A review by pickett22
The Unfairest of Them All by Shannon Hale

5.0

I LOVE THIS BOOK.
I am so full of feels atm! Good godmother.



Hale is good. She is very. very. good.

I don't even know where to start with this. Some of the best advice comes out of the mouth of the most evil woman known to Ever After, and the main character is able to pull truth out of it. As a reader, you end up right there with Raven, sifting through the crap and realizing that doing the right thing still means hurting people you love, sometimes. And, like Apple says, it's okay to choose to follow the path set out, but other people are making choices too, so where does that leave us?
It's amazing. This book is incredibly popular with my reluctant readers, and it's dealing with some very complex issues.
It would be a fantastic book to discuss a lot of real-life issues with kids. Like Cerise's mixed parentage and her spending her entire life in a cape to hide who and what she is. And she's tired of the secrets and she just wants who she is to be okay! There are so many gems in this book, so many cool characters, and so many opportunities.

And it's SO FUN.

Seriously, if you've read a School for Good and Evil, you should be reading these ones. They're so much better. These ones are consistent in their message, they're a MUCH better representation of girls/women, they embrace grey areas as being grey (and must be worked through as such), and they're so sweet.
If you're not reading these...



Here are some closing thoughts from Ms. Hale:

"If you ever have your chance to change the world, don't hesitate."
and
"Everything doesn't have to be perfect right now. For the moment, trying is enough."