This book, even as satire was so offensive, it took me months to read it hoping to find something worthwhile. The jokes made fun of different groups of people, and were not funny. Classes of people and people of color were all mocked. I have no idea why i owned this book. ( )

4/19/22

I originally read this collection when I was a kid - it seemed to go hand in hand with the surge in popularity during the 1990s for modernized fairytales, and I read all of them that I could get my hands on - and it still holds up to re-reading it 20-odd years later. Political correctness never goes out of style (or in some cases, mocking political correctness, as this collection sometimes seems to), and it's always nice to see stereotypes turned upon their heads. The bears turning on Goldilocks is one of the most memorable moments from the collection, but I think the story that made me laugh the most is when the Emperor (of invisible clothes fame) manages to turn his kingdom into a clothing-optional society. Take that, dress codes! ( )

This was an amusing little book, taking fairy tales and casting them in politically correct terms. I even used one of the stories in one of my English classes. The textbook had a unit of Cinderella story versions, and I added this in to the mix. Reaction was mixed from amusing to offensive. But it did lend itself well enough for some discussion in class back then. ( )

Eh. It felt like the author created a PC feminist strawman and then wrote this book for it. ( )