Lille havfrue

6/10

Very different from the Disney adaptation, you can feel the on going darkness throughout the story. I would recommend this edition for Lisbeth Zwerger's illustrations.

Most definitely not the Disney movie but nonetheless quite an interesting read. This story still has the ‘sacrificing for love' theme but in a very different approach. I would not choose to read this to a child but as an adult I enjoyed this quick read.

After loving the Disney movie version for so long I finally read the original story. Not this edition in particular with illustrations but I couldn't find the one I read. Many who have read the original story that both stories are very different and they are. I loved the author's descriptions of the mermaid kingdom it was so much more beautiful than what was shown in the animated movie and the little mermaids sacrifice was much greater though she took no less time to think about the horrible consequences to her actions and although the love she had for the prince felt more realistic in the original story because she had a lot more time to actually know him I do like the prince in the movie better xD. And although I loved reading about her sisters and actually having a grandmother who told her stories (in the original version) I also like sugar happy endings (in Disney at least) and catchy songs so you can guess which one I choose in the end.