Pretty funny, but not as cutting or as well done as the first book. ( )

Summary: The classic stories we tell our children are full of sexist, classist, ageist, speciesist, and heteronormative biases. James Finn Garner, despite being a white male, attempts to strip these biases and provide fairy tales for a more enlightened, liberated, and politically correct generation. In this sequel, he provides slightly more detailed re-tellings of Hansel and Gretel, The Ant and the Grasshopper, The Princess and the Pea, The Little Mer-Persun, The Tortoise and the Hare, Puss in Boots, Sleeping Persun of Better-Than-Average Attractiveness, and The City Mouse and the Suburban Mouse.

Review: The second book contains stories that are longer, more detailed than those of the first book, and more radical departures from their original forms (Hansel and Gretel learn dark magicks from the Wicca in the candy house, and use it against their forest-destroying woodchopper father). Consequently, they’re a little weaker - or maybe I was just over the joke by that point. Also, although this sort of contradicts what I just said, I felt like in some cases there were opportunities to really re-tell the fairy tale in a subversively funny way that were just missed in favor of the more obvious joke.

Not for kids, although that's more due to them not getting the jokes than to any inappropriate content. 3.5 out of 5 stars.

Recommendation: Not as punchy as the first, and the jokes felt like they'd all been done before. ( )

I was given this and Politically Correct Bedtime Stories together. By the second volume, the novelty had worn off. ( )

A collection of not-particularly-funny fairy tales (oh, I'm sorry. Is "fairy" politically correct?). Anyway, I was not amused. Kind of dull ( )

a very wry retelling of some stories for the PC lot

deep in a forested bioregion ... ( )