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Beastly (Beastly, #1)
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I enjoyed this new take on Beauty and the Beast. It was definitely an easy read, I finished this 300-page book within about 3 hours. The message about inside and outside beauty is a good one for young teens. I don't really think this book would have been very interesting for older teens, 10-13 year-olds is a target audience.
Having said that, this was an uneven book. It started very strong, but fizzled a little by the end. It just became a bit too simplistic and cheesy and the lessons learned in the beginning lost their value.
Beastly is recommended by Amazon along with Unwind and Hunger Games. Unfortunately, Beastly has a long way to go to reach the quality of these two excellent YA books.
Having said that, this was an uneven book. It started very strong, but fizzled a little by the end. It just became a bit too simplistic and cheesy and the lessons learned in the beginning lost their value.
Beastly is recommended by Amazon along with Unwind and Hunger Games. Unfortunately, Beastly has a long way to go to reach the quality of these two excellent YA books.
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Jul 16, 2009 02:14PM
Hmm. I heard it was a good love story and I was kinda in the mood for a bit of cheese. *ponders*
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If you want cheese, you'll get it. If someone else recommended it to you, go for it. You know how it is. It wasn't awful, just not really memorable
Hmm, I kinda agree with you on some of your points about Beastly, but disagree on others. I actually have the opposite reaction to you in that I thought the first part slow, but it gained momentum as it went along. I also thought older teens (and some adults :)) would enjoy it as well. But I do agree that it doesn't come close to Unwind or The Hunger Games for a gripping, thoughtful YA book. Just a fun stand alone with some good take-away messages.Good review.
Well, it is not the first time that we disagreed.:) It was an OK read, though nothing life-changing (for me)
I enjoyed this one, but I lurved the fairytale growing up, so I thought it was fun to see it in a more urban setting and from the POV of the Beast.
Tatiana wrote: "Well, it is not the first time that we disagreed.:) It was an OK read, though nothing life-changing (for me)"LOL! I kinda agreed with you - does that count?
And I agree that it wasn't life changing, just cute fluff. Solid three stars.
Heather wrote: "I enjoyed this one, but I lurved the fairytale growing up, so I thought it was fun to see it in a more urban setting and from the POV of the Beast."Totally agree 'lil sis. It was a nice departure to read a story from the beast's POV, and a young man at that. I liked how the author made him change his attitudes very slowly. It wasn't a sudden about-face.
Exactly, it was pretty realistic, well as realistic as a book like this can be.
Heather wrote: "Exactly, it was pretty realistic, well as realistic as a book like this can be. "Yes. In fact, I think it was better in magical realism then Impossible, which IMO didn't work for me in that aspect.
I saw this movie the other night... awful. I don't think I have seen a worse adaption (and I haven't even read the book). It was painful, makeup, dialogue, acting, screenplay, it was all awful. Too bad, it could have been good if they focused on his transition but it wasn't developed. The only good part was Neil Patrick Harris playing the blind tutor.
