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Beastly
by Alex Flinn
I actually liked this much more than I thought I would. I'd give it more like 3.5 stars. I thought the movie looked stupid, so I didn't plan on reading the book. From what I can tell, they changed it quite a bit for the movie, so I'm still on the fence on whether or not I want to see it. But my sis had it hanging around the house and I picked it up and read it very quickly, got really wrapped up in it.
Some parts I thought were kind of strange/creepy, and I was sort of bothered by the fact that they were so young (I would have made them say, 16 or 17 at the beginning of the book, not the end of the 2 year period the book covers). But overall I enjoyed it. Then again, I do love fairy tale retellings, this is probably the 10th or so that I've read, and I've read several Beauty and the Beast retellings as well. Interesting to put a modern spin on it.
Some parts I thought were kind of strange/creepy, and I was sort of bothered by the fact that they were so young (I would have made them say, 16 or 17 at the beginning of the book, not the end of the 2 year period the book covers). But overall I enjoyed it. Then again, I do love fairy tale retellings, this is probably the 10th or so that I've read, and I've read several Beauty and the Beast retellings as well. Interesting to put a modern spin on it.