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A review by tdasilva26
Beastly Beauty by Jennifer Donnelly
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
"Some say that fairy tales are windows that show us a make-believe world. Full of impossible creatures. But they are wrong. Fairy tales are mirrors, not windows. They show us this world. They show us ourselves. . . . Come closer to the mirror, child. Closer. What do you see? Troll? Witch? Ogre? Beast? Hunt the beast, the old ones say. Kill the beast. But what if you are the beast?"
I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this book! At first I was very confused by the magic system and it honestly felt creepy to me. This is something that could turn some people away, because the magic system is never really explained, it's more of each magical thing being a metaphor or symbol for something that you will discover as you read, which was something I personally loved! It had me wanting to go back and read some of the scenes because when my eyes were opened to what the author was getting at, I was quite literally reading in a whole new way!
This was such a good story portraying what happens when the world tells you to act a certain way and you begin to hate your emotions until you eventually wrap yourself in despair and hate yourself.
The romance was also super cute and very wholesome and true to the emotional battle that giving your heart to someone is and should be.
Content: Brief mention of two of the servant men being in a relationship however it wasn't described or even talked about for very long.
I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this book! At first I was very confused by the magic system and it honestly felt creepy to me. This is something that could turn some people away, because the magic system is never really explained, it's more of each magical thing being a metaphor or symbol for something that you will discover as you read, which was something I personally loved! It had me wanting to go back and read some of the scenes because when my eyes were opened to what the author was getting at, I was quite literally reading in a whole new way!
This was such a good story portraying what happens when the world tells you to act a certain way and you begin to hate your emotions until you eventually wrap yourself in despair and hate yourself.
The romance was also super cute and very wholesome and true to the emotional battle that giving your heart to someone is and should be.
Content: Brief mention of two of the servant men being in a relationship however it wasn't described or even talked about for very long.