Jessilyn Stewart Peaslee
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- Teokset
- 3
- Jäseniä
- 30
- Suosituimmuussija
- #449,942
- Arvio (tähdet)
- 2.4
- Kirja-arvosteluja
- 2
- ISBN:t
- 4
This is a rough book to review. I'm not quite sure why I didn't like it. Others have mentioned that there's too much telling and not enough showing. But there were times when the showing was excessive and repetitive. And the characters don't live for me.
I like the lack of magic in the story--Ever After style. It's nice and simplifies things. Similarly, the clarifying of the "happily ever after" trope in the epilogue was also a nice touch. And that cover! I also can't blame the sugar-sweetness of the main characters because I really liked Disney's most recent live action version(which was incredibly sweet).
10-year-old me would have loved this book. But it's marketed and cataloged( at least in my library) for adults and it doesn't quite give my brain the sustenance and break that it needs---and I'll admit, it's a tough combo.… (lisätietoja)