Frightful Fairytales by Dame Darcy

Frightful Fairytales Reviews

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  Kimberly

  Frightful, yet beautifully wicked illustrations accompany a perhaps more sadistic twist on fairytales for adults. They even have a tad more gore than your average original Charles Perrault, or the Brothers Grimm fairytales. Also, many of the fairytales seem to entail a more modernist genre.
  A good thing is that they all do have a happy ending. Yay!
  Definitely worth reading.
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  Pandora Lapin

  Dame Darcy is a flat-out, drop=dead genius, so everything she does is going to worth looking at.. this is is more illustrated stories - dark fairytales, natch - rather than a graphic novel in the line of 'Meatcake'.
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  Book Hub

  Dame Darcy at her best!!
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  Sara

  Three point five stars for the stories. Four point five stars for the artwork!
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  Victoria Fuller

  I forgot to mark this book when I started to read it, oh well
  
  This book was alright. I picked it up at the library because I like fairy tale retellings, and because I loved the cover design.
  The illustrations quickly became bland to me, because everyone looked the same no matter what, dreadfully sad and wailing. Everyone had huge amounts of eyeliner and everyone looked like there neck was broken.
  
  Beyond that the stories ranged from meh to sound and decent. I liked The Black River, which seemed like it was the most well planned story. The other stories were all alright, but nothing jumped out at me. Some of them were outright silly, like the one about the girl in the well where the Author outright tells you the moral of the story.
  I cannot tell the motive of the author and while i liked it I kind of feel like it was a pet project and not a passion project. That is just my opinion.
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  Aaron

  I feel this would have benefited from fewer words and more illustrations, so I guess I just wanted more of Dame Darcy's Meat Cake comics? I liked this well enough to finish it but really it doesn't come close to that dark fantasy masterpiece.
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  M

  Dame Darcy delivers a Gothic escape with her collection of dark fairy tales. In the opening story, a cruel witch opts to create her own daughter. The innocent Persimmion attempts to flee her creator, only to become cursed as a weeping statue for decades. Able to watch but never partake, the love of a young man enthralled by her beauty finally frees Persimmion from her plight. Twin sisters encounter a dark spirit at the bottom of an empty well. As one ventures into the well to uncover the truth behind a mysterious voice, she must rely on her sister to escape a virulent nightmare come to life. The third tale's titular Black River is revealed to be the home of a tiny underwater kingdom. As a human girl finds love with the miniature price, her desire to return home pits the lovers against both themselves and an eerie curse. An olden yarn about the sensual sirens is the shortest of the collection, detailing how the female creatures attained a lust for treasure and jewels. A greedy grave-robber is the focus of The Queen of Spades. Digging up a young girl who had been previously buried alive, the shocked Queen murders the waif and absconds with her stolen treasures. The vengeful spirit soon haunts the Queen's existence to no end, leading to the murderess's own live burial as punishment. The final story sees a father gamble away everything he owns - including his only daughter - to the Duke of Elves. The girl finds herself forced into slavery in the underground kingdom, eventually being freed by a young miner. With her knowledge of the elves' secret, the couple return for a daring raid that will leave them with their heart's desires. Dame Darcy's simplistic yet Victorian art style is the charm of this book, highlighting the twisted tales presented within. While not a dark or demented as the opening cover art suggests, these Frightful Fairy Tales still offer frivolous fun.
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  Lauren

  As most people know, I love fairy tales. I was in high school when I literally stumbled upon Dame Darcy's website while trying to entertain my little cousin with dress up games online. Dame Darcy's site had a link to "play dress up" with her characters of Meatcake, a highly interesting comic book that's not recommended for children. I clung to her website as any goth-like outsider would. When I went to buy her comics, the man at the register directed me to her Frightful Fairy tales. It was love at first sight. It's not the retelling of stories that we know, it's completely new stories that the lovely Dame Darcy has not only made up inside of her head, but she's also drawn out all the pictures. A few months later, she was at that same comic bookstore, signing autographs. She's a lovely woman whose imagination and flair is better than most! I highly recommend this to anyone... Who has a high threshold for the weird. These stories don't all have happy endings... You've been warned.
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  Tara

  I used to read this book hidden in another book on the subway when I lived in NYC, it brings back good memories.
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  Amanda Hartkorn

  Very Grimm's brothersesque. I enjoyed it from cover to cover in a few hours.
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  Katie J Schwartz

  Frightful, indeed! Creepy stories, even creepier ink drawings.
  
  Four Stars: This book was really really good and I'll definitely recommend it to people with relevant interests.
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  Ladawn Bowling

  stories-lackluster,art-delightful.
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  A. Mickey Perkins

  These are fascinating and funny stories full of magic, love, and intrigue. My favorite was Persimmion, the tale of a girl made by a wicked witch who is turned into a statue as she tries to escape.