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Summary: A classic tale, with a twist
Review: I love this version of the tale of Beauty and the Beast. No
other version can compare, not even Disney's. Where else does Beauty get her nickname because of her lack of Beauty
as a child. We watch her grow up and into her name. If you
love fairy tales and you haven't read this one, do right away!
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Summary: Captivating book!
Review: This book is the most beleivable retelling of a fairy tale I have ever read. Beauty is a young woman that is fascinated by the legendary Beast in the wood. However, when her father comes home with a promise and a rose, she is suprised to hear herself agree to live with the Beast. After living with him semi-happily for a while, she goes home to deliver some startling news, and finds she loves a beast
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Summary: The best!
Review: This is my all-time favorite book! I read it in 7th grade, and have been enchanted ever since. I haven't read it for years, but I've never forgotten it. It is a step above the Disney movie version, and you're hearing this from a die-hard Disney fan!! Read this book, and I promise you'll be delighted and enchanted
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Summary: Magical, enchanting, captivation and beautiful to read
Review: Robin McKinley never fails to capture the heart and mind of her readers. Her story ofBeauty is no exception. Writen before the movies became popular, this is the original story of Beauty and the Beast. It is detailed and descriptive enought for an adult to believe in it, yet simple enough for a child to love its fairy-tale quality. A book to be passed on and shared with friends
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Summary: It's the best of the best of fantasy!
Review: This book is one of the best I've ever read. It's full of suspense, mystery, romance, and very believable characters. The story comes alive in new and exciting ways that I've never seen before. I've read it three times so far and will read it again and again in the future. If you have any interest in fairy tales, read this book! It's the best of the best. McKinley's other books are of the highest quality also and I recommend anyone who likes believable fantasy to read this and all of her other books
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Summary: Wonderful! I've loved it for years!
Review: I was told by a friend to read this book about 15 years
ago... Since then, I re-read it about once a year. It is my absolute favorite rendition of the Beauty and the Beast fairy tale. The people are more alive, the story
more touching and realistic than any other version I have
encountered.
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Summary: Beauty-ful Retelling
Review: Robin McKinley has a talent to recreate the fantasy worlds of childhood bedtime literature and make them fullblooded novels that any respectable reader will enjoy. Of all her fairytale remakes that I have read, this is my favorite.The story is well known, a young woman is more or less promised to a beast and transforms him. But there is so much more than that in Beauty. Beauty, or Honor, as she was named, is a young, 'ugly' woman whose father is destroyed publicly when his shipping company collapses. He and his two other daughters, Grace and Hope, and Beauty all move to the countryside to live with Hope's fiance, Ger. They adapt to the quiet country life--Ger works as a blacksmith and their father does wordworking. After the first couple of days there, Ger tells Beauty not to go into the woods, because they are more or less haunted by what seems to be an old "bogey-man" story. When Beauty's father gets called back to town with news that one of his presumably lost ships has returned, he leaves the family for a short while. His return, with saddle bags filled with goods--golds and necklaces and dresses, is in the dead of a wintry night and he brings back a perfect rose, the one thing Beauty asked him for when he left. The rose, taken from the Beast, is a symbol of a promise, and it is Beauty who fulfills that promise, going to the Beast in her father's stead. The romance is beautiful and eloquently expressed. To make a Beast, which would be seen through our eyes as an animal, into a man as an author must have been a challenging task, but Robin McKinley did a wonderful job. As a fairy tale retelling, this one is definitely at the top.
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Summary: one of my favorites
Review: i love this book! beauty and the beast is one of my favorite disney movies and i can never get sick of it, no matter how old i get! and i love the book even more than the movie which is saying a lot! it is so romantic and beautiful. i have read it 3 times and i am ordering it soon. it is one of the best books ever and i highly recomend it no matter how old u are. enjoy!
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Summary: this was a great book
Review: Beauty, by Robin McKinley, is an enchanting love story about a kind girl named Honour, though everybody calls her Beauty, and a half human, half bear-like man, named Beast. Beauty has always been sour towards her nickname. Thin, undersized with big hands and feet, she's always thought of herself as the plainest girl in her family. One day, when her father returns home from a trip, he tells the story on the "enchanted forest" he got lost in, and of the Beast she met. Although, he made an agreement with the Beast, Beauty hears her fathers' tale and decides immediately what she has to do. She herself will travel to the castle to meet and live with Beast to pay off her father's debt. - This novel is absolutely enchanting and mesmerizing. Little twists are thrown in and emotions are played with to make this a more delightful read. The ending could be a little more informative as to how they end up later in life, but over all, it's a very tasteful and unique retelling of the classic Beauty and the Beast!
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Summary: This is my favorite book 6 stars
Review: Before Disney's Beauty and the Beast this version of Beauty was a book worm.
I'd hate to write spoilers so I just ask you to read it. I have never read or heard a negative review about this version of the fantasy.
Tell a friend.
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