both books, he s always warning you about the bloody parts, they re not actually that bloody or disgusting I m sure in real life, they would be, but in the novel at least for me , you just don t feel that disgusted.In a Glass Grimmly was slightly better, I think, than A Tale Dark and Grimm Ther...I liked the author s earlier title A Tale Dark Grimm very much, and I also enjoyed this one although just a tad less Maybe that was because I recognized the book s message about self empowerment almost from the opening pages The reminders to rely on ourselves and to look no further than ourselves for our self esteem are important ones for anyone, but they simply seemed too obvious to me As in its companion title, the book is filled with magic, violence, and descriptive passages intended I liked the author s earlier title A Tale Dark Grimm very much, and I also enjoyed this one although just a tad less Maybe that was because I recognized the book s message about self empowerment almost from the opening pages The reminders to rely on ourselves and to look no further than ourselves for our self esteem are important ones for anyon...I loved the first book, A Tale Dark and Grim, so, so much I was at BEA and saw the poster for this companion novel which I did not know was coming out and started squealing and jumping and pointing and my sister was pretending NOT to know me.Later we went back to the Penguin booth to pick up an ARC and I immediately began reading it.It is funny, it is thought provoking, it s a story well told I love how Gidwitz wraps together so many stories into one cohesive whole And I loved the...This second book in the series works as a standalone, too Hansel Gretel s story was finished in book 1, and now we ve moved on the the story of cousins Jack Jill Tying in versions of the frog prince, the emperor s new clothes, Jack the beanstalk, and quite a few others, Gidwitz strays from his original focus on the Grimm fairy tales into Hans Christian Andersen, Mother Goose, and various other fairy tales and legends He takes evencreative liberties than he did in A Ta This second book in the series works as a standalone, too Hansel Gretel s story was finished in book 1, and now we ve moved on the the story of cousins Jack Jill Tying in versions of the 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In a Glass Grimmly (A Tale Dark & Grimm, #2)
  • English
  • 04 April 2018
  • Kindle Edition
  • 192 pages
  • Adam Gidwitz
  • In a Glass Grimmly (A Tale Dark & Grimm, #2)