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A review by kaylaarnold
Belle by Cameron Dokey
3.0
I'm not sure if I loved this or hated this. There were only 23 chapters and the first 17 were all about Belle's backstory and childhood and I can't decide if it liked it or not. There was so much talk about Belle not being as beautiful as her sisters which apparently makes her less valuable in her own family.It was because of this beginning that I couldn't get myself to pick up the book in 2 months. Also, I continued to imagine this Belle as a child throughout the whole book; it felt like I was reading through a child's perspective and she wasn't a mature young woman like the ones depicted in the movies.
The Beauty and the Beast story doesn't really happen until ch 18 and I really enjoyed the end. I loved the reimagining of how the Beast became the Beast and the differences in the enchanted castle. But what I loved most was the change in the Beast's attitude towards Belle; from the moment he met her he was kind, gentle, and reiterating that he won't hurt her. I expected, like the movie, that the Beast would be angry, loud, and he would change is attitude and Belle would still fall in love with him but in this story, he was polite and very gentlemen like. I gave the ending 5 stars and wished that it was longer.
The Beauty and the Beast story doesn't really happen until ch 18 and I really enjoyed the end. I loved the reimagining of how the Beast became the Beast and the differences in the enchanted castle. But what I loved most was the change in the Beast's attitude towards Belle; from the moment he met her he was kind, gentle, and reiterating that he won't hurt her. I expected, like the movie, that the Beast would be angry, loud, and he would change is attitude and Belle would still fall in love with him but in this story, he was polite and very gentlemen like. I gave the ending 5 stars and wished that it was longer.