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My Name Is Rapunzel
My Name Is Rapunzel
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July 2, 2014
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July 11, 2014
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Trisha
Jun 25, 2014 rated it liked it
Shelves: fantasy, ya
A so-so version of the fairy tale, "My name is rapunzel" started out with a lot of promise. I mean, the book synopsis really caught my attention. Unfortunately, it fell into the YA black hole of "too much fluff". Where was the depth to the characters and plotline? Plus, Rapunzel was kind of....an airhead. She was pretty clueless for someone who was 250 yrs old. I mean, seriously, how do you live with a witch for two hundred years and NOT figure out the big "reveal". The dialogue was weak, and so ...more
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