The Adventures of the Princess and Mr. Whiffle: The Thing Under the Bed
By Patrick Ruthfuss
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Humor
Published Oct 31 2012
Pages: 80
Summary: It looks like a
children's book. It has pictures. It has a saccharine-sweet title. The
main characters are a little girl and her teddy bear. But all of that is
just protective coloration. The truth is, this is a book for adults
with a dark sense of humor and an appreciation of old-school faerie
tales.
There are three separate endings to the book. Depending on where you stop, you are left with an entirely different story. One ending is sweet, another is horrible. The last one is the true ending, the one with teeth in it.
The Adventures of the Princess and Mr. Whiffle is a dark twist on the classic children's picture-book. I think of it as Calvin and Hobbes meets Coraline, with some Edward Gorey mixed in.
There are three separate endings to the book. Depending on where you stop, you are left with an entirely different story. One ending is sweet, another is horrible. The last one is the true ending, the one with teeth in it.
The Adventures of the Princess and Mr. Whiffle is a dark twist on the classic children's picture-book. I think of it as Calvin and Hobbes meets Coraline, with some Edward Gorey mixed in.
