1/16/2023 0 Comments As old as time a twisted tale pdf![]() ![]() ![]() Gaston in this is just a hapless idiot (who is then despised and treated badly when he KILLS THE VILLAIN. Where instead of Gaston and villagers storming the castle, it is revealed the creepy asylum guy, Monsieur D'Arque, is old friends with Belle's parents and is on a mission to rid the world of magical creatures. That's so very un-Belle), and generally acts nothing like the girl onscreen that I've always adored and admired.Īlthough I suppose I should be kinder about the poor plotting - some of my best friends lack verisimilitude and are far-fetched - but I just cannot with the ending. They bond, Belle talks in general about her fear of getting Stockholm Syndrome (a condition not diagnosed/recognized until the 20th century, but whatevs), ties the Beast up (the same Beast who just nearly died saving her life. They spend the majority of the book searching for Belle's (presumed) dead mom. It's not about her searching for her The Enchantress Formerly Known as Her Mother.īut alas, that's what Belle and Beast do. Part of what makes this story work is Belle's wonder and not knowing how to fix things. Everybody's up to speed less than halfway through the book. Now not only does everyone tell her everything, but she has magic visions that shows her the parts she's missed. Originally, part of the curse was that no one could tell Belle what was going on. I'm not saying that things have to be 100% authentic, but you shouldn't be using phrases and verbiage that pull me out of the story. Take something awesome and with the stroke of a keyboard, make it terrible!įirst, I have an issue with a book that presents itself as a historical (and even gets specific enough to give us a time and place - France in the 18th century) and this book is littered with modern slang and terminology. The twist is that the movie this book is based off is amazing and has charmed audiences for generations. I thought this was the twist in the "A Twisted Tale" part - turns out Belle's mom is the enchantress responsible for cursing Beast.Īlas, that is not the twist. It is interspersed with the story of how Belle's parents met and fell in love. So you have this story which is a scene by scene recreation of Disney's "Beauty and the Beast." With a bit of added dialogue and some insights into what Belle thinks about everything that's going on. Potts is running around the castle?) that then veer wildly off course to become something all together different. I don't understand stories that are basically verbatim retellings of movies (along with all those things you wondered about while watching the original, like who watches the little kid teacups when Mrs. I hope that this series continues as I would love to read more twisted fairy tales. If you love the Beauty and the Beast mythos this book is a great addition to it. I would have loved for this one to have Belle's silhouette like the other books had silhouette's of the other girls. I have to say though that I'm not a fan of the changed scheme on the covers of the books. Throughout most of this book Belle and the Beast develop a friendship but don't really seem like they have deeper feelings until the end when they are now miraculously in love.Įven Gaston sort of goes through some character development along with other members of the village that have almost no screen time in the movie. There was a lot more going on than just the whole the beast has been cursed and needs to be saved by true love. I loved how she explained the back story of the Enchantress and the magical peoples of the world. I read the first two books in this series and was hoping against hope that the third one was Beauty and the Beast and I was right. ![]() So anybody who has been following my reviews for awhile know how much I love Beauty and the Beast. ![]()
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