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- Content warnings: Violence, Murder, Child abuse (referenced), Cannibalism, Gore
My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales
by Kate Bernheimer
Pick this up when you want fairy-tale retellings that feel literary, strange, and a little teeth-bared. It is more enchanted forest after midnight than cozy happily-ever-after.
goodreads 3.57/5 4,125 ratings
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Length576 pages
Story statusStandalone
Spice0/5
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- None
- Intellectual satisfaction
- Perspective shift
- Thought-provoking
Fantasy promise
- Fantasy
- Other
- Mythological
- Gothic
- Magical realism
Reading experience
- Multi-POV
- Medium
- Dark
- Literary
- Heavy
- Eerie
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- Poetic
- Whimsical
- Atmospheric
- Thoughtful
- Bluebeard retelling
- Cinderella retelling
- Snow Queen retelling
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Book details
- Length
- 576 pages
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book