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I Love Reading Books

As a child, I loved fairy tales. Including all the classics like Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty...etc. They were a big part of my childhood.

When I got older, I came to know that they weren’t the original versions. I learnt that the original fairy tales are much darker. So, I got curious and bought a book which has all the fairy tales by The Brothers Grimm.

So far, I have only read about 50 or so stories and bloody hell, they’re far more morbid than I had thought…
Henal
26-30, F
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meat18 · 56-60, M
Pretty creepy , arent they! i did the same thing years ago. reading your post has relit that desire to read them again!
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Henal · 26-30, F
@meat18 Most definitely! But certainly more interesting
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meat18 · 56-60, M
@Henal absolutely!! lol!
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Gangstress · 41-45, F
I love the brother grimm, best books EVER!
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Henal · 26-30, F
@Gangstress I think I may like them more than the modern altered ones. As weird as it may sound, I enjoy some of the gory bits 😂
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acpguy · C
You must love Biden and his President Heels-up Harris as they have told the people of the USA lots of fairy tales............and the fairies love them.🤣
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Henal · 26-30, F
@acpguy Honestly, I don't really care for American politics
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MySecretIdentity1 · 46-50, M
The Brothers Grimm were not writing books for the stories. It was about learning early Germanic and other languages. The only way they could get enough info was from stories passed down. Those tended to be fairy tales because that is all the older people could remember from their childhood.
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Henal · 26-30, F
@MySecretIdentity1 No I haven't. But I think it's on Netflix, so I might watch it
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MySecretIdentity1 · 46-50, M
@Henal I think you'd like it. The premise is an interesting spin on things. The truth may be stranger than fiction.
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Henal · 26-30, F
@MySecretIdentity1 Okay, I'll give it a go :)
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Zaxel · 26-30, M
i had no clue lol
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Henal · 26-30, F
@Zaxel Ahh, that kind reminds of the show Once Upon a Time (not sure if you've watched it or not), but peter pan was portrayed as a bad guy. It makes sense now lol

And fair enough lol
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Zaxel · 26-30, M
@Henal i think i heard of it lol but nah i dont remember anything
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Henal · 26-30, F
@Zaxel Lol it's interesting to watch, if you're into that kind of stuff
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Bluelewis · 22-25, M
Reminds me of the Disney Twisted tale books, where they are the darker/villian versions of the movies 😅
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Henal · 26-30, F
@Bluelewis Lol I might give it a try then 👌🏼
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Bluelewis · 22-25, M
@Henal Lowkey expect a follow up post when you do, no pressure 😉
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Henal · 26-30, F
@Bluelewis We’ll see 😂
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Pfuzylogic · M
See what happens when they become edited for children. You must be enjoying the reads. It sounds like an adventure.
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Pfuzylogic · M
@mad205039
Not only dark but very skilled in storytelling. He was the only author in the 80s that Stephen King heralded as better than himself.
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MySecretIdentity1 · 46-50, M
And a bit rapey.
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Henal · 26-30, F
@mad205039 Yeah, I got that feeling from some of the stories
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Henal · 26-30, F
@mad205039 No, I don't think I have
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CoffeeFirst · 56-60, F
Same with me. I had a older book of Grimms Fairy Tales. Yikes! Depressing!
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Henal · 26-30, F
@CoffeeFirst Haha tell me about it
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SW-User
Yes. It's really interesting.
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Henal · 26-30, F
@SW-User They are indeed haha. Have you ever read them?
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SW-User
@Henal Yes. I looked them up online when I saw videos about it.
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Henal · 26-30, F
@SW-User Ahh okay :)
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SW-User
I love the Grimm's :)
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Henal · 26-30, F
@SW-User Same :)
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SW-User
@Henal Disturbing but I still wanted to read them at the same time . :)
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Montanaman · M
Anne Rice- Sleeping Beauty Trilogy 💞
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Mamapolo2016 · F
They are dark indeed. 😁
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passingby8 · 31-35, F
I love faery tales too.
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ronisme1 · 61-69, M
Me too
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