A Tale Dark and Grimm

Unlike any children's book I've ever read. [It] holds up to multiple readings, like the classic I think it will turn out to be.

New York Times

Gidwitz has created a sharp, funny story ­– a fairy tale with teeth.

INIS

An audacious debut that's wicked smart and wicked funny.

Publisher's Weekly, starred review

Addictively compelling

School Library Journal, starred review

Told with a delicious wit...brilliant and terrifying

LoveReading4Kids

Wisely written. Dark, edgy and just plain brilliant.

Peters Bookselling Services - Book of the Week

A marvelous reworking of old stories that manages to be fresh, frightening, funny, and humane.

Wall Street Journal

Gidwitz has a profound understanding of the Grimms' tales, and he cleverly weaves different tales with an imaginative thread so that they form a grand narrative that has a critical utopian vision - a realm ruled by wise and responsible children.

Jack Zipes, Professor Emeritus at the University of Minnesota

Gidwitz is terrifying and funny at the same time. His storytelling is so assured that it's hard to believe this is his debut novel. And his treatment of the Grimms' tales is a whole new thing.

School Library Joural, starred review

This wonderfully grisly retelling of the Brothers Grimm is to your typical Happily Ever After what an axe is to a butter knife. My advice: just nod and smile and tell your parents it's only a book of fairy tales.

Pseudonymous Bosch, author of The Name of This Book Is Secret

Witty, heartfelt, and spattered with gore . . . Adam Gidwitz tells his tale with urgency and panache.

Laura Amy Schlitz, Newbery-Medal-winning Author

A tour de force of imagination.

Linda Lawlor, The Bookbag

Sufficiently dark and grisly to make children squeal with glee and has the perfect mix of fantasy and irreverence

Mandy Southgate, Addicted blog

Children will love this. It's horribly grim and it's comical . . . I heartily recommend it.

The Bookette

A Tale Dark and Grimm and The Grimm Legacy are both amazingly good but I think that A Tale Dark and Grimm is better because there’s no kissing.

Biblioteca Reviews (a child's review)

I loved A Tale Dark and Grimm because of the gruesome and scary bits. It was really funny when the author interrupted the story with funny comments.

Johnny Cort, aged 8

Gidwitz is terrifying and funny at the same time. His storytelling is so assured that it's hard to believe this is his debut novel. And his treatment of the Grimms' tales is a whole new thing.

School Library Journal, starred review

A Tale Dark & Grimm holds up to multiple readings, like the classic I think it will turn out to be.

New York Times