What an interesting take on a fairy tale! It was kinda dark. (I mean, there are skulls on the queen's blanket in that picture up there, let's be real.) But not really dark. The tone of Neil's writing was to the point, but with a little element of snark. Gaiman described fanciful fantastic things in a simple, straight manner. The descriptions were clean -- not flowery. This was interesting because usually fairy tale lands are described in a flowy, full-of-wonder, full-of-awe tone. 
 But here you had lines like... 
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