The Frog Prince: A Fairy Tale for Consenting Adults

A retelling of the classic frog prince tale, where the lovely princess kisses the ugly frog and he turns into a handsome prince. Being a 24-year-old single lifetime frog, one would think that I would appreciate the idea that the princes turn into slobbish kings in their old age and the lucky ladies who take it upon themselves to pity us poor frogs ultimately get the satisfaction of sharing their life with the charming prince, but fairy tales are fairy tales and one day we all have to grow up and realize that fantasy is for the young and the gullible.

The book itself is pleasant, other than a few hiccups along the way. At one point the narrator relates an event in the story with a modern baseball reference. Of course the narrator is show more supposed act as a story teller, but it spoils the atmosphere a bit, just like it would if someone did that very thing while telling the story in person. Other than a few little road bumps such as this, however, it is cute little expansion of the classic tale. show less

Although this story is called "A Fairy Tale for Consenting Adults" this titillating banner has nothing to do with what you would call "adult content". I think it has more to do with the dry narrative that might prove a little dull to a younger reader (or me, since I'm pretty immature). The story was an unusual way of re-telling the Frog Prince fairy tale and despite the analytical view it pretty much followed the original storyline. It did give extra insight as to the inner motivations the characters had for what they did, which was interesting. One thing I don't remember from the original tale was the chucking of the frog at the wall but, that could just be that I never got to the end of the fairy tale before.

Despite the fact that I show more realize this was probably supposed to be a witty and clever re-telling, I feel that I really didn't get it. This could just be me and I would hate to discourage anyone from trying out the story for themselves should they have an interest. show less

Very, very well written. A memorable story line.

ok last part!

This book is, as expected, a retelling of the story of the frog prince. I've heard the story before "there was this frog, and a princess kissed it, and it turned into a prince, and they got married" but i thought that was it but.... this is not so.

The feeling of this story is kind of like you're invisible and you're watching the princess and frog and how their story unfolds. It's like the omniscient narrator is letting you look into his binoculars. Stalker. Anyway.

The story is nice, and the princess seems really cool (she could kick Anna Percy's arse.). However, everyone seems quite pedantic. Maybe that's the right word. Well, they seem pedantic to me. I don't get why the author felt like he had to have the narrator give show more all these speches about how entropy and thermodynamics don't apply to the soul and love. I've heard that kind of stuff in movies so it wasn't very appealing to me in a book. I got used to it though. It's stylistic and i bet it was hard to keep up the style like that.

read? Yeah. It's refreshing. or something. show less

A Tao tale for adults. Excellent.

I thought it was bitterly funny. This first paragraph sets the tone for the whole thing: "There are two kinds of women: those who marry princes and those who marry frogs. The frogs never become princes, but it is an acknowledged fact that a prince may very well, in the course of an ordinary marrige, gradually, at first almost imperceptibly, turn into a frog. Happy the woman who after twenty-five years still wakes up beside the prince she fell in love with."

Book Description: Harmony Books, NY, 1999. 1st Edition (stated), Hardbound, 5x7¼ in. 188pp. in AS NEW condition, with FINE Dust Jacket preserved in BRODART (clear mylar) protector, CLEAN, TIGHT COPY, Collectible-Like New. 7.2 x 5.0 x 0.8 inches.