How to Fracture a Fairytale by Jane Yolen is kind of disappointing. I came into that book expecting fairytales not mostly editorial notes and then sticking the poem at the end. It kind of lost the whole meaning and beauty of poems.
I would have liked it better if the poems were at the front of the book in a section and then the notes from the author about the poem and what fairytale it is supposed to be about at the back of the book.
It could just be me but I like using my imagination when reading poems because I could not see what the author said she was writing about.
That being said I did like a couple of poems, but I wanted more because by the time I got into it and understood how the structure was. The poems need to stand out a bit more because I thought it would all be editorial notes and the stories would be at the back, but no.
I love fairytales and I was hoping for more instead of being 97% in and thinking you had just started reading the book.
I finished it in 10 minutes so if anyone is looking for a really short book this would be perfect for you.
3.5 stars
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