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Gg Xx gxq5588293f — 1. The Bloody Chamber is a collection of ten fairy tales. It's tempting to call them deconstructions, but that's not quite true; they are more like adaptations or updates - the kind of update you put on a painting so its colors stay bright. Generally, the stories are intense, feverish, and sinister - although there are one or two alterations in tone. This atmosphere is created by a quasi-baroque use of detailed imagery ("Her face was acquiring, instead of beauty, a lacquer of the invincible prettiness that characterizes certain pampered, exquisite, expensive cats."), which is consistent enough that even the most charming/light-hearted story ("Puss in Boots") becomes a bit unnerving through association. I liked that specificity of visual detail very much. 2. Carter has a couple of preoccupations (to call them themes is too mild!): the first four stories are linked through cats, on various levels of "cat"; the next three are about fantastic humanoids, extensions of nature; and the last three are linked through werewolves - for various levels of "werewolf." The focus is on women, as generally seems to be the case in fairy tales, although Carter isn't particularly interested in upholding social mores, but rather critiquing them. 3. One of the things I liked was the way the stories were located in time, or at least the way three of them were. "The Bloody Chamber," "The Courtship of Mr. Lyon," and "The Lady of the House of Love" all take place in the early part of the 20th century, which is an unusual time period for fairy tales (or fantasy), but I think an underutilized one. Other stories have more traditional settings - "Puss in Boots" and "The Tiger's Bride" take place in Italy, "The Erlking" and the werewolf stories in more-or-less-Germany. 4. Stories I liked best: "The Bloody Chamber," "The Tiger's Bride," and "Puss in Boots." "The Snow Child" was the shortest, most cryptic, and most disturbing. Both "The Werewolf" and "The Company of Wolves" were interesting for their use of violence, I think - both violence against women and executed by them. 5. Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins is a similar collection, and one I think I slightly prefer - perhaps because it is a contemporary of mine, and The Bloody Chamber is definitely not. But it's still a remarkable book.