A review by kendranh
Tangled Up In You by Christina Lauren

emotional lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

If you’re a big fan of the movie Tangled, you will love this book! I saw some reviews unhappy that it was closer to Tangled than the source material of Rapunzel. This book series  was created by Disney so of course it is going to follow the Disney movie as a one to one modern adaptation.

Loved:
  • The idea of Rapunzel being a naive homeschooled farm girl from Idaho. As someone who was a naive homeschooled kid, can confirm the accuracy
  • Fitz having people he cared about. It made him much more sympathetic than he would have been as just a criminal orphan
  • A car named Max

Meh:
  • Steve was such a non-character. Maybe because he didn’t exist in the movie. Could have gone without him
  • It followed the Disney movie a bit too closely making it very predictable
  • The bar scene was cute, but cheesy 

Disliked:
  • The entire premise is based on these super protective “parents” letting their kid go to college. Which frankly would never happen. Like you’re telling me these people who kidnapped a baby and went completely off grid are just going to let her go to school in a different state because she wants to go??
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