![]() ![]() The fairy tale already implies there was famine in the land, so it's not like this is some oh very new and exciting change Gaiman introduced, but it was where his narration skills should've shone. If it was up to me, I'd have worked more on the war and famine explanation for why Hänsel & Gretel's parents decided to abandon them. ![]() For example, why is the stepmother changed to the mother? And why is she punished but not the father who actually carried out the deed twice? Why does the witch drug the kids? None of that is in the fairy tale. ![]() Just wordier and with little changes that don't make much sense. I downright hated this retelling, and not just because it's boringly the same as the original fairy tale. This being Neil Gaiman, I was fully expecting shocking twists and gritty but unique twists to the Grimms' tale of Hänsel and Gretel, and instead I got confirmation that Gaiman doesn't know how meat is transported and how German names work. ![]()
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