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A review by charlottesometimes
Beauty by Robin McKinley
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Dull
I wish I could get paid to lazily re-write a fairytale, making almost no changes. Having said that, Disney probably owes her a few quid for the ideas she did have.
I would personally not have called one of the characters ‘Ger’, and had his name repeated 30 times per chapter despite the fact that it is infuriating both to read and to imagine pronounced. I don’t know whether it’s ‘Grr’ or ‘Jer’, but both are just noises and not a good choice of name for a cod-historical fairytale character. Or any character, for that matter
I wish I could get paid to lazily re-write a fairytale, making almost no changes. Having said that, Disney probably owes her a few quid for the ideas she did have.
I would personally not have called one of the characters ‘Ger’, and had his name repeated 30 times per chapter despite the fact that it is infuriating both to read and to imagine pronounced. I don’t know whether it’s ‘Grr’ or ‘Jer’, but both are just noises and not a good choice of name for a cod-historical fairytale character. Or any character, for that matter