Blog | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Pinterest I grew up with Disney movies and my favourite one was the one with the mermaid that has long red hair, and I loved her love story, and also enjoyed watching the rest of the movie series that followed years later.And while loving Ariel for so long, I have never actually read the original story. So a few weeks ago, I decided to cherish it properly, as a true childhood love deserves to be cherished. And I was left with my jaw dropped and my mouth...

Expect this: this book is more of words than of illustrations. The artstyle is a bit underwhelming but it works for the book which I guess it's original purpose is to tell the story as it is.I loved it. But I cannot say the same about the artstyle or the choice of colours used. It's a bit underwhelming but also quite intimidating to the eyes. I expected more from this book I guess judging from its cover. I cannot help getting disappointed as I kept on reading the book.I would have appreciated th...

Oh this story will always remind me of my childhood, so of course this is a five star story

Wow-- I knew this would be drastically different the the flame colored heroine of Disney's creation, but I don't know that I was prepared for this. For most of the book (almost 3/4) the story remains mostly the same. A young daughter of a widowed merman and her grandmother are raising her and her multitude of sister mermaids. On her 16th birthday, she spies a prince on a ship and then rescues his life from the sea. She also makes a trade with the sea witch, but the terms of the deal are much mor...

After reading Hans Christian Andersen's the Little Mermaid, it surprised me to see how much the Disney version got right and I could understand why they changed what they did. The Little Mermaid is actually a much darker tale. I find the story, overall, to be quite sad, but I love the story nonetheless.

The Little Mermaid, or "Den lille havfrue" is one of the most famous fairy tales by the Danish author, Hans Christian Andersen. It is a tale which has captured the imagination, sparking off numerous adaptations, and a ballet version of it inspired a statue which sits on a rock in the Copenhagan harbour in Langelinie. Even though the statue is quite small, it has itself become a Copenhagen icon and a major tourist attraction.The tale was first published in 1837, along with "The Emperor's New Clot...

I know this has really high ratings but I still feel like I shouldn't have loved this as much as I did. It was so tragically awesome. I love that it didn't have a happy ending. It was weird as snot but I loved it.

I am going to have to stop telling people The Little Mermaid is my favourite fairytale and start telling them it's one of my favourite stories. I really do like the tale. I like the danger to it, the sadness, the abandonment of family and life, the loss, the pain and the darkness. So much longing in this story, longing for what you don't have, and then what you abandoned to get what you do have... it's a cycle. I find it really meaningful and raw and I love when magical tales can make you feel t...

This is horrifying and tragic and I really loved it

Hmm... I think it´s wrong to compare it with the Disney version of The Little Mermaid, although I didn´t expected Andersen´s version was so... what shall I call it... f*cked up... The point of view of the Little Mermaid herself was wonderful, she was sweet and good-hearted. But the prince, omg! Why would you love such a person?! I mean: The prince said she should remain with him always, and she received permission to sleep at his door, on a velvet cushion. What is she?! A dog?! And the ending

In Andersen's version of the tale, at the bottom of the sea, five mermaid princesses lived with their father. While they all pined to go to the surface to explore, none of this was permitted until their fifteenth birthdays. One by one, the mermaids ascended on their fifteenth birthdays to explore the outside world, returning with wonderful tales. The youngest is the most excited of all, making her way to the surface, only to help a prince who falls into the sea during a storm. From that day forw...

“But a mermaid has no tears, and therefore she suffers so much more.” I actually re-read this, i've read this once i was a kid. Basically, i grew up with Hans Christian Andersen's book and The Little Mermaid is always be my favorite. If you know the little mermaid from Disney then think the ending was happy ending and they live happily ever after, you can't found it here. The little mermaid that i know was sad story. This is about the sacrifice that Little Mermaid made for her love. She left her...

okay. this is actually way less misogynist than i expected?? sooo the 1989 disney adaptation is significantly more toxic than something written by a man in 1836.most of us know that the little mermaid is a story about yearning and sacrifice, but the subject of the mermaid's yearning is the variable across adaptations. in the disney version she longs for the prince above all else. she also longs to be part of his world, but he is at the heart of her desire.but in the original that's not the case....

Hah. This is going to be like the ragequit of book reviews.*calm deep breaths* *inhale* *exhale* *googling pictures of fluffy kittens*WHAT THE FUCK HANS? WHAT THE FUCK! No no no no no. NO.I need to bleach this version from my SOUL. Hans, I'M TAWKING TO YOU. Rise up out of your 140 year old grave right now AND FIX THIS SHIT. I'm hunting down the original, and setting it on fire. Or at the very least writing Sebastian into your story. YOU CAN'T HAVE THE LITTLE MERMAID WITHOUT THE SASSY JAMAICAN CR...

Tonight at 9: The ugly truth behind backroom mermaid deals! This didn't go down like you might think.I'd like to blame it on youth but frankly, The Little Mermaid's decision-making skills were just complete shit. Even for a teenager.The story opens as our unnamed and underage mermaid goes on a sanctioned trek to see what the humans world is like. <--because this is what 15 year old fish-girls do.She comes across the prince's ship and then proceeds to spy on him for an hour or so before bad weath...

A hauntingly beautiful story paired with achingly gorgeous illustrations! I'm sorry to say that this is the first time I've read the "actual" story of the Little Mermaid, previously acquainted only with very general retellings and the Disney movie version (which is delightful in its way). This version purports to be closest to Andersen's original as it makes only slight adaptations from the mid-19th century translation by Mary Howitt, a correspondent and friend of Andersen who introduced his wor...

There isn't much to like about this story. A young mermaid finds out she doesn't have a soul and will end up as nothing more than sea foam after her death, so she goes about stalking a human she hopes will fall in love with her and give her part of his soul. Which could work, I guess, if she hadn't gotten her tongue cut out or if the human didn't see her as a pet instead of a serious love interest. He even had her sleeping outside his room on a cushion. ͡¯\_(°_o)_/¯

By now, I should be saying that I am used to reading Anderson's bitter-sweet tales. After all, I have read many of them. BUT HELL NO! I can't say it. The only reason I still read his tales is because his writing style is so vivid and beautiful. I am kind of addicted to his writing in such a way that I must have a dose of it once in a while.This tale is my favourite as far as description of scenes are concerned. He has a way with imagining awesome scenes. But for plot, I think almost every ta

The Disney version of The Little Mermaid is so much better. It’s a happy ending!! The original story, which is this, doesn’t end how I expected. It was so sad. I did enjoy the rest though.