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A review by sam_the_librarian
Creeping Beauty by Andrea Portes
Did not finish book. Stopped at 50%.
I was extremely excited to read this book with it being advertised as "a subversive and feminist take on Sleeping Beauty". What it actually is, is absurd and a combination of fairy tales- I saw bits of Alice in Wonderland, the Wizard of Oz, the Princess and the Frog...along with Sleeping Beauty.
When I receive ARC copies, I try extremely hard to read them to completion but once I hit the 50% mark with this one- I skimmed the rest.
I think Andrea Portes was perhaps trying to cover too much ground with this one and there was no depth. Bitsy is an unlikeable Goody Two-Shoes protagonist. There are so many opportunities to discuss rascism, classism, etc. but I feel these things were used for sensation rather than anything more.
Thank you to NetGalley for the eARC copy of this book!
When I receive ARC copies, I try extremely hard to read them to completion but once I hit the 50% mark with this one- I skimmed the rest.
I think Andrea Portes was perhaps trying to cover too much ground with this one and there was no depth. Bitsy is an unlikeable Goody Two-Shoes protagonist. There are so many opportunities to discuss rascism, classism, etc. but I feel these things were used for sensation rather than anything more.
Thank you to NetGalley for the eARC copy of this book!