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Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast
by Robin McKinley
by Robin McKinley
This is absolutely my favorite retelling of the familiar tale of Beauty and the Beast.
An aside: it far outshines the Disney one.
McKinley begins the tale with the very familiar setting: A merchant with daughters has fallen on hard times. He and his family are reduced to living in near poverty.
But there she diverges, to give us a believable family structure of the daughters who have various levels of resourcefulness in dealing with their straitened circumstances. They are a family, and there are no cardboard 'evil sisters' in this telling.
I love McKinley's style in all of her books I have read. It is absolutely transparent. I fall into her writing effortlessly, and surface hours later feeling as if I have experienced a life rather than read a story.
An aside: it far outshines the Disney one.
McKinley begins the tale with the very familiar setting: A merchant with daughters has fallen on hard times. He and his family are reduced to living in near poverty.
But there she diverges, to give us a believable family structure of the daughters who have various levels of resourcefulness in dealing with their straitened circumstances. They are a family, and there are no cardboard 'evil sisters' in this telling.
I love McKinley's style in all of her books I have read. It is absolutely transparent. I fall into her writing effortlessly, and surface hours later feeling as if I have experienced a life rather than read a story.
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Jun 03, 2017 12:19PM
It's a wonderful story. Just recently read it and loved it! Great background story and then the familiar tale but with something of a twist as well.
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I read this in its entirety one night! An excellent book. :)
I cannot stop craving Beauty and The Beast retellings. I will definitely try this one!
Robin, this is MY absolute favorite retelling of Beauty and the Beast! I am always recommending it to other readers :)
This has been my favourite Beauty and the Beast for years. I don't keep many print books anymore, but this is well-loved paperback will stay in my library.
It was goog😊
