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A review by rlisaacs
The Isle of the Lost by Robert Venditti, Melissa de la Cruz
4.0
I was surprised with how much I really enjoyed this book. I knew it was meant as more of a middle or high school age book, but I'm kind of a Disney fanatic, so I picked it up and read it anyway. I really loved the kids of the villains. Carlos is my personal favorite. I think of him as kind of a natural gentleman, which is odd on an island full of villains. It made him more unique to me than even the other three, who I still loved as well.
It's an awesome prequel to that Disney Channel movie "Disney Descendants". And yes, I did watch that. I almost wish a book based on the movie would be written. Is that weird? (The book is always better than the movie. At least 99% of the time. The movie gave me a High School Musical meets Fairytales feeling, which is good considering I don't really care for many of the other new shows or movies that sometimes air nowadays.) Anyways, I liked the movie, so I figure I'd probably fall in love with a book that follows the movie, but still fills in so many gaps that you don't even realize you're missing if you just watch the movie.
Really liked it. Will definitely read the second book "Return to the Isle of the Lost". And everybody remember. You're never too old for Disney.
Update:
I just want to clarify that I was not aware a book copying the movie had been written. But based off of some reviews, I won't be reading it. Everybody says it's exactly like the movie, and since I've seen the movie, I don't need to read the book. Also, Melissa, if I'm understanding correctly, didn't write the book based on the movie. So, if I did read a book that was written for the first movie, I would kind of like it to be one that she would write. A few things might change and there might be more details, but that's kind of what I would want if I were going to read it anyway.
Anyways, just wanted to share that. Okay. Bye. :)
It's an awesome prequel to that Disney Channel movie "Disney Descendants". And yes, I did watch that. I almost wish a book based on the movie would be written. Is that weird? (The book is always better than the movie. At least 99% of the time. The movie gave me a High School Musical meets Fairytales feeling, which is good considering I don't really care for many of the other new shows or movies that sometimes air nowadays.) Anyways, I liked the movie, so I figure I'd probably fall in love with a book that follows the movie, but still fills in so many gaps that you don't even realize you're missing if you just watch the movie.
Really liked it. Will definitely read the second book "Return to the Isle of the Lost". And everybody remember. You're never too old for Disney.
Update:
I just want to clarify that I was not aware a book copying the movie had been written. But based off of some reviews, I won't be reading it. Everybody says it's exactly like the movie, and since I've seen the movie, I don't need to read the book. Also, Melissa, if I'm understanding correctly, didn't write the book based on the movie. So, if I did read a book that was written for the first movie, I would kind of like it to be one that she would write. A few things might change and there might be more details, but that's kind of what I would want if I were going to read it anyway.
Anyways, just wanted to share that. Okay. Bye. :)