I had known that some fairy tales were meant to scare children out of doing things, so sometimes the characters died or something, but some of these fairy tales are rather depressing. I still like them though. This read does not include some of HCA's famous stories like: The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina, Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Ugly Duckling, but I'm sure they can easily be found.

I loved how even though it was a dark subject and some chapters were very creepy, it still had sort of a witty style like his plays. Chapter 11 and 13 were my favourites. 11, because it was full of seriously decadant sentences. Even words I didn't know the meaning of sounded so beautiful. 13 because it made the book more creepy than I had expected.

I think my fifth grade teacher read this to us when he was the Tin Man in a stage production. Since then, I have been getting bits of plot mixed up with "Return to Oz" from the eighties. I am glad I got to read it for myself, and I want to read the other books. I wish I had them when I was little.