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Read this again in Jan 2012 for book club. Loved it just as much as before.
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I’d read this once before as a teen but didn't remember much besides that I had liked it, so I recently decided it was worth another re-read.
Would it be trite to say that I found this book, uh, enchanting? The story was just a little slow-going at first, but by “Part III” I was hooked and could hardly set it down. The writing was good; descriptive without getting bogged down. The main character, Beauty, was practical, ...more
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I’d read this once before as a teen but didn't remember much besides that I had liked it, so I recently decided it was worth another re-read.
Would it be trite to say that I found this book, uh, enchanting? The story was just a little slow-going at first, but by “Part III” I was hooked and could hardly set it down. The writing was good; descriptive without getting bogged down. The main character, Beauty, was practical, ...more
This is an extremely impressive first book. Even twenty years later, it reads as current and fabulous. I'm partial to fairy tale retellings in general and was quite pleased with this one. McKinley doesn't try to do much here -- just a simple telling of the Beauty and the Beast story from Beauty's perspective. But in this tale, Beauty is a smart, thoughtful, real character with her own doubts about her attractiveness and a touching innocence. The book focuses on the details of fashion and daily l
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Continuing my renewed love affair with Robin McKinley, I re-read this, her first novel. It is quite good, but lacks some the extra oomph of her later books. Still, it is a good re-telling of Beauty and the Beast, where Beauty is an actual individual, stubborn woman with ideas and plans of her own.
This was my favorite book as a young'un. I read it multiple times then and recently re-stumbled upon it. It's now on my to-read list again, and I'll be interested to see if it holds up to my adult-ish standards!
I remember it being full of lavish detail, painting a world no young girl would ever eschew for the reality of everyday life. I believe I even dropped it in the bathtub once, refusing to put it down.
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I remember it being full of lavish detail, painting a world no young girl would ever eschew for the reality of everyday life. I believe I even dropped it in the bathtub once, refusing to put it down.
I'll be sure to update once I've reread! ...more
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