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Aunt Marie’s
Book of Lore
To really appreciate this book you have to
have watched Grimm. Marie is the aunt of Nick Burkhardt, a Portland detective
who finds out he is what is known as a Grimm. As the name suggests, it is to do
with the Grimm brothers. Nick is destined to kill what, to most of the world,
are fairy-tale creatures.
The Book of Lore is a record of what these
creatures are, how they look, what they are called and how to kill them. It is
a record centuries-old, written by Grimms to pass to their children. As a
Grimm, Nick also records his own experiences in the book.
Aunt Marie’s Book of Lore as it is presented, is how it appears towards the end of the series, without giving anything away,
it is incomplete. At the front of the book, essentially the contents, is an alphabetical
list of the creatures, called Wesen, although some of them are crossed out.
From 58 Wesen, only 31 are recorded in the book.
Fans will definitely enjoy it; the way it has
been done is very good. There are photos from the series, translations of the
foreign text and details that, if I spoke about on here, would make this a
review with spoilers.
All in all, this is a great book, but only
for fans of the show. To other people, I think some aspects would be confusing.
There is only one thing I dislike about it. The entry on the creature known as
a Hexenbiest (A female witch) has almost nothing. There is a reference to the
main Hexenbiest which is encountered in the show and a drawing of a Hexenbiest
but all the text about it is not about the Hexenbiest. The text is a fairy-tale
by the Grimm Brothers. I don’t why or if it has relevance I’ve missed but
that’s the only issue I have.
For Grimm fans, it’s great for others; it’s
probably not worth it.
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