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readingtheend's review against another edition
2.5
sadly nothing will ever reach the heights of Ella Enchanted! I got this for 25 cents at a library book sale and it was completely fine but not interesting enough to make me want to read the second one in the series. that's fine! I tossed 'em into a Little Free Library!
chrystalo's review against another edition
2.0
This wasn't the worst book that I've ever read, but it certainly wasn't the best. There was so much deducing and inducing just to get through the general plot of the book, and I'm not really surprised it took me two tries to get through it all. However, I do think that the action during the latter quarter of the book was much more interesting. Perhaps I didn't enjoy it as much because it took me so long to get into the world of the book, and the descriptions didn't lend anything to my understanding of it. I did love the main character, who, though a child, had a lot of spirit and was an intelligent female character. I still love Gail Carson Levine, but this book is not the best example of her style.
savandstories's review against another edition
4.0
I do love the creativity of this book, the characters are colorful, and IT is quite the interesting dragon!! This book was hard for me to get through at times, but still, it’s worth reading!
sallyavena's review against another edition
3.0
This book wasn't as interesting as her other books. The heroine was not very well developed and didn't really seem to have much personality other than wanting to be a masionair (sp?--actress).
kivt's review
3.0
A cute book with a believably young but clever protagonist. Enjoyable except that it’s down on cats.
decemberthecreep's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.0
alboyer6's review against another edition
2.0
Having loved Ella Enchanted and many of Levine's books, I had hoped to like this book as well. This book was just ok for me. The main character, Elodie was just never all that likable. In addition the word "mansioner" was never fully explained. I understood that it was actor but I never saw the point of why mansioner was used instead of actor.
-advanced readers copy was used for this review.
-advanced readers copy was used for this review.
michellehenriereads's review against another edition
3.0
I enjoy Levine's writing style. Her simplicity of phrase is expressive and charming. I also love the underlying message that we all need to deduce, induce and use common sense as we wend our ways through our own lives. And above all we all want to avoid a whited sepulcher, someone who seems good but is, in truth, evil.
There were a few things that I did not like, for example, always calling the dragon an "IT" was annoying, especially since it had both letters capitalized it stopped my flow of reading. It also seemed awkward to rename the actors as masioners.
I believe children as young as third grade could enjoy this book even though there is an evil whited sepulcher out for ...
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There were a few things that I did not like, for example, always calling the dragon an "IT" was annoying, especially since it had both letters capitalized it stopped my flow of reading. It also seemed awkward to rename the actors as masioners.
I believe children as young as third grade could enjoy this book even though there is an evil whited sepulcher out for ...
To read the complete review go to http://talesuntangled.wordpress.com
villianess's review against another edition
3.0
Elodie is sent to Two Castles to become an apprentice. What she really wants to become is a mansioner and tell stories. When she arrives she discovers that the price to become an apprentice has gone up and she doesn't have the money. As she is walking through the town she tries to purchase something and a cat steals her coin. This starts Elodie on an adventure with a dragon, an ogre, and people that are plotting to overthrow the kingdom. Elodie goes into the employ of the dragon, who is a sort of detective, to find out who is plotting against the ogre kingdom. Together they discover who can be trusted, who can't be trusted, and who is behind it all.