A Tale Dark & Grimm The Grimm Conclusion, (Paperback)

from foggidawn

Once upon a time, fairy tales were dark and scary and just generally awesome. Gidwitz has never shied away from the more grim side of the Brothers Grimm, and he continues to explore those murky depths in the stories of Jorinda and Joringel, who face a cruel stepfather, a heartless king, and even ...

from JalenV

I enjoyed listening to the first two books, A Tale Dark and Grimm and In A Glass Grimmly, so naturally I checked out The Grimm Conclusion. This time the children are siblings called Jorinda and Joringel. There is the same kind of humor and gruesome retelling of Grimm fairy tales as before, but th...

from mstrust

The final book of the Grimm trilogy, this follows the horrible childhoods of twins Jorinda and Joringel. After their father dies, their neglectful mother marries a cruel cook who has two mean daughters. The cook murders Joringel and blackmails Jorinda into helping to dispose of the body. You'd th...

from LaurenAileen

While I really enjoyed the first two books, like other readers I had an issue with this one. I thought the story of Jorinda and Joringel was a good one (though very gruesome - moreso than in the others). I liked the way the story went, until the narrator began to interact with the characters. The...

from ashleytylerjohn

Don't know why I didn't take to it as much as the prior two--it's Very, Very Similar. Maybe it felt a bit bleaker (less fun). I didn't know how to take the excursion to the narrator's world, that seemed strange--I see why the writer did it, but I didn't like it. While there are allusions to and m...