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This was a beautiful, romantic retelling of Beauty and the Beast. I am actually quite partial to the Disney movie, but this was so much better. I haven't read the original French version since High School (in English, from France, not in French. I didn't like that one very much. This is my favorite! There is not a lot of dialog (I like dialog). It is very descriptive. Sometimes the descriptive part was tedious and I skipped ahead. It is a fairy tale, but reads more serious than a fairy tale. I c
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Read this again in Jan 2012 for book club. Loved it just as much as before.
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I’d read this once before as a teen but didn't remember much besides that I had liked it, so I recently decided it was worth another re-read.
Would it be trite to say that I found this book, uh, enchanting? The story was just a little slow-going at first, but by “Part III” I was hooked and could hardly set it down. The writing was good; descriptive without getting bogged down. The main character, Beauty, was practical, ...more
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I’d read this once before as a teen but didn't remember much besides that I had liked it, so I recently decided it was worth another re-read.
Would it be trite to say that I found this book, uh, enchanting? The story was just a little slow-going at first, but by “Part III” I was hooked and could hardly set it down. The writing was good; descriptive without getting bogged down. The main character, Beauty, was practical, ...more
it's a good story and well told-- but I do still find the idea of agreeing to marry an animal unsettling and disturbing. But I guess since it's a fairy tale you can ignore minor *cough cough* major details like that.
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A fun retelling of the story of Beauty and the Beast. I was enthralled with the descriptions and the detail that a good author can give a well-loved story.
Feb 14, 2008
Shannon
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Sep 04, 2008
Tam Tam
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Jan 26, 2009
Brooke
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