Mother Knows Best: A Tale of the Old Witch by Serena Valentino

3.78 AVERAGE

ladyzbyrd's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
Such a dark view but wonderfully creative insight on Gothel before Rapunzel came into the picture! Horrifying turned delightful, which is an oxymoron, but you’ll see! You’ll see! 

jdoerhoff's review against another edition

4.25
adventurous fast-paced

cerandolph13's review against another edition

2.0
Unfortunately, this book is trying to be too smart. There are some interesting elements but everything is laid out so starkly with no subtlety that it just never really captivates. It’s the very essence of telling instead of showing. I get no sense of characters growing or changing other than explicit telling of a shift in character. I realized at the end there must be some thread through the series that I missed picking up this one halfway through, but I just think it’s not super well executed.
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booklover28's review against another edition

3.25
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

katie1801's review against another edition

4.5
adventurous mysterious tense

templ100's review against another edition

4.5
adventurous dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ashleibby613's review against another edition

3.0
The best out of the series I have read thus far.

moniqueranger's review against another edition

4.0
I like this book so much that I read it in 5 hours and already order the first four books half way through.

I love that when it got to the part that was covered in the movie, it actually plays out the scenes from the Disney movie.
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brii_brii's review against another edition

3.0
dark emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kay_slayerofbooks's review against another edition

4.0
Mother Gothel was totally dealt a bad hand

And those DAMN Odd Sisters ain't shit. I felt bad for her up until she took Rapunzel. Great story though.

4 stars