Review: Hansel and Gretel
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 20, 2012
A nice and short book to read. End. That's the most I can say about it. There is no depth in this book and it didn't make me think about the story after I finished. Such a shame since I love Fairy Tales.I did like the idea behind the book. Old fairy tales and change it with a dark twist? To finally get to know the "real person" behind the story! I love it! And they are the ones who must protect us against evil? Marvelous ^^ Although I've never heard of Rip van Winkle, is it an American fairy tale?Not a lot happened in the story, some demons were killed, some "action" and that's it. Also not a lot of time passes in the story, two days at the most. I know there books and movies made about less time than that, but in this book there wasn't much content. Even the ending was over before I could blink with my eyes, I didn't even got the feeling that this would be the end! Beside that, too much of the story was focused on Greta's history. Although it's interesting to get to know the real Greta of Hansel and Gretel, I was more interested in the here and now, not what happened in the past.I also would have liked to see Rip and Greta struggle a bit more before they would be reunited as a couple. They only have one conversation and their back together after years of separation... Usually, it's not that easy isn't it? And personally I like a bit of tension and glances at each other before they succumbOverall rating 3 stars. Nice book for a rainy Sunday afternoon, when you've got nothing else to do. I think I'll stick with the series to find out about the other fairy tales ^^