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A Whole New World by Liz Braswell

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shelleys_shelf's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

drbelp's review against another edition

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adventurous dark fast-paced

4.0

hart_ley's review against another edition

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adventurous funny hopeful slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

despite loving Aladdin & being a big fan of retelling, this one just didn’t hit the way i wanted it to. the dialogue was stilted, i never grew to love (or even like) any of the characters, the ending was strangely unsatisfying.

i know the point of this book was to create a 'what if?' world based on already existing media, but it was very heavily an Aladdin script-to-page fanfiction for the first major chunk of the book. to the point where i was like 'damn i think i should just watch the movie instead?'

a good audiobook read to semi-zone out to, since things happened quite slowly in the plot. also had an issue with the reader, but that could easily just be a 'me' thing lol

i’m hopeful to see if this series gets better as it grows, but this one was a rough start

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2.0

I was disappointed in this book. I was excited reading the premise, but was put off by the stilted dialogue, forced plot twists, and references to the Disney movie. It was OK, but I won't be reading it again.