Peter Cashorali

I was eager to read the second book on the Gay Fairy Tales by Peter Cashorali, since I was so impressed by the first issue. Gay Fairy & Folk Tales: More Traditional Stories Retold For Gay Men failed to recapture the magic of Book 1.

There were a few more serious issues - such as homophobia, being an outcast in the family and also that 'virus' issue. I did not understand David in The Beauty in the Mountain of Ice ended alone, when this was supposed to be fairy tales for gay men. Was Cinderella, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty ended up alone when their fairy tales ended?

The Radiant Boy sounded depressing, where Stuart ended up alone, or perhaps having a little ghost for a company all his life. What was The Dog and the Sparrow doing in the book? It sounded like Peter had ran out of creative fairy tales for retelling. Pity.… (more)

Fairy Tales is a collection of Traditional Stories Retold for Gay Men. This book ended up being rather charming. It was nice to re-read these tales, but from a sometimes more modern, but always less gender stereotypical fashion. Out of the 17 different stories, only one or two were clunkers. The rest were cute little reads that made many of the lessons found in each tale more liberal and gay-friendly and suited more to the modern world. I wasn't expecting much from this book, but was pleasantly surprised to find it great bedtime reading that left me feeling validated and happy at the end of the day.… (more)