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sarahp85's review against another edition
4.0
Absolutely adored this?!?!
What a wonderful story about finding your place in the world, finding who you were/are/meant to be. I love Jack & Sally and this was a perfect short "what happened after they married" story.
Also, extra love for ghost ❤️
What a wonderful story about finding your place in the world, finding who you were/are/meant to be. I love Jack & Sally and this was a perfect short "what happened after they married" story.
Also, extra love for ghost ❤️
dancin_kimmie's review against another edition
lighthearted
medium-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? It's complicated
4.0
readingwithtay's review against another edition
adventurous
inspiring
medium-paced
4.0
Reads like a true Disney story.
moodreaderschaoticlibrary_92's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
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
4.0
this was such a fun read! I absolutely love The Nightmare before Christmas, this book really opened up the world more with more holidays and more characters. it's great that we can see Sally grow into the pumpkin Queen and her love for Jack is so pure and deep and his love for her is just the same and I adore that! it's such a fun wonderful quick readn love it! recommend 10 out of 10!
anatrnd's review against another edition
2.0
i'm a huge fan of The Nightmare Before Christmas, it's one of my favorite animated movies, and i love everything Tim Burton does (though this movie was directed by Henry Selick, but those are still Tim's characters). that's why i was really excited to read this book, but it was just SO bad.
first of all, it's not young adult book. i don't know why it was promoted like that one, but it's actually a middle-grade book. also, it's a really short story, and that's a problem, because everything happens just too fast, but at the same time i was dying from boredom while reading it.
the writing is just bad. it has nothing special, it's too simple, and i felt all the time like i was reading a mediocre fanfiction on wattpad. also, there were too many descriptions of everything (surroundings, characters, actions) and the author kept repeating us some things (like, for example, that Sally is a ragdoll, like we've known that for years, STOP IT).
it felt like the author watched the original animated movie just once and didn't even bother to rewatch it. this book isn't aligned with the original story, canon, at all. there are some things in Sally's backstory that definitely couldn't have happened, and most of the characters are acting completely different. moreover, they are so boring here. i loved all those creatures in the movie, because everyone was somehow special, and here, in this book, they are just blank.
wouldn't recommend it to anyone, especially to those people, who actually love the movie and have watched it at least more than once.
first of all, it's not young adult book. i don't know why it was promoted like that one, but it's actually a middle-grade book. also, it's a really short story, and that's a problem, because everything happens just too fast, but at the same time i was dying from boredom while reading it.
the writing is just bad. it has nothing special, it's too simple, and i felt all the time like i was reading a mediocre fanfiction on wattpad. also, there were too many descriptions of everything (surroundings, characters, actions) and the author kept repeating us some things (like, for example, that Sally is a ragdoll, like we've known that for years, STOP IT).
it felt like the author watched the original animated movie just once and didn't even bother to rewatch it. this book isn't aligned with the original story, canon, at all. there are some things in Sally's backstory that definitely couldn't have happened, and most of the characters are acting completely different. moreover, they are so boring here. i loved all those creatures in the movie, because everyone was somehow special, and here, in this book, they are just blank.
wouldn't recommend it to anyone, especially to those people, who actually love the movie and have watched it at least more than once.
dana_yamaguchi's review against another edition
5.0
“He wipes away the tears streaming down my cotton cheekbone to my chin and looks at me like his own chest is about to fracture.
And for a moment, I’m certain they should just bury us both here, at the center of the graveyard.
Married and died on the same day.”
“I am now Sally Skellington.
The Pumpkin Queen.
And I’m certain I will never again be as happy as I am right now.”
-Sally Skellington, from Long Live the Pumpkin Queen by Shea Ernshaw
alli_thebookgiraffe's review against another edition
4.0
This book was surprisingly very good! I loved exploring all the other doors with Sally and finding out some other ones exist that we never knew about. I hope we get more exploration of this world, whether it's in Sally's perspective or not.
booksbydann's review against another edition
4.0
There is nothing quite so wasted as a life unlived.
Este libro es lo más wholesome que leí en mucho mucho tiempo. Shea Ernshaw no deja de sorprenderme con sus libros.
Este libro es lo más wholesome que leí en mucho mucho tiempo. Shea Ernshaw no deja de sorprenderme con sus libros.
lilliankeys's review against another edition
2.0
It was really cute, just not exactly what I wanted.
jenhurst's review against another edition
2.0
I love the nightmare before Christmas and I’ve enjoyed all of Shea Ernshaw’s other books so I was really excited for this book.
Unfortunately I found it really disappointing. I’m think part of what made the movie is the beautiful clay animation, without it the story felt like it was really lacking. I liked the general plot of Sally finding herself but the story didn’t really have much of a plot. There also wasn’t enough development to say it was a character driven book or vibes for an “all vibes no plot” book. My other issue was the storyline felt more like an adult book but the writing itself read like a middle grade book, so for some reason it got stuck in YA? The book just seemed like it didn’t know what it wanted to be unfortunately.
Unfortunately I found it really disappointing. I’m think part of what made the movie is the beautiful clay animation, without it the story felt like it was really lacking. I liked the general plot of Sally finding herself but the story didn’t really have much of a plot. There also wasn’t enough development to say it was a character driven book or vibes for an “all vibes no plot” book. My other issue was the storyline felt more like an adult book but the writing itself read like a middle grade book, so for some reason it got stuck in YA? The book just seemed like it didn’t know what it wanted to be unfortunately.