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Mallory Ortberg: The merry spinster (2018, Holt Paperbacks) 3 stars

"A collection of darkly mischievous stories based on classic fairy tales."--Front flap.

Creepy creepy fary tales

3 stars

Creepy fairy tales and myths. By which I mean, even creepier than usual. It was high and lows. My favourites: The Daughter Cells, The Six Boy-Coffins and The Rabbit. It is certainly a clever book, and a well-written one, too. I found some of the stories too cerebral, or too concerned with not being obvious, to the point that they become hard to enjoy. Admittedly, I am not at all sure the enjoyment was necessarily in the author's plans.