#sisters grimm 10th anniversary editions review

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10th Anniversary Editions Review Masterlist

The Fairytale Detectives: 

Chapter 1

Chapter 2 

Chapters 3-5

Chapters 6-7

Chapters 8-10 and final thoughts 

The Unusual Suspects:

Chapters 1-3

Chapters 4-7

Chapters 8-10 and final thoughts 

The Problem Child: 

Chapters 1-3

Chapters 4-5

Chapters 6-8

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The Problem Child, Chapters 6-8

Hello everyone! As promised, a chapter review update! For those of you who started following me since my last update, or just a refresher in general: I’m going through the 10th anniversary editions of the books and comparing them page by page, word for word with the originals to see what MB changed, because there have been A LOT of changes. 

The changes for chapters 6-8 are below and as (almost) always, I’m dissapointed. 

(side note when I search the tag ‘sisters grimm 10th anniversary edition review; on my blog, I’m missing the last few posts of mine. Similarly when I search ‘sisters grimm’ in the general search some of my posts don’t appear so please please please, let me know if you see this!!)

Chapter Six

(This picks up after Sabrina and Jake get caught in the Hall of Wonders after Granny forbid Sabrina from magic)

-Daphne no longer asks if Jake killed Basil.

-When Sabrina and Granny argue, Daphne now says to Sabrina, “you just accused her of not caring about us!”

-Instead of smiling at Sabrina the next morning, Granny nodded stiffly.

-When Jake brings Doughnuts, Granny now says “Doughnuts are not going to win me over,” but she smiles and takes one, saying that she missed them.

-Sabrina no longer says she saw the view of the town from the mountains when she was running from the Jabberwocky

-Granny makes Jake promise he won’t take them to the asylum.

-In the original Jake says he wants to make sure Mirror gets to try the doughnuts. Now Granny tells him to share with Mirror and Jake says “I’m not wasting these on him!” and Granny replies “Mirror is part of the family, go give him one!” (this makes me sad despite what I know about Mirror.)

-When Charming comes over he no longer looks at Sabrina and says “Captain, permission to come aboard?”

-Granny no longer even says goodbye before closing the door on Charming and Snow.

-Jake no longer says that Charming threatened to have him arrested as a kid

-The girls no longer interrupt to ask Jake what he did to make Granny erase him in the minds of everyone in Ferryport Landing.

-After Jake storms out Sabrina asks “is that the price for using magic you were talking about?” (which seems super savage!! Like wow.)

-When Sabrina goes to find Puck he is sitting on a jewel encrusted toilet instead of a throne, which I suppose is more fitting.

-Sabrina no longer accuses Puck of being in a bad mood

-MB spells doughnut two different ways in the same sentence?? Originally this didn’t happen. He literally had to change one spelling and not the second. I repeat, in the same sentence. 

-Sabrina says “So this is about my uncle” instead of “why don’t you like him?”

-The kiss scene is reworked. From what I can tell it’s all still there, just in slightly different order. The only thing missing is she now never tells Puck to meet them at the car.

-Jake apparently named the car Genevieve???

-In the car Sabrina thinks that every time Puck looks at her it felt like her face was on fire.

-The signs that say “A vote for Heart is a vote for change” aren’t there anymore

-When they start to practice with the wand, Jake originally says practicing is important because otherwise someone could get hurt. That line is gone.

-When you see Canis run through the forest Sabrina no longer says that Puck is just dumb enough to fight him. Daphne’s response is gone as well.

-This is new though: ‘“Did anyone see that guy’s face?” Daphne asked. Uncle Jake shook his head. “Maybe he’s one of those Scarlet Hand weirdos.” “Maybe” Sabrina said. The thought made her worry for Puck which made her feel ridiculous. Since when did she worry about stinky old Puck? She wanted to dig a hole and bury herself.’

-The Blue Plate Special is now hyphenated to The Blue-Plate Special

-Sabrina thinks that she doesn’t care if The Blue Plate Special employs Everafters as long as they can make disco fries.

-There’s a menorah on the counter in the diner!!!

-Jake now clarifies that Farrah owns the diner, not just works there.

-Sabrina’s order changes to add disco fries. (what the heck is disco fries?)

-Sabrina specifies that Heart and Nottingham are in ‘regular’ clothing when they walk in the diner.

-When Sabrina threatens Nottingham, he normally says “You’re bluffing!” and Jake replies, “Is she?” This is gone.

-Sabrina notes that the thump from the Jabberwocky almost knocks the Scarecrow off his stool.

-The wand is no longer knocked from Sabrina’s hand.

Chapter Seven

(This picks up in the diner fight with Red and the Jabberwocky)

-Oh. NOW the wand is knocked from her hand. (Previously it happened in Chapter six towards the tail end)

-Uncle Jake tells them to stay down instead of Sabrina saying that.

-Red’s line about people saying she’s confused and had imagination is gone. (which is really sad because I always liked that line)

-Jake tells Red he “knows where her grandmother and puppy are” to get her to put Heart down.

-Sabrina tells Daphne to stay put as she goes for the wand.

-The whole bit where Sabrina tells Red she’s crazy and Red says ‘Sabrina is making her and her kitty mad’ is gone.

-Puck no longer says he’s a hero now, but the rest of the line is intact.

-Sabrina says “You expect me to apologize because you’re doing a good deed?” to Puck

-Puck’s line “If I’m going to be a good guy, than people are going to notice!” is gone.

-One of Puck’s lines used to go; ‘”Don’t worry girls,” Puck shouted, almost laughing . “I’ve got all this under control!”’ Now it goes, ‘” Don’t worry girls,” Puck shouted sarcastically. “I’ll save you!”’ This change doesn’t make a lot of sense, why would he be sarcastic? I feel like Puck’s dialogue has suffered so much already.

-Puck getting his wings ripped off is still as awful and gut wrenching as normal.

-Instead of backing both Sabrina and Daphne into a corner after Sabrina hits it with lightning, the Jabberwocky only backs Sabrina into a corner.

-Daphne no longer jumps up to run to Mr. Canis when he appears.

-Canis now tells the girls to stay down.

-Red now says she has a basket of goodies for Granny- which is a little too on the nose for me.

-Canis used to say “Get home children.” Now he says, “I will get him (meaning Puck) help girls, you and Jacob need to get home now.”

-The first thing Sabrina asks when she runs in Granny’s room is whether or not Puck will be okay. Originally they talked about Canis first.

-The conversation with Canis about the Wolf is different. Sabrina asks Granny how she could lie when Sabrina had been blaming herself for Canis’ death. I really like this addition.

-Canis also heavily implies he still wants to commit suicide. In the original I feel like it wasn’t as heavily implied that he still actively wants to.

 Chapter Eight

(For context this is the chapter they go under the Hudson to meet the Little Mermaid)

-When they are approaching the sea floor bottom Sabrina says there are soda bottles instead of pop bottles. I googled where in the country people use what term and according to multiple sources, in New York they say soda, so…well done?

-The Little Mermaid now “requires” their presence instead of “seeks” it.

-Lake is corrected to River. I never caught it before that MB accidentally says they’re at the bottom of a lake.

-When describing Ariel it used to say “Still, her over abundant body couldn’t hide the beauty she was”. Now it simply says, “Still, she was beautiful”. While it still describes her as overweight, I suppose it’s not as blatantly negative as it was previously.

-Her hair now reaches her “fins” instead of “ankles” because…she doesn’t have ankles…

-“Back of the little boat” is changed to “stern” We’re teaching nautical terms here, kiddos.

- “Faerie” is now spelled “fairy”. Interested to see where this one goes. It’s used in context of the “Faerie Folk” so we might see more changes about this.

So that’s the updates for 6-8! As always, I think MB needs a better editor. Like full stop. He needs a better editor to catch some of these blatant mistakes. 

I still don’t think removing any of these lines made the story better or made things flow better. At best, I don’t see why MB made the changes he did, and at worst, he stripped us of some of my favorite lines. 

As always let me know what you think because I love hearing your opinions on these!! 

(side note when I search the tag ‘sisters grimm 10th anniversary edition review; on my blog, I’m missing the last few posts of mine. Similarly when I search ‘sisters grimm’ in the general search some of my posts don’t appear so please please please, let me know if you see this!!)

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Are u still reviewing the new anniversary releases? If not can I just ask if he changed any of the puckabrina scenes? I love the entirety of the original books but ngl their moments always hit diff for me, I’d be pissed if he ruined them

You’re reading my mind because I’m going to upload a new chunk of chapter changes this weekend!! I know it’s been forever but I am still slowly working through them! It’s really time intensive to work through these cause I read them side by side to look for changes. Is it the easiest way? Probably not. But it is the most careful!

So far he has not changed any puckabrina moments, thank god. But I’ll always let you know if that changes.

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Every time MB makes a good addition to the rewrites he takes away a great original line, it’s to keep us humble

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The Problem Child, Chapters 4 & 5

So, this is my second attempt at making this post cause Tumblr deleted the content. So here we go again. These two chapters have a LOT of changes and some of them are super weird so I’d love to hear what other people think. Also, it’s clear no one read these books before releasing them to the public...

Chapter Four:

-The part when Daphne says she thought they could do some research after breakfast and then winks at Sabrina is gone.

-Granny’s line about Puck being so good at saving people that maybe it’s what he was meant to do is gone.

- A lot of filler things are gone like various glances, looks, and grumbles, etc.

-When they get in the cab to go to the school Van Winkle is complaining about Elvis and Sabrina says, “there is nothing that Elvis could do to him that Father Time hadn’t already.” Now the term Father Time is gone.

-Instead of saying “For the love of all things good and holy!” Van Winkle says, “For the love of Pete!”

- When Morgan comes over to the family and says, “isn’t it lovely?” Sabrina replies “Yeah for a grave.” Rather than “cemetery”

-Morgan now says “yes, I heard about what happened. My thoughts are with you and your girls, Relda. Mr. Canis was a good man.” Which is a really nice addition because previously she kind of just walks away awkwardly and we know Morgan is nicer than that, so I thoroughly enjoy this line.

-Sabrina no longer observers that the man with a pumpkin for a head is made of sticks.

-Briar is now described as being ‘brown skinned’ instead of ‘cocoa skinned’

-Instead of telling Sabrina she looks like a ‘captain on a cereal box’, Charming now tells her she looks ‘deranged’

-Sabrina no longer thinks Boarman, Swinehart, and Hamstead of overweight. Which I suppose is part of MB’s continued effort to stop blatant fat-shaming within the series. Though at the same time, being rather rotund is part of the characterization of those three so I’m not 100% sure how I feel about getting rid of any mention of anyone being even slightly overweight. (See the first book changes in which he got rid of a ‘chubby’ character tag) (feel free to put in your two cents here)

-Instead of saying opening a school should be a national day of mourning, Puck says it should be a ‘depressing event’ and when everyone turns to look at him, he says “What? I’m really sad.” Which is kinda funny admittedly.

-Instead of Charming saying he is “one of the most famous Everafters of all time,” he says he is “one of the most respected Everafters in the community.” Which is really neither here nor there for me, both seem well within the range of Charming’s ego.

-Heart now says the giant caused millions in property damage.

-Charming now argues against Heart that he is a mayor for both Everafters, and humans and that the money has to be divided equally. (aww Charming being a good guy)

-Sabrina’s line about Puck not caring about anyone but himself is gone.

-When Puck gets in the fight with the cyclops, he used to say, “You dare mock me?!” he now says “Whatever!” which…is kinda sucky.

-The troll no longer says “Fairy, I’m going to rip you limb from limb and suck on our bones.”

-When Jake lands on his back the Troll now says, “Get off me flea!” instead of the original, “Turn off your magic, sorcerer!”

-When the head of the Charming statue gets knocked off, it now rolls to Sabrina’s feet and “looks up at her smugly”

 Chapter Five

-Granny no longer cries when she sees Jake again for the first time.

-Jake no longer calls Sabrina ‘Peanut’.

-The original exchange between Puck and Jake is changed dramatically. The lines: “Face it, some of the bad guys have to be handled by adults” and “Well I’m a bad guy and you’re an adult. Let’s see how well you handle me!” are gone. So, Granny yelling at them seems really out of place and super awkward and uncalled for.

-MB no longer says that Granny looks after Puck leaving with worried eyes.

-Jake calls traveling by car ‘prehistoric’

-Instead of saying “Merry Christmas” to Van Winkle. Granny says, “Happy Holidays” Yay for inclusivity!

-Granny tells Daphne not to eat the giant candy canes because it will ruin her dinner.

-Daphne no longer mentions that the decorations are just like home. Which is SAD! I loved that she mentioned that. It made their hard situation hit that much closer to home.

-MB still says that Henry kept fairy tales from the girls despite the fact earlier changes now dispute that. It’s even more confused than before.

-Jake says the Anderson Triplets found the Wand of Merlin when originally Jake had found it.

-He also says that the Anderson Triplets’ collection rivals the Hall of Wonders.

-When talking about Oz, Jake says that Ferryport Landing wasn’t exciting enough for Dorothy, which implies she has been there at some point??? How?? He also says that she now works for “some science institute, collecting data on storms.”

-Sabrina now thinks she is relieved that there is someone else in the family dedicated to bringing her parents home. She says, “a tremendous weight has been lifted off her shoulders because now she has help.”

-Jake says that the two of them should work together in secret to get them home.

-When Sabrina tells Jake that Henry told her coffee stints a kid’s growth, Jake looks at her and says “Sabrina, I’m six feet two inches tall, I think you’ll be fine.” Which is Hilarious.

-When Sabrina and Jake figure out Red’s plan, Sabrina thinks she is “10 times scarier now”

-Sabrina asks what’s at the end of the Hall of Wonders and Mirror says she isn’t ready for that yet. More obvious setting up for later books.

-Sabrina comments that the power from the helmet feels the same as the wand.

-Jake’s speech to Granny about how useful magic is and how Basil wanted them trained in it is shorter now.

-Granny no longer says the best thing she can teach the girls is that magic always has a price.

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So that’s chapters four and five. As per usual I like the additions and dislike most of the other changes. The biggest take away is probably how MB treats fat people. Getting rid of the blatant fat shaming of Wendell in the last book was probably a good thing but I also don’t want him to get rid of every fat character because fat people exist and being fat isn’t a bad thing. 

Other than that I wish MB would read his own books because man so many of these mistakes could have been avoided. 

Please leave comments because I really want to talk about some of these changes. As always, feel free to ask questions too! 

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I didn't know about the anniversary books so I've been reading your reviews and I'm just??? Filled with rage??? Like I get the originals weren't perfect, but the new ones seem to hold so many mistakes and unnecessary changes. Idk, I guess I'm just a fan of letting good things be as they already are. And if he ruins Puckabrina in any way, so many people will be out for his blood (including me).

I agree! I was soooo excited about the new editions because I pictured something that had all the beauty of the originals with ADDED scenes and material.

Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine he would cut things. I thought maybe he would fix some minor issues but this is crazy.

I know I’m only on book three but it’s safe to say I’m disappointed. I already bought all the new editions because they were cheap and I had high hopes. I’ll finish the reviews so everyone can get a good look at what was changed but I’m really sad.

I record every change (unless it’s like word order or something) so you’ll definetly know if Puckabrina changes at all. I agree many people would be upset if that happens.

The next review will be up this weekend and thanks so much for messaging me!

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The Unusual Suspects Ch 8-10 and Overall Thoughts

Here it is! The long awaited (seriously, thanks for your patience) end of the review of the second book. Spoiler alert, MB gets rid of a LOT of things I REALLY LOVED 

Chapter Eight:

The opening paragraphs of the chapter are completely different. It’s much shorter than the original. Granny no longer says she would be a rich old lady if she could bottle Elvis’s energy.

There’s a funny but where Wendell is at the bottom of the bunny pile and he says he won’t come out because they’re going to “send him up the river” This is a good old reference to Sing Sing prison in upstate New York that the History buff in me really liked.

Wendell also says he’s “not great at fisticuffs” and Daphne asks him what that is.

Wendell also calls Snow a “dame” and says she “fights pretty well for a dame” but Granny calls him out for this which I liked.

Hamlin no longer says that he and Wendell’s mother have been worried, just Hamlin. Is MB implying that his mother is not in the picture?

When they bring Wendell back, Hamlin says “Thanks again, Relda. I owe your family a debt I have no idea how to repay.” To which Puck replies “We accept cash!”

In the first edition Puck asks Hamlin how many rats there were, and he replies “Thousands.” It’s one of my favorite interactions from this book and I’m sad to say it’s gone.

The bit about Granny cleaning when she’s angry is gone.

When they go through the Hall of Wonders again and Sabrina is reading the door plaques, there is a new one called “sleeping potions”

Daphne asks Mirror how far the Hall of Wonders goes and what is at the end of it. He replies “Something you don’t want to mess around with child”

For some reason he compares the old boiler to “a monstrous robot in a Japanese cartoon”?? Weird comparison but okay

Puck calls Wendell a rabbit boy instead of Piggy. This goes along with other earlier changes to rid the book of blatant fat shaming.

Sabrina and Daphne have some serious PTSD. When Hamlin walks through the door this is the passage: “Through the door walked a man who seemed as tall as the giant Sabrina and Daphne had encountered when they first moved to Ferryport Landing and for a moment the girls were lost in the memory of fighting it in the woods.” I really like this addition because it shows that what happens to them has weight that carries through the books, it matters.

Sabrina attempts to talk Wendell out of following Hamlin down the stairs. She argues that he might not want to know what his dad is involved with and that this is not one of his crime movies, this is real life. He may not like what they find.

The conversation Hamlin has with Rumpelstiltskin in the tunnels is slightly different. Rumple wants to talk to Wendell and Hamlin says no.

Chapter Nine:

A teacher no longer faints at the sight of the giant mouse.

Granny confiscates Sabrina’s keys. I think this was simply implied in the original as I couldn’t find a direct mention of it.

Sabrina refers to Rumpelstiltskin as “the child buying weirdo”

Sabrina mentions that they have been in Ferryport Landing for a month. This is helpful for time keeping purposes because sometimes its reaaaallly hard to figure out how long this series actually is.

The bit about Henry keeping fairy tales from the girls is completely gone. I believe this happened in the new edition of the first book too.

The dialogue where they learn about Rumpelstiltskin is different. Previously, Snow said they are digging to the barrier because Baba Yaga’s spell isn’t as strong underground. In the new version, Snow asks what the point of tunnels would be. Daphne says they are digging to the barrier and it’s Sabrina who guesses the magic wouldn’t be as strong underground.

Basil’s map and journal entry are completely gone.

Also, they don’t talk about Bannerman Island AT ALL. They talk about the chance it would flood the tunnels but the island being the thing they are digging to is completely gone which is sad because I know we as a fandom enjoyed that.

In the original edition, Puck suggests they are using rats to dig the tunnels and Sabrina yells “That’s stupid!” and Puck replies “You’re stupid!” The whole exchange is flipped now, with Sabrina suggesting it’s rats.

Daphne gets Snow’s previous line about “maybe they aren’t using rats.”

Instead of Snow telling them the story of the Pied Piper, they read it out of Grimm’s Fairytales. The dialogue and explanation are literally exactly the same, except it still reads so it sounds like Snow is talking rather than it being read from a book. The language is too casual for a book. It was not a good change and not enough was done to make it work.

Chapter ten:

Overall dialogue and action are moved around in this chapter.

Bella gets Toby’s previous line, “Duh! I’m evil!” but Sabrina now argues back and says “No you’re not! You’re being manipulated by Rumpelstiltskin! He’s toying with your emotions and making you do these terrible things!”

In the first edition Rumpelstiltskin says that him and Hamlin were about ready to give up because the kids were too tired to have high emotions. This line is gone now.

When Rumpelstiltskin is talking about Sabrina’s anger he now adds “…all the paranoia and prejudice that run through you, all the self-doubt, and, of course, the indignant rage about what has happened to you in your short life, well, it was delicious.”

Rumpelstiltskin says “certain things have to be done to please the Master” Correct me if I’m wrong but this is the first time the Master is mentioned. Sabrina responds with “who’s the Master??” Like she hadn’t heard of him before.

When Sabrina confronts the children about Rumpelstiltskin stealing them from their parents, her speech is much longer now and she says “he plays with a person’s feelings to make them o things they wouldn’t normally, he did it to me. I’ve said terribly things since I met him, things I don’t feel or believe.”

When Hamlin things Wendell is dead, he legitimately almost murders Rumpelstiltskin with an axe before Granny stops him.

When the Wolf comes out, one of my favorite lines of the ENTIRE series is changed. Originally when Puck confronts him, the Wolf says “Trickster, love will be the end of you.” To which Puck sputters and bushes and says, “I don’t know what you’re talking about!”

Now, the Wolf says: “Trickster, you have the disgusting smell of love on you, it will be your end.” Puck doesn’t respond except to say, “I didn’t know dogs spoke in riddles.” I miss the original.

Sabrina no longer says “Sick ‘em boy” to the Wolf.

Charming tells Sabrina to use one the Match Girl’s matches to get them out of the cave, when originally it is Sabrina’s idea.

Sabrina actually says she won’t leave the cave because the whole thing is her fault. Granny reassures her she’s not responsible for this.

They don’t mention Mr. Canis being dead AT ALL. Like it’s completely gone. I’m interested to see how they do the next book without that in there.

The scene with Red has some dialogue and action switched around but nothing substantial.

Overall feelings: 

MB gets rid of a lot of substantial things in the books, including key scenes with Mirror, Basil’s journal entry and map, and lines that were beloved by the fandom. I think he’s just creating more problems for himself so I’m interested to see how he’s going to handle book three. 

Now, I love books three and four so the next two books should go really fast. Other than a few scenes in books one and two, I don’t love these two books even in their original form So, I’m really sorry but that is partially to blame for me taking so long. 

On to The Problem Child!!

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My friend found out that MB changed her favorite line.

Red’s line:

“They said I have...imagaination” is now

“They said I have an overactive imagination.”

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The Problem Child, Chapters 1-3

I told you I loved this book so it would go faster! That being said, MB is making loving this book really hard. He’s making so many useless changes that make the book hard to read.

Flashback

-There are two lines changed around but all the information is still there

Chapter One

-It no longer mentions that Daphne was six when they went into foster care.

-Originally it says the barrier will fall when the last member of the Grimm family dies, however it is now corrected to say it will fall when the last member dies OR leaves town.

-When Sabrina is describing Red’s expression, she originally compares it to a man she saw on the news who was arrested for killing five people, now she says he strangled five people. Kind of a useless change. It’s not like it makes it any less violent.

-It no longer says the red handprints were also covering Sabrina’s parent’s clothing.

-When Puck turns into a walrus and slides down the hill, instead of shouting, “Let’s do it again!” he says, “Personally, I think I earned every penny of that seven million dollars!”

-Puck no longer says, “Grimm you look like you fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch.”

-After Puck starts the fire with his breath, it originally said he turned back to the pixies and said “I need you to go back to the road and wait for the Old Lady. Come and get me when she arrives.” That whole part is gone. He no longer says that to the pixies, but it still says he turns back towards them, doesn’t say anything, then immediately sits back down next to Sabrina. It was poorly done and incredibly rushed.

-Finally! A good addition!!! When Sabrina is falling asleep, Puck says, “Go to sleep, Grimm. I won’t let anything bad happen to you.” FINALLY, A NEW LINE I CAN GET BEHIND. It only took three books…

Chapter Two

Okay, this chapter starts out dumb.

-When Sabrina is asking how everyone is when she’s in the hospital, she originally asks about Daphne, then Granny, then Mr. Canis. They have the moment where they are sad and hugging, then Daphne yells at her for being reckless and using the matches without her.

Now, She askes about Daphne and Granny, then Daphne yells at her, THEN, she askes about Mr. Canis. The change served no purpose, the whole section feels disjointed and awkward now and does not flow well.

-The part after this where Sabrina thinks her unchecked anger had a part in Mr. Canis death is gone too.

-Instead of saying her parents looked like they had been sleeping the whole time, she just says they looked like they were asleep.

-Instead of Sabrina being in the hospital for three days she’s been there for two days. Apparently for no reason.

-Granny immediately calls the hospital Red was at an asylum. This makes sense because she has lived in the town so long, she would obviously know what the building was. Daphne asks what an asylum is, and Sabrina says it’s a prison for crazy people. Granny corrects her and says “No, it’s a hospital for people struggling with mental illness.” Which, like, good addition I suppose. I like that Granny knows what the building is.

-Instead of the card on the flowers saying “Love, Uncle Jake”, Now it just says, “Love, Jake.” Which I like because it sure would be a lot easier to explain, even though Granny doesn’t.

-Some dialogue is changed around in order and it’s just awkward.

-Sabrina’s line about being known as “Captain Dootieface until college” is gone.

-Even though Sabrina no longer says they’ve been sleeping the whole time the line later where Granny says, “You said it yourself Sabrina, they look like they’ve been sleeping the whole time.” Is still there. Even though…Sabrina literally doesn’t say that anymore.

-When Sabrina is mad that Granny isn’t doing anything to rescue Henry and Veronica, originally she looks across the hall and sees Mr. Canis’ door and realizes that Granny isn’t doing anything because she’s in mourning. Unfortunately, that included gems like “he had been her companion and best friend and despite his horrible past, the one person in Ferryport Landing who she trusted completely.” Instead of using Canis’ death to explain Granny’s behavior, Sabrina says “Whatever the answer [why Granny wasn’t helping] was, it didn’t matter.”

WHAT?! It didn’t matter??? How do you go from a huge paragraph about the love and respect and trust Mr. Canis and Granny shared to “it didn’t matter”????

-Instead of listing Wilhelm as her five-times great-grandfather, he’s her fourth. Spaulding is now her two-times great-grandfather instead of her third. Spaulding’s entry is changed from 1909 to 1929. When I first read this section, I was under the impression he was changing this to fit the Very Grimm Guide, which has the family tree and he wrote much later. HOWEVER, I just checked, and the original version was much more correct. According to the Very Grimm Guide (which, for some reason I’m taking as an authority on this?) Spaulding wasn’t even ALIVE in 1929. He had died in 1914. So, unless MB is going to redo A Very Grimm Guide, he just created a major issue for himself. I don’t know why he did this anyway, there seems to be no point.

-Wilhelm’s diary says that they were able to get one of the Jabberwockies back into its cage when originally, they were all killed and thrown overboard. This easily explains why one survived, rather than it being a surprise one survived.

-Spaulding’s second entry about the vorpal blade being able to cut through the barrier is changed around a lot but is mostly the same in information.

Chapter Three

-Previously Sabrina said “Every ounce of misery we’ve experienced in the last year and half could’ve been avoided if mom and dad weren’t kidnapped. We would have never been in foster care; we’d still be living at home safe and sound. If we can get our family back, things can go back to the way they were.” Now she says: “I’m bringing mom and dad back with or without you, they need us and if I have to break a few rues to rescue them, then rules are going to get broken.” This change is neither here nor there for me. I think I would like it best if the line about rules was added to the original section, rather than cutting the original.

-When Puck tricks them with the book about baby animals, Sabrina no longer stays out loud that the animals are cute.

-Originally, Daphne convinces Puck to come by saying they can go to the overpass and throw eggs at passing cars. Now its rotten tomatoes instead of eggs. A totally and completely useless change.

-Sabrina no longer says that Red jumped off the crazy bridge long ago.

-After Daphne falls in the basement of the asylum and tells Sabrina she wants to go, Sabrina now argues, saying they should stay longer and look for more clues. Originally, she agrees, and Puck gets ready to fly them out before Jake shows up.

-Sabrina no longer thinks she recognizes Jake’s smile.

-Jake no longer says “Daphne, I’m not trying to hurt you. If you would just listen for a second, I’m your- “

-Instead of saying “Well, we’ve got to run,” Puck now says, “This party is over!”

Those are the changes for the first section of the book. I am still of the mindset that Buckley is creating more problems then he’s fixing.

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Does Puck still kiss Sabrina when she has all that stuff he drew on her face in the second book? Does it still go down like it does in the original?

Hi! Thanks for asking, I seriously love questions!

This is actually in the third book and will be featured in my next review! I flipped ahead and the picture is still there so I can confirm it happens but not yet how it happens! My review will be up this weekend! Thanks again!

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As always feel free to ask about anything specific within the book!!

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Are you going to finish the rest of the Unusual Suspects chapter reviews?

Yes!! I’m actually typing up the final part right now. So either tonight or tomorrow morning it will be up.

Thanks for sticking with me, it’s hard to read both at once because I’m doing like by line analysis and it gets tedious and difficult when there are many changes. Anyway, thanks again!!

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The Unusual Suspects Review-Chapters 1-3

As promised I am back! Thank you to all of you who have stuck with me. I graduated college and am back to the regular scheduled blogging! Here are the first three chapter reviews for book two, I already have another two of the chapters written up so it won’t be long between releases. As always feel free to message me with thoughts! Michael Buckley makes a few HUGE mistakes in this book...

Chapter One:

The Lilliputians say they are going to sue Hamstead for wrongful arrest instead of police brutality. Probably an intentional change due to current events within the United States and elsewhere.

Sabrina openly asks Granny not to use forgetful dust on the security guard, showing her dislike of magical items and messing with humans quite early.

Hamstead says that Pinocchio did board Wilhelm’s ship but that he jumped off once they were out of the marina and swam back. Interesting because they cite that he is afraid of whales/sharks.

Once again it is mentioned that the wolf tasted blood for the first time in a great while.

Mirror calls the Golden Cap “not something a kid should be playing with.”

When Sabrina is standing outside of Canis’ door, she no longer things that she is starting to view everafters with suspicion, but she now thinks that she’s less concerned about Mr. Canis suffering and more concerned with him turning into the Wolf

Chapter Two:

Granny’s nightgown with the cows jumping over the moon is no longer described at all.

Some dialogue changed around.

Chapter Three:

Puck asks if Mrs. Smirt is a witch.

The explanation of why Sabrina and Daphne have been out of school so long is shortened.

Mrs. Smirt threatens that Granny won’t see Sabrina again until she’s 18 is no longer included.

Granny goes to school to help them enroll.

Instead of saying that Henry was always a trouble maker, Sheepshank says that he was a bit of a mischief maker but very charming.

Granny defends the girls when Mrs. Smirt says they have been argumentative and bad. Granny says she has found the girls to be delightful and curious.

Granny is extremely worried about leaving the girls at school. She gives Sheepshank a list of emergency numbers in case there’s a problem. Mr. Sheepshank says that she is having separation anxiety and Granny agrees. She says that she “just got the girls in my life and a grandmother worries.”

Granny cries when she is leaving the girls at school.

Snow White is described as having eyes as big as the sea.

You can see Sheepshanks effect on Sabrina right away. When Daphne is introduced to Snow, Sabrina starts picturing Snow and Hamlin working together in the Scarlet Hand. She even pictures barging into Snow’s classroom and confronting her, demanding that Snow confess.

When Sheepshank asks if Sabrina is okay, “She looked up into his face and shook off her rage. She was stunned by her anger and the thoughts that came with it. It was like she had fallen under some dark spell. Now that it was gone she had a pounding headache.”

Wendell calls out Mr. Grumpner on his weight shaming and says that it isn’t connected to his tardiness. I thought it was cool that Wendell had a chance to call him out.

However, Grumpner then calls Wendell a “worthless, slow-minded, moron” instead of a fat-body.

Somehow Sabrina knows Natalie’s name when she gets out of the game even though she hasn’t talked to her yet?? Weird addition that doesn’t make sense.

When Sabrina punches Natalie, she goes into a rant about how, “I’ve met a lot of kids like you You think you run this place. I’m sure you scare everyone too, so they don’t stand up to you. Just in case you still don’t get it, you don’t scare me.”

Scene with Grumpner and Sheepshank is different. Grumpner no longer threatens to tell Hamlin about this.

After the meeting, with Sheepshank, Sabrina walks out to find Natalie punch a locker and walk into Sheepshank’s office. Before she just walked down the hall.

HUGE typo on page 60. MB calls Bella, Natalie.

Daphne apparently made a bet with Puck. Puck bet that Sabrina couldn’t make a friend.

Bella calls Sabrina “slugger” and its cute (in a weird way since Bella is kind of the villain)

Sabrina doesn’t call “punk rock” stupid anymore which I like because it isn’t necessary to pit the sisters against each other

Daphne wonders who Wendall’s mom is. Which is a seriously good question.

MB uses the words ‘substance’ and ‘sac’ waaaay too much for my taste.

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The Unusual Suspects-Chapters 4-7

Okay so as promised here is the next chunk. I wanted to four chapters on this so the last chunk could just be the last three since those tend to have the most changes. 

As always let me know what you think! It seems MB has a bad habit of giving away Sabrina’s lines...

Chapter Four:

Sabrina describes that seeing a dead body for the first time made her feel numb. Good addition. I think it makes it feel more real, like these things that happen to them have impact.

Canis has Granny’s line about Ferry Port Landing having all of these magical creatures but sure, monsters are crazy.

Charming and Hamlin argue that no everafter in town is stupid enough to murder a human. I like this addition a lot because it immediately makes in clear only someone crazy would do this.

Canis also has Sabrina’s line about the hand print “blowing in through the window”. MB is making Canis snarkier.

Seven has Sabrina’s line about Charming being called “Billy” is so sweet he’s going to get a cavity.

PLEASE stop giving Sabrina’s lines away. Please.

Hamlin says this a job for the police and he wants to keep it quiet.

Sabrina argues that this is just a distraction keeping them from finding her parents. Granny argues that she spends most of her time looking for them but that they can’t shirk their responsibilities to the town either.  Another really good addition.

Charming explains more fully why he is deputizing them. He says that if they don’t stop the murderer he won’t get stopped at all.

There’s a funny exchange where Daphne is questioning Charming about his love for Snow and Charming says it is complicated. Then he seems to realize who he is talking to and explodes. “Why am I talking to you about this??” I literally laughed out loud at this, I can’t even tell you why.

Granny tells Sabrina to “trust her grandmother has a plan for every possibility” in relation to Mr. Canis and the Wolf.

Frog-Bella says I spy something “yummy” instead of something dead.

Chapter Five:

Mr. Canis says that it was Basil who told him that Relda is forbidden from driving in Germany. This was also apparently made into federal law.

When Granny starts driving Mr. Canis says “children, put on your seatbelts and if you have any final words for your maker, I suggest you pray” Another amazing addition. This one had me chuckling for days afterwards.

Granny shouts, “I feel so alive!” and Canis says that he almost feels sorry for the “ugly thing.” (meaning Frog-Bella of course)

Granny runs down shrubs, a fence, and four mailboxes without blinking. Canis calmly suggests she stays on the road.

Bella immediately identifies Canis as the Big Bad Wolf, which doesn’t happen in the first book.

The interaction between Canis and Puck when Granny tells Puck to fetch the widow is different. Canis doesn’t threaten to sic the Wolf on him but yells a lot and Puck seems more hurt by it this time. Canis tells Relda that he was too hard on him.

When the find Rumpelstiltskin’s secret nature, Granny says that Matilida thought he could manipulate people into making bad choices, a clear set up for later.

The Widow doesn’t blame the Piper, but says it was the Scarlet Hand.

Chapter Six:

The meeting with Mirror after the Widow leaves is completely gone. I’m not done with the book yet but I’m over half way and it doesn’t seem to pop up anywhere else. Cutting scenes with Mirror seems like a poor decision since I think the one thing MB did right was set up Mirror as a good guy before the big reveal.

Also, Wendell really hams it up with the detective movie stuff. He talks in a fake voice and quotes old movies.

Chapter Seven:

Puck no longer calls Wendell “fat boy”, going along with earlier changes.

When the bunnies start chasing them Puck tells the girls to tell him to shut up next time. (This isn’t changed) but this time Sabrina rolls her eyes and goes “As if you would listen!”

When Puck flies them through the house and Daphne kicks the meal off the table, the little boys no longer look up and see them flying. I always liked that the boys saw them so I’m a little sad that this is gone.

When they fall into the Hudson, before Daphne swims ashore there is a bigger conversation  between her and Sabrina. Daphne expresses how worried she is about Puck and Sabrina reassures her that “Puck is tough”

Instead of calling the monster a bigfoot, Snow calls it a gorilla. Not sure why this was an intentional change. I suppose Bigfoot along with other urban legends could technically exist in this universe?

Along with that Snow specifically mentions that she found them near Bannerman Island, further tying that spot to the barrier for later I suppose.

Puck offhandedly says “This town is lousy with monsters” when Snow is talking about Natalie and it makes me laugh.

Granny says she is no closer to finding Henry and Veronica than she was a year ago, rather than six months.

The conversation between Granny and Sabrina is slightly different but the content is the same. A word here or there or the sentences are moved around.

Principle Hamlin says that he “traded a few punches [with Henry] back in the day, and Basil, well he and I never saw eye to eye.” I like this because before it was just a line about how Hamlin didn’t get along with the Grimms. When Granny reassures him it’s okay and that they will find Wendall, Hamlin says that he thinks he had the family all wrong before now. I like this because it drives home that Everafters aren’t all alike, and they are also capable of change. Obviously this is a major topic since Sabrina is struggling with it so much.

When Sabrina asks Canis if remembering the ones he hurt helps him stay calm, Canis’ answer is different. He no longer says it reminds him of his guilt, he says it “gives me a reason to try.”

Out of these chapters I’m really most upset about the missing exchange with Mirror. Why take those scenes away?? IT DOESN’T MAKE SENSE MB

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The Fairytale Detectives- Chapters 8, 9, and 10, as well as final overall thoughts on book one!

Hello once again everyone. Thanks for sticking with me over that long summer. Finally I have finished book one!  Honestly part of the reason it took me so long is that The Fairytale Detectives is one of my least favorite in the series. I think it’s just because over the years I’ve read it sooo much but it took a while to slog through it. So below there are lots of changes! And my final thoughts on Buckley’s megar attempt at an edit.

Chapter Eight

Okay so first off, as always some minor lines are changed. When I say that, it’s never anything big, just things have been edited or moved around and it happens waaay too often for me to mention every single change. 

Elvis starts barking and trying to attack Jack earlier in the new one

Daphne protests Jack’s plan, saying tomorrow night is too late because Granny and Mr. Canis could already be dead by then. Jack says only if the giant gets really hungry. 

Sabrina notices Puck’s disgust and distrust of Jack and says she is starting to feel the same way too. Also Sabrina and Daphne try to chase after Puck when he storms out the first time. There’s a two line argument and he leaves. 

Finally Sabrina mentions Puck’s shape shifting! He had already done it twice with no mention. When he turns into a giant fly on the ceiling Sabrina thinks that there is no end to his upsetting tricks. 

When they go to talk to Mirror, Daphne still has knowledge of fairytale stories. I’m beginning to think MB didn’t set out to fix that mistake at all. 

ALSO! big change here! Mirror can’t refuse a direct order from a Grimm. Now, it’s not said word for word but Mirror doesn’t want to show them the Ruby Slippers and Jack asks Mirror: ‘“If the girls tell you to give them to us, can you resist?” Mirror sighed and frowned. “No.”’

I have no idea what that will mean for later in the series. Please correct me if I’m wrong but that never, ever pops up as a rule later on in the original copies. That could potentially change so so much. The possibilities where this could lead are endless. Knowing Buckley, it could stop right there and he never mentions it again, but that would so interesting if it went somewhere!

Lastly for this chapter is that the Scarlet Hand is mentioned earlier. 

Chapter Nine

As Momma Bear, Sabrina asks the group in line to Charming’s mansion if anyone had heard who kidnapped Henry and Veronica and the White Rabbit says he heard it was the Scarlet Hand

Briar Rose’s description is: “A lovely brown skinned woman with dazzling green eyes.” I thought this was worth mentioning due to the inconsistencies in the original books. I will keep an update of her description as we move through the books. 

In the original books the chapter break for 9/10 happens when Charming threatens Sabrina as Momma Bear with the crossbow, here there is no chapter break in the new books, it happens way way later, so I will follow that.

Another big change!!! In both versions of the book it is mentioned on Basil’s map of the mayoral estate, that he believes there is a secret room/door. In the new one, Daphne accidentally finds it!! And behind it, are 

“Portraits of Charming [that] flipped over revealing paintings of Snow White. In one of the paintings, Charming and Snow looked lovingly into each other’s eyes. In others, they were holding hands in a field of poppies. Some just featured the teacher, looking angelic is the sunshine.”

It also mentions that Charming looks pained when he sees them. So. Charming has a secret room devoted to Snow White and I honestly don’t know if that is creepy or romantic, but I’m leaning towards creepy. 

Unfortunately, all mention of Wilma Faye are completely gone. Apparently his plan was to video tape it and put it online. During the end battle scenes, he supposedly has cameras in the trees. 

Sabrina calls Jack, “Jack the Giant Jerk” It’s cute. 

Sabrina no longer tells Daphne to run away and get help so she won’t see Sabrina’s death when Jack is getting ready to kill her. I’m sad it’s gone, it added so much gravity to the scene. 

Chapter ten

Jack says that the Master will be very happy with him for killing Sabrina. It feels kind of weird if you already know Mirror is the master, since you’ve seen them interact and Jack acts rudely/normally around him. I get it’s a ruse it just comes off weird. 

When The Big Bad Wolf comes out, Sabrina no longer points out she can hear bits of Canis’ voice in the Wolf’s. It’s a detail I miss and I’m not sure why it was taken out. 

Also when the Wolf bites Jack, instead of saying that he tasted his blood and liked it , he warns Jack that ‘this dog bites’

More great lines gone! The section where Jack asks how it feels to know that his own kind wishes he were dead, and the Wolf responds ‘not nearly as bad as it must feel to know they barely care if you are alive’ is completely gone. It’s such a good line!! Why?! I’ll mourn this one for a while, definitely. 

When he turns back into Mr. Canis, he looks worried. Originally he says that they have to get the girls to safety, now he simply says “He tasted blood.” Give me more Mr. Canis caring deeply about the girls!! I’m glad they through in the blood line but the care for the girls line is given to Granny instead. 

Finally, even though Sabrina had no idea who Frau Pfefferkuchenhaus was earlier, she suddenly recognizes her on sight?

So. That is the first book. I must say it was a lot different than I expected. There was so much taken out that I didn’t want to see leave, but we were given a few interesting tidbits that I’m excited to see where MB goes with them later in the series. Overall, I think the original is better.  In a perfect world, I would take the additions and stick them in the original book. I haven’t read the other books in the revised series yet so this review is far from final, but I think Buckley is wasting his time. He’s not fixing mistakes. In all honesty, I have no idea what he’s doing. The new cover art is really nice, but no new inside illustrations? I feel cheated about it. Though he seemed to remedy it later, Sabrina’s charecter feels different in the opening chapters and it honestly feels like coming home after being away for a while and feeling that everything has slightly changed, it feels uncomfortable. 

In the back of the book, there is an ‘about this book’ section. Most notably Buckley says “Fans of this series will most likely not noticed what has been altered.” I don’t say this to be cocky, but he needs to stop underestimating us. We love these books, he needs to take better care of them. 

With that, I will start book two. Thank you for being patient and I hope this has helped some of you to see the changes without buying the books yourself. As always, if you have questions I would be more than happy to answer them! 

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The Fairytale Detectives-Chapters six and seven

Hey everyone! I really love doing these and I’m so happy I’ve been getting great messages asking me about details. If you ever want to know something more specific I’d be more than happy to help! This has been fun and we are nearing the end of book one! After this post there is only three chapters left! So let’s get started, 

Chapter six

The bulk of this chapter only has little changes. Most of them were just small line changes like Puck saying something instead of Sabrina. It is interesting to note that there was a lot of this going on. I personally don’t think it makes it flow any better but many things were reallocated. I mostly noticed them when Puck said something Sabrina used to say, which happened often. 

The first interesting addition is that Sabrina notices there are way too many keys on Granny’s ring for just the door. I though this was good as it foreshadows the Hall of Wonders. 

Sabrina also protests letting Puck into the house. And instead of just pushing past her, he turns into a mouse and scurries in the door. This is the second mention of Puck’s shape shifting. Still no one has brought much, or any, attention to it. Whcih I kinda wish they would.

One interesting thing changes in the scene for seemingly no reason. The apple Sabrina has on her plate this chapter, which gets a couple of mentions, mysteriously turns into a pear. It’s still oddly colored but it’s just a different fruit. 

Once again the mention of the killed thugs is gone. We’ll see where that leads in later books. 

Also it seems Buckley forgot that he called Mirror a “house guest” They still barge in there but its pretty much the same scene where they think there will be something to stop the giant inside the room. You would think they would be less inclined to think some big weapon was in there if it was still a house guest. MB went in to fix things, came out with more mistakes somehow.

Chapter seven 

Chapter seven has a lot more changes than six, especially more significant changes. First of all, it’s still said that Daphne has read fairytales. In the first editions, in a later book it says that fairy tales were banned from the house and the girls had very little knowledge of them. I know it’s still vague enough that it could work but honestly this was one of the specific things I thought Buckley was planning on fixing. 

When Mirror shows them the cliff that the giant is on, Sabrina’s line to Puck, “You’ve probably thrown kids off that very cliff” is gone. This bothers me because it’s an early peace of banter between them that I’ve always enjoyed. It was a part I didn’t know how much I liked until it was gone. Plus I just don’t see why removing it was necessary. To go along with this, some of Puck’s snarky lines are gone. 

Daphne no longer suggests that the Big Bad Wolf should fight the giant. It fits with them not knowing fairytales but it was also a nice little piece of foreshadowing I really enjoyed. 

Sabrina no longer goes on her paragraph long rant at Mirror about needing help. That being said, Mirror now makes a comment about Sabrina having a bad temper. Which seems a little weird since her rant was reduced to a short sentence. 

This is little but Mirror calls Sabrina ‘blondie’ once. 

Puck now thinks of the plan to get them out of the house when Hamstead, Boarman, and Swineheart are outside waiting to bring them in. It used to be Sabrina that thought it up. This annoys me because I have noticed that many of Sabrina’s lines are being given to others. I’m not sure how much of an overall impact it makes but I don’t want too many of her lines and ideas given to others. Sabrina deserves them in my opinion. 

Going off of that, Puck decides he won’t help because he’s a villian and instead of getting characteristically upset, Sabrina just...asks him to help. Which was weird but then Puck insists that she ask for help by saying, “Please, your majesty, leader of this big adventure, would you be so kind as to save my behind?” Sabrina doesn’t answer and it switches scenes so take that as you will. 

But oddly enough later on, it still says that Puck looks displeased at Sabrina’s success. If it was his plan, wouldn’t it be his success? Don’t hold me to this but it feels like another thing Buckley missed when he changed an early point. If you’re going to edit, do it thoroughly

Little change, when they are flying on the magic carpet, its sunset instead of nighttime. 

Jack works at “Paul Bunyon’s House of Big and Tall” instead of “Harold’s House..” 

And finally, Jack says Charming gave him the black eye instead of some business associates. 

So these changes were kind of all over the board and I’m interested to see how he ends the book. There are some things I’ll be posting about at the back of the book. Hoping to finish the book in the next few days! I can’t wait to finish and get started on the next, and as always thanks for your support and sticking with these!