Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast by Robin Mckinley Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast
Book Review: Putting the beauty in Beauty and the Beast!
Summary: 5 Stars
Of all the books I've read?and there are many, I assure you?this is still one of my favorites. Since I first read it in third grade (or was it fourth?) I've been enchanted by the touching retelling of such a classic fairy tale. I must have read and re-read it a hundred times since then (well?that might be a slight exaggeration), but I love the book dearly! Robin McKinley is one of my favorite authors, weaving wonderful characters, eloquent descriptions, true humor and imaginative plots together in the way only a true fantasy author can. And she does it better nowhere than this book! (Though I am also smitten with all her other books?this was the first I read, and is probably still my favorite. Probably.)
Anyone who loves fantasy, or any great book for that matter, should read this as soon as possibly (and make sure to start at a time when you don't have anything you have to do for a while?I gaurantee you won't be able to put it down!)
Book Review: I love this!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have to have read this book over a hundred times (every time I get home from college and go to the public library - time to get my own copy!) and I still love it dearly. I'm so happy to have found it in print. It's a wonderful new twist on the Beauty and the Beast legend. Oh-also check out Mercedes Lackey's The Fire Rose (which I just finished) if you like Beauty and the Beast retellings - lots of enchantment there as well.Book Review: A funny, book that had nonsense happening all the time.
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is funny in a serious way. Young childern would not understand the nature of this book. The humor in this book is more of the fansy nature in some of the things that are brought up in this book. All together, this book mixes fantasy with reality to from wonderful humour for ages 13 and up.Book Review: Excellent!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I first read this book when I was 15, but I still remember staying up way past my bed time with a flashlight under my covers to get a few more pages of reading in before my parents caught me up at 11:30pm. I just re-read it, and it was still as enchanting as it was all those years ago. A truly marvelous piece of work.Book Review: It's the greatest re-telling of Beauty & the Beast!
Summary: 5 Stars
This was a wonderful book, and will always be one of my favorite books! If you haven't read it, read it! If you don't own it, buy it!