interesting overall
4 stars
the language used felt a bit dated at times and the way the book consistently went into the "just asking questions" territory when confronted with the question of are fairies actually real was kinda weird, but all in all this was a very interesting read.
going into it we had a very different impression of fairies from what is described in the book: here they are described as petty and frankly blood thirsty force-of-nature beings. in fact, this charm believes fairy stories, at least the ones from ireland, to be essentially cautionary tales both about failing to respect nature and also about the random cruelty sometimes inherent to it.
the language used felt a bit dated at times and the way the book consistently went into the "just asking questions" territory when confronted with the question of are fairies actually real was kinda weird, but all in all this was a very interesting read.
going into it we had a very different impression of fairies from what is described in the book: here they are described as petty and frankly blood thirsty force-of-nature beings. in fact, this charm believes fairy stories, at least the ones from ireland, to be essentially cautionary tales both about failing to respect nature and also about the random cruelty sometimes inherent to it.