Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I love love love Neil Gaiman and all his other books but I had to return this one. I didn't care that the book had dark moments but I felt that the way the book talked about the Cinnamon's Aunt had some really bad things to say about what makes a woman valuable and a pretty negative view of the elderly too (see below if you want to know more with spoilers) . Not a book I want to read to my daughter. The art is stunning though and otherwise I did like the folktale style of the story. If i'd bought it just for me, I might have kept it. *******SPOILERS BELOW***** There is a character of Cinnamon's older Aunt who is basically reviled because she is old and bitter (they don't say why), but all she actually does "wrong" in the story is question if they should trust the tiger which honestly isn't really so wrong. in the story there is a painting of the Aunt that is considered valuable because it is from when she was young and beautiful. Because the Aunt disagrees with the tiger Cinnamon's father asks someone to make her stop talking. So the tiger kills her and eats her. Which is kinda messed up already. But then the last page goes on to say how it is all ok because the people in the town really love looking at that picture of her when she was beautiful and that's how they'll remember her. I know it's not the worst thing in the world, but with the thousands of things my daughter will someday hear to tell her a women's value lies in her appearance, I am not going to add to it by having things in my house that support that concept (no matter how pretty or charming they are).