Robin McKinley

A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast

Beauty

Siya S

Maybe it's my fault I've expected more out of this book. Maybe it's my fault that my sense of romanticness does not venture into the same direction with Ms.MsKinley's. The last pages were so dull and boring I have to skipped in an attempt to get to the point and finish the book faster. I mean, many things in this book doesn't make sense, but to think about it...maybe that's just my idiocy to expect any sense from a fairy tales at all. 

I'm so moving on to other books. I'm giving it 2 stars because some parts of it made me smile silly inspite of myself.

Connor 

I first read this book when I moved to New York; it was the reading material for the fourth grade class I joined that October. 

I've loved it ever since and, in fact, I do still love it now. So.

Lauren Tabor

Libby G

Olivera Mitić

The New York Times–bestselling author of Rose Daughter reimagines the classic French fairy tale of Beauty and the Beast. I was the youngest of three daughters. Our literal-minded mother named us Grace, Hope, and Honour. . . . My father still likes to tell the story of how I acquired my odd nickname: I had come to him for further information when I first discovered that our names meant something besides you-come-here. He succeeded in explaining grace and hope, but he had some difficulty trying to make the concept of honour understandable to a five-year-old. . . . I said: ‘Huh! I’d rather be Beauty.’ . . . By the time it was evident that I was going to let the family down by being plain, I’d been called Beauty for over six years. . . . I wasn’t really very fond of my given name, Honour, either . . . as if ‘honourable’ were the best that could be said of me. The sisters’ wealthy father loses all his money when his merchant fleet is drowned in a storm, and the family moves to a village far away. Then the old merchant hears what proves to be a false report that one of his ships had made it safe to harbor at last, and on his sad, disappointed way home again he becomes lost deep in the forest and has a terrifying encounter with a fierce Beast, who walks like a man and lives in a castle. The merchant’s life is forfeit, says the Beast, for trespass and the theft of a rose—but he will spare the old man’s life if he sends one of his daughters: “Your daughter would take no harm from me, nor from anything that lives in my lands.” When Beauty hears this story—for her father had picked the rose to bring to her—her sense of honor demands that she take up the Beast’s offer, for “cannot a Beast be tamed?” This “splendid story” by the Newbery Medal–winning author of The Hero and the Crown has been named an ALA Notable Book and a Phoenix Award Honor Book (Publishers Weekly).

Destiny J Tamayo

The ending was so rushed which sucks since the rest of the book is very enjoyable.

When the family business collapses, Beauty and her two sisters are forced to leave the city and begin a new life in the countryside. However, when their father accepts hospitality from the elusive and magical Beast, he is forced to make a terrible promise - to send one daughter to the Beast's castle, with no guarantee that she will be seen again. Beauty accepts the challenge, and there begins an extraordinary story of magic and love that overcomes all boundaries. This is another spellbinding and emotional tale embroidered around a fairytale from Robin McKinley, an award-winning American author.

Beth Benbow

I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. Beautifully written. The only fault I could find was that the ending seemed too fast paced- probably because I was enjoying it so much. 😀

Stephanie BwaBwa

An instant favorite!

I have always loved the beautiful story of Beauty and the Beast, for countless reasons. After reading Robins, Beauty, this tale is instantly a favorite and I will definitely be rereading it. The writing is absolutely beautiful, and the poetic prose is almost like a melody as you read through each page and get lost further in the story. She did a beautiful spin on such a classic tale and it instantly won my heart. I highly recommend this read!

 Bruna Acioly Leão

It was a good retelling of Beauty and the Beast, however, not very original and a bit predictable. Which is a given since it is a pretty faithful retelling. It has a few differences, like her sisters and father are not super awful like in the original story. But all the other elements were there: (view spoiler)[her father steals a rose from the Beast, Beauty offers to stay in the castle so her father won't die, she realizes the Beast is not so bad after all and they become friends. She asks to visit her home again and the Beast almost dies, she comes back and says he loves him and all the curses are lifted.  (hide spoiler)] I put a spoiler tag for safety, but honestly, we all know the story.

The writing was beautiful though and it was an entertaining story. If you love Beauty and the Beast and want to read that story again, I'd recommend it. The audiobook narration was alright, nothing amazing, but not terrible either.

Beauty A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast

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