Lies, Knives, and Girls in Red Dresses (Hardcover)

from librarydanielle

I really liked this one! And I'm not one for poetry. So that's surprising. But the poetry in this is harsh, but still fun in a dark way. It reminded me of the way fairy tales used to be- horrible. I mean if you go back and read Cinderella (not Disney-ed) the stepsisters cut parts of their feet of...

from Sullywriter

Clever, entertaining updates of familiar fairy tales. Dark and frequently gruesome like the original tales upon which these are based. Great illustrations.

from Melanie_McCullough

This isn't usually my thing. I like Fairy Tale retellings but I like them in novel form, with a lot of plot and character development. Short stories have never appealed to me. That being said, I actually enjoyed Lies, Knives, and Girls in Red Dresses. It's clever and the humor is dark. And I like...

from lkernagh

Do you want to sleep? Find another storyteller. Do you want to think about the world in a new way? Come closer. Closer, please. I want to whisper in your ear. Koertge presents a new, modern take on the fairy tales most of us remember from our childhood. What happened to the stepsisters after Cind...

from DeweyEver

When I started reading this book, my jaw dropped. Not an hour later, I had to pick it up off the floor as I came to the end. This slim volume holds 23 fractured fairytales all written in free-verse by Ron Koertge [with haunting illustrations by Andrea Dezso] where readers find out what really too...