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Summary: Excellent Read
Review: 'Ella Enchanted' by Gail Carson Levine is a wonderful book that has completely believable characters, led by the spunky heroine Ella. A takeoff on the popular Cinderella story, Ella is cursed with obidience from a fairy at birth. During the story she escapes finishing school, two 'evil' stepsisters, ogres, and much more all the while battling her cursed obidience. The entire story is hilarious and the ending surprising. It's a book you can read over and over again while enjoying it to the fullest. I highly, highly recommend it.
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Summary: Almost Magical
Review: I was inspired by the upcoming film to check out "Ella Enchanted." I understand that the director is the same person who mutilated "The Princess Diaries" adaptation, so figured there might be some similarity between the two books. There is--sort of. Both are told in first person. Both have clever teenaged girls as main characters. But there the similarity pretty much ends. "Ella Enchanted" is an enjoyable read, but it falls flat in many ways. The characters are themselves rather flat; Ella is only interesting b/c she's the narrator. Other characters, like Char and Areida, are simply "there." It's difficult to buy the romance b/w Ella and Char, simply b/c the author pretty much sprung it on us; there's no real build-up. The plot itself is a little flat; it also has several threads that are never picked up and finished. Things happen that seem to make little sense, narratively speaking. However, that said, I won't argue with the glowing reviews given by previous young readers. I admit I'm twenty-three years old and might not be "enchanted" by the same aspects of a young adult novel as a younger reader might be. But if you're like me--an older reader who enjoys reading children's and young adult literature--you might not want to expect too much from "Ella Enchanted." It's a cute novel, and you'll probably want to read it before seeing the film, but it nowhere approaches other similar efforts like "The Princess Diaries," "I Capture the Castle," and "Beauty." (The last is another retold fairytale by Robin McKinley--highly recommended, as are the other two).
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Summary: Ella Enchanted
Review: Ella enchanted was a great book and is perfect for anyone who is looking to read about fairy tales or just to enjoy a happy and interesting book. This book is like a mixture of a whole bunch of fairy tales all put together while still managing to maintain it's own theme and unique fairy tale.
Ella Enchanted is about a girl named Ella who, at birth, was bestowed with a "gift" from an evil fairy that she would always be obediant. This meant that Ella had to do everything she was told to do. So growing up was difficult, if someone said go kill yourself she would have to do it. Ella, her mom, and their favorite cook, also Ella's godmother and a fairy, Mandy all lived in their castle peacefully until one day Ella's mom got sick and she eventually died. Ella was distrought. Eventually she met a prince... and you know the story.
Throughout the book Ella is tried many times over but never gives up. You have to read the book to find out all the interesting and exciting things she has to go through while still trying to deal with her curse.
Overall I enjoyed this book a lot and I had fun reading and seeing what was going to happen to Ella next. Ella is a brave girl and I enjoyed reading about her.
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Summary: Ella Enchanted
Review: This is about a story called a girl called Ella, when she was a little baby she had a spell called upon her. A fairy called Lucinda had put a spell on her, which had to do with Ella being obedience. So that means that Ella has to do whatever anybody tells her to do. Therefore Ella is in a lot of trouble. If a person commanded her to kill herself she would actually do it. Therefore, before Ella's mother died she told Ella not tell anybody about her special gift. Therefore Ella keeps her secret in a world full of mysteries, fantasy, and romance.Although will she be able to keep the promise to her mother.
I liked this book a lot beacuse it is full of adventure and fantasy, two of my favorite quotes was, "If somebody were to tell me to hop on one foot for one day and a half, i'd have to do it. And hoping on one leg wasn't the worst command. If a person were to ask me to cut of my head, I'd have to do it." Also there was another one of my favorite quotes," I know you can imitate people just as Lady Eleanor could. Once you imitated your manservant to his face, and he wasn't sure wheter he was the servant or you were. You make up your own fairy tales and you drop things and trip over things. I know you once broke a whole set of dishes." " I slipped on ice!"
This is book is really funny and really adventure like. When i first read it, i felt like i was in a trance, a deep trance, and I read every word to myself. It was a truly amazing book! Even though i finished it pretty early, I kept reading it over and over again. I think this book is absolutely perfect for a kid with great imagination. This book also reminds me of Sleeping beauty, the princess with the curse.
My favorite part of the book was when Ella wanted to marry the prince, but she disagreed and said that she couldn't marry him because of her curse. Just then Mandy sscreamed and hugged Ella, you broked the spell!! She screamed. Then she said to ELla i command you to jump, but Ella didn't have to do it. There was no more buzz in her head that made her do it. She was overjoyed and the prince said i command you to marry me, and she said yes! When Lucinda went to their wedding, and asked if they would like a wedding present, Ella and Prince Chad just smile at each other, and then looked at Lucinda and said no. This was the best moment Ella had ever had in her whole life.
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Summary: Ella Enchanted
Review: This book is SO GREAT! I love reading, and I've read lots of books, but this is one of my favorites. It's like a classic fairy tale, a twist on Cinderella. But this is better in some ways, she doesn't just meet the Prince at a ball and then live happily forever. She has to go on a quest, and her curse of obediance makes it really interesting. It was so life-like when her step-sisters were treating her mean I was actually mad! I recomend it to any girl who's too old for Snow White and Sleeping Beauty, but still likes the magic in fairy tales.
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Summary: Too Predicatble
Review: I did not like Gail Carson's Ella Enchanted. I thought that Gail Carson focused too much on the beginning, and then rushed the end. It was way too predictable and the plot was kind of shallow. Ella made a big deal in the beginning about not going to finishing school, and she's only at finishing school for a couple of chapters. It seems that all the characters exaggerated and make a big deal out of something, and in the rest of the book, the problem just seems to go away. Some of this story, like with the prince, was too coincidental that it was unbelievable. Its fun to get lost in spells and a mystic land, but the magic parts of the story was not the part of the book that was out of this world!
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Summary: CINDERELLA WITH AN ATTITUDE!!
Review: When you think of 'Cinderella' you think of a polite young lady. But, Ella is the exact opposite. Although all the MAJOR points are the same as the Disney version, most of the details are quite different. For example, Ella's curse. That was in none of the original tellings.
Ella gives you a real sense of what a real cinderella would be like. Char is a charming character, and I love the obviousness about the two of them ending up together.
All great cinderella stories have a time where Cinderella and Prince Charming are seperated (Like the movie EVER AFTER). And this book has it.
Although some times in the book it gets slow (rarely), it always picks itself up again.
This is one of the best Cinderella retellings I have EVER read!!
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Summary: Ella Enchanted
Review: This is a great book for fans of The Two Princesses of Bamarre, by the same author. TO the person who said "Why can't she just freaking say no?" it's because...gasp... she's under a CURSE, duh.
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Summary: Ella Enchanted Me (so Anne Hathaway did)
Review: I decided to read the book after I saw the trailer of the upcoming movie featuring Anne Hathaway. I loved the book, it keeps you captivated since the very first pages. It was so long ago since I last read a book like that. The author, Gail Carson Levine, gives us an excellent book about a teen-aged girl who lives in a land called Frell, that, at birth, was given a gift that makes her to obey everything she is told to do, then when her mother passes away she'll start a quest to find the fairy who gave her that gift. This story is very touching and even far better than Cinderella. I definitely loved the book and strongly recommend it for all children... and grown-ups, why not?
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Summary: BEST BLOODY BOOK EVER!!!!!!!
Review: Ella Enchanted is an intriguing, captivating, powerful, inspirational, funny, endearing, romantic, adventurous, lovable, original, suspenseful, creative, eventful, FABULOUS book! I read it again and again, usually at least once within three months. I adore Ella and the characters have such personality. Their actions are believable and realistic despite the setting of fantasy and magic. The languages are creative, the romance is beautiful and sweet and not overdone, and every detail was perfect. Now whenever I hear the story of Cinderella in any form, I think of Ella Enchanted. I used to love Ever After, but Ella Enchanted leaves it in the dust! The ending is so powerful it always leaves me trembling and surging with adrenaline, and I read it aloud to my little sister because it hit me so hard I had to share it with someone. Then I stopped reading one night and she took it and finished it ravenously. She is now as smitten as I am, and we LOVE Gail Carson Levine! I rank this one up with some of the classics, and it is definitely a fantastic read for any girl of any age!!
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