Monday, May 4, 2015

The Grimm Conclusion (4th blog)

Summary
For my last book of the 4th quarter I decided to go with a different genre then what I usually read. The book that I am currently reading is called The Grimm Conclusion. This book is not teen fiction or realistic fiction, but instead its a Fairly Tale/ Folktale kind of book. The book is about fairytales but the author writes them as twisted ones. Basically fairytales with not a happy ending. There fairy tales with a dark side to them. For example if you ever watched Beauty and the Beast you know how Beast turn into a Beast literally. But the love they have for each other doesn't change. If it were in the "Grimm Conclusion" of course the story would be changed and would be twisted so that the readers can be more entertained by the wicked things that happen in the book. Anyway, what if there love changed? What if the Beast got so upset that he was turned into a beast that he ate Belle? What if they never got that happy ending that is supposedly in every folktale and fairytale all the time? Ive read all the Grimm books and I think that this one is the last one. The author also talks to you in the book which is pretty cool for example, the very first page of the book the author says "For example, raise your hand if you've ever heard of story called "Little Red Riding Hood". "You haven't?" "Oh,you have." "Then why aren't you raising your hand? "Go ahead and raise it ." I don't care how stupid you look, sitting in the corner of a library by yourself, or on the school bus, or in bed at night raising your hand for no apparent reason." (By the way he talks to the reader he bolds the words so that he doesn't confuse the readers.

characters: 

Stepfather: In the book the stepfather is very mean and ignorant. He blamed Jordina for killing her own brother when actually it was him because he really disliked him. He then forced Jordina  to burry the bones of her brother under a tree. The stepfather is a two face to me. For example when the mom of Jordina is not working and relaxing he's very nice and generous to Jordina, but when she heads back to work he's very abusive and rude. Jordina is treated very unfairly. 


Jordina: Jordina is very helpful. Jordina also cares about many people. For instance she really cared about her brother. In the book on page 8 before Joringle was murderd they both promised each other that they will go were ever each other goes and that they will never leave each other. Till one day Joringle  was murderd by his wicked step father. Ever since that tragedy Jordina has never been the same.

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