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Slippery When Wet's Classic Fairy Tales of Murder and Mayhem
Slippery When Wet's Classic Fairy Tales of Murder and Mayhem | Linda Vanek
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Bluebeard's naive bride is only a cover for his truly brutal fetishes. Rapunzel is the unbalanced spawn of an opium-addicted mother. The Wolf is the least of Red Riding Hood's problems. Meet Sleeping Beauty's twin henchman sons. A product of incest when her own half brother comes upon her helplessly passed out in a coma and takes advantage. Discover the real price Rumpelstiltskin charges for spinning straw into gold. If you enjoy dark humor with your incest, torture, cannibalism, dismemberment, and other medieval pastimes you've come to the right place. These are extremely gruesome adult retellings of classic fairy tales more than just fractured. These stories are deeply dark with twisted sexual encounters and the women in these fairy tales are not the tenderhearted pushovers as in modern-day fairy tales.So come down to the dungeon, settle onto your Judas cradles and break out your heretic forks. A delectable feast for true horror fairy tale fans. This book will haunt your dreams if not give you vivid nightmares. Each story and many characters are tied together all into one dysfunctional kingdom with a viciously abusive king and many murderous, lascivious and just plain monstrously evil people. This book includes Bluebeard, Rumpelstiltskin, Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel and more. A wicked read
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Brilliant and disturbing. I think book was metaphorical to a degree and not to be taken literally It can eerily be compared to society today though takes place in medieval times. It sticks to the basic fairy tale story line of the originals complete with the cannibalism that did go on in those times during long term famine hence the inspiration for Hansel and Gretel. Great dark humour read. You may enjoy if you are a Monty Python fan.

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I received a free review copy from Voracious Readers Only in exchange for my honest review.

A dark reimagining of classic fairytales. These stories contain rape, torture, pedophilia, bestiality, cannibalism and incest. They felt very immature, like a teen had written them. The only positive was the same characters popping up throughout the stories. This felt like a waste of time.

iread2much Good to know, too bad it wasn‘t a good read (edited) 4y
LanceE This book was absolutely brilliant. It really depicted the middle ages and was written in that style as well. Also how the more things change, the more they stay the same and could have been about what is going on in the world today. It also covers cannibalism that did go on in those times. People often did kill and eat their own children during famines if you know your history.
And I loved all the strong women who didn't need a male to save them
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