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A review by toloveisdestroy
Cinderella Is Evil by Jamie Campbell
2.0
Unfortunately, I agree with many of the other reviews on here. It could have been better. ~~
I am a bit biased. As a child I loved Cinderella, watched and read as many Cinderella-esque books I could get my hands on. In the second Cinderella film, we actually see Anastasia (one of the step-sisters) desiring to fall for the baker, but being told by her mother that it is wrong to marry someone who is of a lower status. She follows the suggestion of Cinderella, who noticed her desires, to follow her heart. This character growth is beautiful and important and made Anastasia one of my favorite characters in the series. ~~ So in comparison, reading this novel felt like a massive step back, although it followed in her desires to simply fall in love, she spent a lot of the novel expressing her hatred and utter dislike of Cinderella (which in the opening just makes it sound like a biased perspective of Cinderella through her eyes, which I am furthering to believe was the goal?). All this to say, it was a cute idea, but poor execution.
I am a bit biased. As a child I loved Cinderella, watched and read as many Cinderella-esque books I could get my hands on. In the second Cinderella film, we actually see Anastasia (one of the step-sisters) desiring to fall for the baker, but being told by her mother that it is wrong to marry someone who is of a lower status. She follows the suggestion of Cinderella, who noticed her desires, to follow her heart. This character growth is beautiful and important and made Anastasia one of my favorite characters in the series. ~~ So in comparison, reading this novel felt like a massive step back, although it followed in her desires to simply fall in love, she spent a lot of the novel expressing her hatred and utter dislike of Cinderella (which in the opening just makes it sound like a biased perspective of Cinderella through her eyes, which I am furthering to believe was the goal?). All this to say, it was a cute idea, but poor execution.