Reviews for Or ne mens

The average rating for Or ne mens based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-08-14 00:00:00 Alexis Barton A couple of these were creepy-cool, but it's starting to feel like fairy tales are pretty much all the same no matter where you go. Women are assholes, men are emasculated by their asshole women, someone recommends you give her a good beating be she daughter, step-daughter, or wife, there's occasionally one good gal livin' a life of Cinderelly-Cinderelly (a virgin, no doubt) who ends up with some charming Prince/Tzar/football star, and all the gods and spirits of tides and wind and fire have to do with their infinite powers is concern themselves with the lives of the little humans, and to cast judgement upon them and punish them and generally just live like reality show addicts voting for the next top model. I mean, surely an omnipotent power would have something, anything better to do with his or her time than sit around fretting about whether you lied to your folks about where you were last night. Man, you'd have to be totally narcissistic and horrible at math to think anyone could keep track of everything you do at all times, amiright? Good thing the human race has moved on from all that quaint nonsense. Whew.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-11-16 00:00:00 Timothy Makas More than merely a collection of short stories, this book sets the mood through using the character of a grandfather (Old Peter) telling tales to his two grandchildren. In between tales, we glimpse a bit of everyday family life through events and conversations in their hut in the forest. As for the Russian folktales themselves, the theme of "three" frequently repeats: three brothers, three sisters, three princesses, a snake with three heads, etc. And quite a few stories are built around the main characters of an old man and his nagging wife (who often gets what's coming to her in the end). There are stories with morals, whimsical adventures, and the very short, funny story: Who Lived in the Skull?. This collection is in the public domain, free at: