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3.56 AVERAGE
3.56 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I’ll keep this one short since everyone knows the basic premise of Beauty and the Beast (at least the Disney version). I was surprised by just how different this was than the well known version of today. I didn’t completely hate the differences, but the writing style drove me up a wall. Especially in the last half of the book. We follow a similar enough plot throughout the first 130ish pages, but then we get a fairy who spends the next 75ish pages just explaining how everything came to be and how she managed to work it all out in the end. It felt unnecessary--or if not unnecessary it felt like this should have been seen before the beginning of the novel. As is usual for the classics I read, there were a lot of things that just worked out from nowhere. Contrivances that make everything tie off with a bow nicely. But I guess in the 18th century that’s something you were looking for in fiction. Overall, not my favorite classic I’ve read, but also not a least favorite. And I’m definitely keeping this gorgeous Minalima edition on my shelves.
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This edition is gorgeous and lovely to flip through. The tale itself was a real struggle to go through
adventurous
inspiring
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Hold on, hold on, hold on… WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK IS THIS?????
IT WAS WORSE THAN A LATIN AMERICAN SOAP OPERA.
AND THERE’S A SHITTY MEXICAN SOAP OPERA WHERE THE GUADALUPE VIRGIN LEAVES RANDOM WHITE ROSES TO RANDOM PEOPLE SO IT SOLVES THEIR RANDOM PROBLEMS, LIKE AN ADDICTION TO TIKTOK.
The Disney movie is better.
Romanticizing toxicity, Stockholm syndrome, stalking and dependence since 1740
IT WAS WORSE THAN A LATIN AMERICAN SOAP OPERA.
AND THERE’S A SHITTY MEXICAN SOAP OPERA WHERE THE GUADALUPE VIRGIN LEAVES RANDOM WHITE ROSES TO RANDOM PEOPLE SO IT SOLVES THEIR RANDOM PROBLEMS, LIKE AN ADDICTION TO TIKTOK.
The Disney movie is better.
Romanticizing toxicity, Stockholm syndrome, stalking and dependence since 1740
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No