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leckrhy 's review for:
Rose Daughter
by Robin McKinley
Loved it with all of my cold, dead heart. The writing- fantastic. The descriptions- fantastic. The plot- realistic for, ya know, a story about magic. The characters were well rounded, each had depth and their own personality. The sisters all had their own path to take and all had more to them then just one being sharp with her words, one being beautiful, and the other being brave as heck.
There were a few downfalls-
-The amount of time Beauty spent with Beast was only 7 days for them at the castle, which, in my opinion, isn't enough time to know someone and fall in love with them. If not for the fact that it is what it is, a retelling of Beauty and the Beast, I wouldn't be as down for the plot as much as I am.
-The other major flaw I saw, which isn't huge in itself anyway, was the father in the end of the book. He was to go and find some way to get back to his daughter, whom he hasn't heard word from in 7 months, and that's the last we hear of him. It instilled minor dread in me that he would do what Gaston does in Disney's version, storm the castle without a care to who's in it. Obviously that doesn't happen, but he isn't heard from again. It didn't feel complete to me I guess because their father was such a large part of their lives, and the conclusion didn't have him in it.
Overall, I loved the book. As a gardener myself, I really enjoyed that being such a large part of the book and plot.
There were a few downfalls-
-The amount of time Beauty spent with Beast was only 7 days for them at the castle, which, in my opinion, isn't enough time to know someone and fall in love with them. If not for the fact that it is what it is, a retelling of Beauty and the Beast, I wouldn't be as down for the plot as much as I am.
-The other major flaw I saw, which isn't huge in itself anyway, was the father in the end of the book. He was to go and find some way to get back to his daughter, whom he hasn't heard word from in 7 months, and that's the last we hear of him. It instilled minor dread in me that he would do what Gaston does in Disney's version, storm the castle without a care to who's in it. Obviously that doesn't happen, but he isn't heard from again. It didn't feel complete to me I guess because their father was such a large part of their lives, and the conclusion didn't have him in it.
Overall, I loved the book. As a gardener myself, I really enjoyed that being such a large part of the book and plot.