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A review by saracat
Aladdin: Far from Agrabah by Aisha Saeed
3.0
This is very much a book within the Disney realm. Everything works out for the best. Conflicts do arise but resolve much easier than they ever would. But, sometimes it's nice to read a book that idealizes how things could be. (Even though you know that isn't really true because real life is more complicated than that.)
The thing that took me most out of the story though was a lot of things that just felt like very modern ideas or ways of doing things. Maybe some of those things actually have been around and used by people for hundreds of years and we just think of them as more modern. So, maybe I need to update my reference for older time periods and how life was. Either way though, because of what I have learned and heard about earlier parts of history, some things did feel out of place in the novel.
Of course though, this is looking at the story through an adult's lens. I think most younger readers who love Aladdin will also love this book.
The thing that took me most out of the story though was a lot of things that just felt like very modern ideas or ways of doing things. Maybe some of those things actually have been around and used by people for hundreds of years and we just think of them as more modern. So, maybe I need to update my reference for older time periods and how life was. Either way though, because of what I have learned and heard about earlier parts of history, some things did feel out of place in the novel.
Of course though, this is looking at the story through an adult's lens. I think most younger readers who love Aladdin will also love this book.