Name: Hansel and Gretel
Rating: 3.666666666666667 (24 reviews)
ISBN: 9781408861981

Neil Gaiman

The enduring story of the children, the breadcrumb trail and the gingerbread house is brought to life by master storyteller, Neil Gaiman. Who better to retell the Brothers Grimm's greatest, and perhaps darkest, fairy tale, Hansel and Gretel? Coupled with breathtakingly haunting illustrations from Lorenzo Mattotti, you will be enticed into the world and into the woods . . . so beware.

Hansel and Gretel

Two abandoned children come upon a gingerbread cottage inhabited by a cruel witch who wants to eat them.

Sarah Sammis

Hansel and Gretel by Neil Gaiman and Lorenzo Mattotti is a graphic novel retelling of the 1857 Grimm brothers' tale. In this version the guilt is shared among all the adults: the parents and the witch. The story is also contextualized to set up the encounter between the witch and the siblings.

The story is introduced with a back story of a happy couple marrying during prosperous times. They chose to live away from the village where the husband can make money as a woodcutter. During this prosperous time, the siblings are born. Then war comes and with it famine. There is no food and there are no jobs.

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Maggie Gordon

As with all Gaiman stories, the prose in this is very readable. However, there's no Gaiman charm. Usually when he tackles a fairy tale, he retells the story in a new, interesting fashion. In this case, all he does is give us the original, just in his words. No unique flare whatsoever. Together with the illustrations, it makes a fine, haunting version of the original, but nothing more. Alas!

Natalia Hernandez

Dejé una reseña en español en mi blog: http://natified.com/2016/01/04/libros...

My favorite author got inspired by these illustrations made by Lorenzo Mattoti to write Hansel and Gretel, the brother and sister who end up lost in the woods and find a house made of candy, where a woman tries to eat them. It's not a nice story but it is a classic of children literature. 

I don't really like this story, in general, but it was penned by Gaiman so I bought it. I thought it would be a spin on the classic, similar to what he did with The Sleeper and the Spindle, which is AMAZING, but nope, it's just the classic story, nothing more. 

I did like the illustrations, they are super dark and I think it fits the spirit of the story better than pretty colorful drawings, so there's that. 

oh, there's an addendum to the story at the end, about the original written by the Grimm brothers and how the story itself has changed from century to century. I found it to be very interesting, history wise.

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