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Brothers and Beasts: An Anthology of Men on Fairy Tales (The Donald Haase Series in Fairy-Tale St...

Jack Zipes (Editor),

Jack D. Zipes (Foreword)

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Apr 03, 2015 Christine rated it it was ok

Shelves: diverse-and-women-authors, essays, myth-and-lore-criticism-history

I liked the other volume better. I can't figure out if it is because I'm a woman or because it was simply better. However, there a few essays that are worth it, like the one about Jack and the Beanstalk.

If you like Neil Gaiman and/or Jeff Vandermeer, you should know each has an essay in this. ...more

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May 12, 2016 Katie J Schwartz rated it liked it

Shelves: nonfiction, writers-bookshelf, met-the-author, mythology-folklore, library, fairy-tales, essays, diverse-authors, favorite-authors, anthologies

Anthologies are so difficult to review because, of course, some essays are going to be better than others. That's just the way of it. This has some big names in Brothers & Beasts: Neil Gaiman, Gregory Maguire, and the like. Men aren't often asked how they feel about fairy tales, so there are some interesting perspectives here.

Three Stars: Not bad, but not fantastic either. I'll still recommend it, if I think that person might like it more than me.

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