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josie_addison's review against another edition
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
chaseisdying's review
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
kice7788's review against another edition
3.0
of course this book was good...so was the movie...it was not the best that Disney has made but it still was good! it was neat to kind of be in their head while going through the movie.
i_am_a_library_mouse's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
gnocc3's review against another edition
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0
morgan2005's review against another edition
funny
inspiring
relaxing
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
littlereads's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
marr_dubb's review against another edition
4.0
Being as huge of a fan of The Descendants as my son is we were so excited to get and read this book. It’s been a fun way to relive the magic of the stories and movies and practice reading with something he’s really into!
comicbookchick25's review against another edition
5.0
Mal's Spell Book
5/5 stars
I am in Love with this book! It's so soft and pretty and just like the movie one.
I'm gonna try to split this into two parts:
The first part being the "spell book" part of it. Which was awesome. I own a lot of occult books and most of the pages looked as though they were taken straight from one. The drawings were awesome as well. I also adored the classic tales like Goldilocks or The Three Little Pigs they were so cute with the "villainous" version of them.
Now the other part is what really made this special, this books is formatted pretty much exactly the same as The Shadowhunter Codex from The Mortal Instruments that was released that was basically the official codex with annotations from the main characters. There were so many slight details thrown in that I loved such as
•I didn't realize that when Jay and Carlos were fighting in the limo, that it was over a blanket. If you read Isle of the Lost and know of Carlos' sleeping arrangements... This fact made me very sad.
•I loved how fluidly the drawings and spells went with the current issues that the kids were facing.
•I adored that I still got to see some Jaylos in there... It made the fangirl in me very happy.
•They went into so much more detail when it came the time towards the end where the school was alienating them and I loved to get a reading on their emotions for that.
•Overall I just adored that it was the story that I already known and loved, told in details. (Which isn't helping with my ever growing Descendants obsession)
Loved it.
5/5 stars
I am in Love with this book! It's so soft and pretty and just like the movie one.
I'm gonna try to split this into two parts:
The first part being the "spell book" part of it. Which was awesome. I own a lot of occult books and most of the pages looked as though they were taken straight from one. The drawings were awesome as well. I also adored the classic tales like Goldilocks or The Three Little Pigs they were so cute with the "villainous" version of them.
Now the other part is what really made this special, this books is formatted pretty much exactly the same as The Shadowhunter Codex from The Mortal Instruments that was released that was basically the official codex with annotations from the main characters. There were so many slight details thrown in that I loved such as
•I didn't realize that when Jay and Carlos were fighting in the limo, that it was over a blanket. If you read Isle of the Lost and know of Carlos' sleeping arrangements... This fact made me very sad.
•I loved how fluidly the drawings and spells went with the current issues that the kids were facing.
•I adored that I still got to see some Jaylos in there... It made the fangirl in me very happy.
•They went into so much more detail when it came the time towards the end where the school was alienating them and I loved to get a reading on their emotions for that.
•Overall I just adored that it was the story that I already known and loved, told in details. (Which isn't helping with my ever growing Descendants obsession)
Loved it.