Reviews

Happy Ever After by Adèle Geras

owls_rainbow's review

A did not finish. Dull and no signs of an actual story after 50 pages.

hannahelizza556's review

slow-paced

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

1.5

Really didn't gel well with this book - it wasn't what I expected it to be at all. The 3 female characters were quite flimsy which really annoyed me. 

katrina26's review

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.5

tashachowdory's review

2.0

Vapid. Plotholes. Characters so pointless that I didn't really care what happened to them. I picked this up thinking it would dark and bloody with hints of eroticism. What followed was rather more lacklustre. 3 girls are at boarding school together and become Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty and Snow Shite. Each of the girls is utterly gorgeous (but in their own way) and live out the stories. I read them all because amidst the bad there were some kernals or originality. Like how Sleeping Beauty came to 'seem like she was sleeping'. And snow white,probably the most 'gripping' story and very faithful to the original BUT NO RESOLUTION. I kept flicking between pages to see if I'd missed anything. I hadn't. The author had though. :s Also, there was the theme of always being rescued by a man - happy endings cannot happen unless if you have man was an underlying thread.

If you want a decent 'modern fairytale' try Beauty by Sheri S. Tepper or 'The Black Swan' by Mercedes Lackey. Not these. Definitely not these.