Reviews

L'histoire de la bête by Serena Valentino

broom_closet_reader's review against another edition

adventurous reflective fast-paced

4.75

gudnysif's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

rosemwood's review against another edition

4.0

This is the 2nd book in the villain series. It is basically the same story as Disney's but with how the Prince was turned into the Beast and the three horrible sisters having a lot to do with all the evil. I feel that Serena Valentino did a great job incorporating her vision into the one we all grew up on.

jessica_readsalot's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.0

More time was spent on the witches than on the beast and Belle. Disappointing.

alinka_013's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

maryrosegrace's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted sad 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

4.0

kristinlovallo's review against another edition

funny inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

lore_fier's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

2.25

I loved the first book in this series. It brought an extra layer to the Villain. As this was not the case in this book, I was dissapointed with how this story of the Beast continued. 

First of all I already found it weird that we would get a backstory of him. He was a brat, he got cursud for it. That didn't change at all and he turned out to be an even more spoiled brat.

On top of it a big part that was told was the movie but then with some extra perspecitves on it. Even that did not make me excited about the story.

What I did like about it is how it made references to other stories so it alle matches togheter. The Evil Queen was mentioned as was Charming and Ursula.

So I hope book 3 will be better. Hopes on Ursula.

shelbell10's review against another edition

4.0

Great audiobook! Loved everything about this book and the plot behind it

annashiv's review against another edition

2.0

I really really wanted to like this book. Unfortunately I couldn't thanks to atrocious writing and horrible descriptions and overall terrible plot. It would take pages and pages to explain everything this book did wrong. I read the two previous books of this 'series' and like those but this one is by a different author and I think that was the problem. I am intrigued by how it was tying this story to others especially since it made it seem like we will be getting one about Ursula from the Little Mermaid, but I hope it will be by a different author and make more sense. I must admit I enjoyed parts of this story, but overall I feel it could have done a lot better. Like a lot. Man I wish this was a good book...