A review by beckeal
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine

3.0

Finally read this contemporary classic. It was just okay. I read it by audiobook. The narrator did a great job. The story was cute, and a fun kinda twist on Cinderella, but it was also kinda gimmicky, predictable, and the characters very black and white. I mean, it IS based on a fairytale, but considering the other liberties, the author could have gotten a bit more creative with them.

Also, a few iffy references to sexist or violent behaviour that were just accepted as normal and okay. Maybe it was meant to be representative of the medieval time period, but for young readers, it’s always a bad idea for authors not to at least remark on that kind of thing.