385 reviews for:

Beauty

Robin McKinley

3.92 AVERAGE

jensen1's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Beautiful prose, but I can't get past the insistence of Beast... it really had the "no is a maybe from a woman" vibe which rather ruined it for me. It really has me wondering if there's any telling of this story that wouldn't make me cringe like this one, so I may have to try a few more.

slowjazz's review against another edition

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I enjoyed it.

alibrarianreads's review against another edition

4.0

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In this retelling of the traditional Beauty and the Beast tale, Beauty is the youngest (and least beautiful) of three daughters. When their father loses all of his money, the family are forced to move to the country, where magic abounds. It is not long before her father unwittingly finds himself within the grounds of a magical castle, and his theft of a single rose leads to Beauty’s imprisonment there, accompanied only by a strange wind and the hideous Beast. However, as Beauty gets to know the Beast she realises he may not be so hideous after all… A great twist on the traditional favourite!

brandieg's review against another edition

5.0

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Robin McKinley is one of my favorite authors

hleposa's review against another edition

1.0

lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ljcagle's review against another edition

4.0

hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

adarose's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Diverse cast of characters: No

booksaremagic81's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

xenriquez23's review against another edition

2.5

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

__nicole__'s review against another edition

3.0

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes