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3.79 AVERAGE
3.79 AVERAGE
CON LO POCO QUE ME HE PODIDO LEER DE ADELANTO ESTOY ENAMORADÍSIMA ASÍ QUE TIENE MIS ESTRELLAS, MI CORAZÓN Y MI ALMA.
I’m a bit sad to only give 2 stars because I love (Disney’s) Rapunzel.
I guess the book is aimed at younger readers but I enjoy children’s books generally so this argument doesn’t convince me that much.
It was nice to see Rapunzel (Rapps?!), Eugene and Pascal (no Maximus, the doggish horse) and Cassandra, as the Captain of the Guards’s daughter could have been a nice addition to the team but I just could get Cassandra at all. Her problems, while not useless or unimportant in themselves, are just dealt in the most annoying way.
She’s just really annoying and expect so much (wines a lot) and expect lots from Rapunzel and guilt-trips her while coming off as, unfriendly, condescending and a buzz kill most of the time, while judging everyone and wining about how “unfair” her life is...
Like I said, her desire of following her dreams is a good motivation but I just didn’t like her.
I don’t get why Rapunzel loves her that much.
Especially since most of their friendship bonding happened during what the book presents as an “interlude” consisting of a bunch of paragraphs for both Rapunzel and Cassandra where they do stuff. Like, what?
I guess it is to not have a big book but I’m really not convinced about that writing. It’s weird, uneffective and brings nothing to the story except for a useless shortcut and reads a bit like laziness.
It might work to describe and develop an episode of the tv series but it just doesn’t work in the novel.
As for Rapunzel, she’s definitely her extra cheery self. We don’t see much of Eugene in the book and that’s ok. The marriage proposal was brushed off, also fine (I do need to watch it on tv though) but I thought Rapunzel definitely got a bit « walked » over by Cassandra.
Maybe that’s my feeling but there is one big thing that Rapunzel « does » and that’s blowned out of proportion by Cassandra and end up being the plot (?) of the novel?
And because of that, Rapunzel comes off as going with the plot instead of driving it, and just listening to Cassandra’s whims way too much for my liking.
My, my! I guess I really didn’t like Cassandra that much. I just felt she wasn’t really keen at all on even « trying » her friendship with Rapunzel, and it felt a lot one-side (from Rapunzel’s side).
It is a sweet adventure story about our lovely naïve and growing Rapunzel and giving her a female friend is great. I just wished I liked her more that I did.
I also wished we had a bit more insight into’s Rapunzel’s big change of life from her tower to her life to the Palace.
She talks about it a bit, especially at the beginning, but do not go into much insight you could expect from a novelization. I get in episodes of a cartoon, you can’t expect much and this novel was the best place to do it and I do not feel as we did.
At the end, we get a supposedly inappropriate barefoot Rapunzel who wants to see the world. And who has to learn about proper etiquette to be a princess (and one day queen) and...she does it.
I mean, that’s Rapunzel for you. She does know how to follow orders and be a good sport about it. And you know what? I don’t mind that much, she’s a very sweet girl and I love her for it.
She still has some adventures and seems to be able to balance both so, you go girl!
It’s just in contrast we have Cassandra that complains way to much when she’s basically doing the same as Rapunzel. It’s not as bad as she makes it up to be.
And yet at the end, while sermoning Rapunzel about who she should talk to or not- she’s the one that ended up having troubles. For her want to become a guard (you know, protecting people while they live, not guarding them from everyone so they don’t live or talk to anyone) she was doing a lot of judging and not much thinking on her part.
So yeah, there is that. I feel bad to have a negative review because they tend to be bigger than my « I LOVE IT AND DUNNO WHY » reviews, which is never fun.
It’s still a fun adventure with Rapunzel that probably should please less expecting readers. Cassandra just irked me a bit too much for me to fully enjoy the story but that may be only me.
Now I just feel like rewatching the movie and find the episodes of the series to watch. Cause I love me some Rapunzel!
I guess the book is aimed at younger readers but I enjoy children’s books generally so this argument doesn’t convince me that much.
It was nice to see Rapunzel (Rapps?!), Eugene and Pascal (no Maximus, the doggish horse) and Cassandra, as the Captain of the Guards’s daughter could have been a nice addition to the team but I just could get Cassandra at all. Her problems, while not useless or unimportant in themselves, are just dealt in the most annoying way.
She’s just really annoying and expect so much (wines a lot) and expect lots from Rapunzel and guilt-trips her while coming off as, unfriendly, condescending and a buzz kill most of the time, while judging everyone and wining about how “unfair” her life is...
Like I said, her desire of following her dreams is a good motivation but I just didn’t like her.
I don’t get why Rapunzel loves her that much.
Especially since most of their friendship bonding happened during what the book presents as an “interlude” consisting of a bunch of paragraphs for both Rapunzel and Cassandra where they do stuff. Like, what?
I guess it is to not have a big book but I’m really not convinced about that writing. It’s weird, uneffective and brings nothing to the story except for a useless shortcut and reads a bit like laziness.
It might work to describe and develop an episode of the tv series but it just doesn’t work in the novel.
As for Rapunzel, she’s definitely her extra cheery self. We don’t see much of Eugene in the book and that’s ok. The marriage proposal was brushed off, also fine (I do need to watch it on tv though) but I thought Rapunzel definitely got a bit « walked » over by Cassandra.
Maybe that’s my feeling but there is one big thing that Rapunzel « does » and that’s blowned out of proportion by Cassandra and end up being the plot (?) of the novel?
And because of that, Rapunzel comes off as going with the plot instead of driving it, and just listening to Cassandra’s whims way too much for my liking.
My, my! I guess I really didn’t like Cassandra that much. I just felt she wasn’t really keen at all on even « trying » her friendship with Rapunzel, and it felt a lot one-side (from Rapunzel’s side).
It is a sweet adventure story about our lovely naïve and growing Rapunzel and giving her a female friend is great. I just wished I liked her more that I did.
I also wished we had a bit more insight into’s Rapunzel’s big change of life from her tower to her life to the Palace.
She talks about it a bit, especially at the beginning, but do not go into much insight you could expect from a novelization. I get in episodes of a cartoon, you can’t expect much and this novel was the best place to do it and I do not feel as we did.
At the end, we get a supposedly inappropriate barefoot Rapunzel who wants to see the world. And who has to learn about proper etiquette to be a princess (and one day queen) and...she does it.
I mean, that’s Rapunzel for you. She does know how to follow orders and be a good sport about it. And you know what? I don’t mind that much, she’s a very sweet girl and I love her for it.
She still has some adventures and seems to be able to balance both so, you go girl!
It’s just in contrast we have Cassandra that complains way to much when she’s basically doing the same as Rapunzel. It’s not as bad as she makes it up to be.
And yet at the end, while sermoning Rapunzel about who she should talk to or not- she’s the one that ended up having troubles. For her want to become a guard (you know, protecting people while they live, not guarding them from everyone so they don’t live or talk to anyone) she was doing a lot of judging and not much thinking on her part.
So yeah, there is that. I feel bad to have a negative review because they tend to be bigger than my « I LOVE IT AND DUNNO WHY » reviews, which is never fun.
It’s still a fun adventure with Rapunzel that probably should please less expecting readers. Cassandra just irked me a bit too much for me to fully enjoy the story but that may be only me.
Now I just feel like rewatching the movie and find the episodes of the series to watch. Cause I love me some Rapunzel!
This book was a lighthearted read. I feel like the regrowing of Rapunzel's hair was kinda a moneygrab by Disney, but overall it worked. I think this accompanies the TV show, so there's probably more details there.