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Beastly
by Alex Flinn
I now know why this was on a list of books to read instead of 50 Shades of Gray. I am now worried that the list contains books that are only slightly better than 50 Shades of Gray.
I didn't actually finish this book, I got more than half way and then could not suffer through another page. This adaptation does absolutely nothing for the story of Beauty and the Beast. Rather than complicating the idea of beauty and the story that 1) socialized young women to accept arranged marriages and 2) continues to teach young women that they can 'heal' abusive partners, this book fell short of any real subversiveness.
I didn't actually finish this book, I got more than half way and then could not suffer through another page. This adaptation does absolutely nothing for the story of Beauty and the Beast. Rather than complicating the idea of beauty and the story that 1) socialized young women to accept arranged marriages and 2) continues to teach young women that they can 'heal' abusive partners, this book fell short of any real subversiveness.