TL 's Reviews > A Wild Swan: And Other Tales

Narrators - Lili Taylor and Billy Hough : 4 stars
Their narrations were just right for the stories, giving them that extra spark. There is one where they were narrate together that was one of my favorites.

The stories/tales themselves...



There were a few stand-outs among the bunch (Wild Swans, Poisoned, the one based on the one-legged soldier and the ballerina, Monkeys Paw ) but overall I wasn't super impressed with them.

Each story has its own charm... some were wicked, some were strange, sweet and a bit dark. A certain gave me chills even though I heard a different re-telling of some years ago (still not exactly sure when and where ) and if I could purchase each story separately, that would be one of them I would choose.

Despite the off-beatness of these stories, I was never completely pulled in for most of collection. I'm still thinking over these though, they have that certain 'pull' to them, that 'something' you can't quite pinpoint.

I give Mr. Cunningham props though for doing something a bit different with these tales, not many fresh ideas out there to re-invent/re-tell fairytales these days (and who doesn't love to visit these worlds now and again in some form?).

This was a good read for me while I wasn't feeling well, it was nice to just lay down, close my eyes, and let my mind drift along with the stories.

Recommend? Probably, it will most likely be one you will love or feel 'meh' about but still worth the try methinks.

Happy reading!