{"id":3551,"date":"2018-11-05T20:55:37","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T04:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/?p=3551"},"modified":"2018-11-06T15:51:08","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T23:51:08","slug":"review-how-to-fracture-a-fairy-tale-jane-yolen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/11\/05\/review-how-to-fracture-a-fairy-tale-jane-yolen\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: How to Fracture a Fairy Tale &#8211; Jane Yolen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bookreview\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/40557866.jpg?w=1280\" alt=\"Review: How to Fracture a Fairy Tale &#8211; Jane Yolen\" title=\"Review: How to Fracture a Fairy Tale &#8211; Jane Yolen\" class=\"ubb-cover-image alignright\"><strong>How to Fracture a Fairy Tale<\/strong><br>by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/authors\/jane-yolen\/\">Jane Yolen<\/a> <br><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/publishers\/tachyon-publications\/\">Tachyon Publications<\/a> <br><strong>Publication Date:<\/strong> November 5, 2018 <br><strong>Genres:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/genres\/fantasy\/\">Fantasy<\/a> <br><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 320 <br><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/sources\/netgalley\/\">NetGalley<\/a> <br><br><p>I received this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.<\/p><blockquote class=\"ubb-synopsis\"><p>Fantasy legend Jane Yolen presents a wide-ranging offering of fractured fairy tales. Yolen fractures the classics to reveal their crystalline secrets, holding them to the light and presenting them entirely transformed; where a spinner of straw into gold becomes a money-changer and the big bad wolf retires to a nursing home. Rediscover the tales you once knew, rewritten and refined for the world we now live in\u2015or a much better version of it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><center><span class=\"ubb-buy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B07D3XLX56\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/amazon.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Amazon\"><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/how-to-fracture-a-fairy-tale-jane-yolen\/1128674540;jsessionid=71931FC4765F8039856916DD3F5B7FF2.prodny_store01-atgap07?ean=9781616963064&st=AFF&2sid=Goodreads,%20Inc_2227948_NA&sourceId=AFFGoodreads,%20Inc#\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/bn.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Barnes & Noble\"><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/how-to-fracture-a-fairy-tale\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/kobo.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Kobo\"><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781616963064\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/indiebound.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Indiebound\"><\/a><\/span><\/center><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/40557866-how-to-fracture-a-fairy-tale\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/widget_logo.gif?w=1280\" alt=\"Goodreads\"><\/a><br><\/center><center><p class=\"ubb-buy\"><div class=\"ubb-icon-tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/book-tags\/4stars\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/categories_0000s_0003_4-stars.png?fit=80%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"4 stars icon\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/book-tags\/fantasy\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/categories_0000s_0011_fantasy.png?fit=80%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"fantasy icon\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/p><\/div><\/center><br>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n\t\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\"@type\":\"Review\",\n\t\"datePublished\": \"2018-11-06T04:55:37+00:00\",\n\t\"description\": \"\\r\\n\\r\\nThis is a collection of Ms. Yolen's stories, all having to do with fairy tales or legends. \\u00a0They span the gamut from the traditional European Cinderella tale, to China, to the Cheyenne plain\",\n\t\"publisher\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t\t\"name\": \"Llama Reads Books\"\t},\n\t\"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\\\/blog\\\/index.php\\\/2018\\\/11\\\/05\\\/review-how-to-fracture-a-fairy-tale-jane-yolen\\\/\",\n\t\"itemReviewed\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Book\",\n\t\t\"name\": \"How to Fracture a Fairy Tale\",\n\t\t\"author\": {\n\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\t\"name\": \"Jane Yolen\",\n\t\t\t\"sameAs\": \"\"\t\t},\n\t\t\"isbn\": \"\"\t},\n\t\"author\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\"name\": \"ReadingLlama\",\n\t\t\"sameAs\": \"https:\\\/\\\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\\\/blog\\\/\"\t},\n\t\"reviewRating\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Rating\",\n\t\t\"ratingValue\": false,\n\t\t\"bestRating\": \"5\"\n\t}\n}\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<hr \/>\n<p>This is a collection of Ms. Yolen&#8217;s stories, all having to do with fairy tales or legends. \u00a0They span the gamut from the traditional European Cinderella tale, to China, to the Cheyenne plains, to a concentration camp, to Ninety-Sixth near Central Park. \u00a0All of the stories were published previously, though the notes and some of the poems at the end of the book are new. \u00a0There are quite a few of them, some only a few pages and a few near novella length, so I&#8217;ve written a quick sentence review for each.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Miss Nancy\u2019s stories had always ended happy-ever-after. 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Love between partners, and love between a mother and child.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One Old Man, with Seals&#8221; &#8211; 4 stars. \u00a0A fairytale for a voracious news-consuming retired librarian? \u00a0Why not?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sleeping Ugly&#8221; &#8211; 4 stars. \u00a0Cute and funny, felt a bit like a children&#8217;s book.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Undine&#8221; &#8211; 3 stars. \u00a0Little mermaid, but more focused on the prince than the mermaid.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Great-Grandfather Dragon&#8217;s Tale&#8221; &#8211; 5 stars. \u00a0St. George and the Dragon, as told by an elderly dragon to his grandkids. \u00a0One of my favorites!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Green Plague&#8221; &#8211; 4 stars. \u00a0A modern day Pied Piper, but with frogs and rock bands. \u00a0Amusing, and a bit of small town political commentary, as well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Unicorn and the Pool&#8221; &#8211; 2 stars. \u00a0Honestly, I have absolutely no idea about this one. \u00a0It feels like a parable about Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Golden Balls&#8221; &#8211; 3 stars. 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