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Loading... Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast (1978)by Robin McKinley
 flying_monkeys | Apr 14, 2013 |  Nice retelling of a story about beauty and a beast. Nothing new... A little too ordinary for my taste, I expected that writer would add some twist to the tale. (  ) bookwormdreams | Apr 10, 2013 | Apparently, Robin McKinley has written two retellings of the "[b:Beauty and the Beast|41424|Beauty A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast|Robin McKinley|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169613617s/41424.jpg|2321285]" story. Beauty is the first. It's easy to read, and the world building is pretty simple -- i.e. none of the layers that Sunshine has -- not that the details given aren't well-placed and lovely. I would dearly love to live in the Beast's castle just for his library, anyway. It isn't a re-imagining of the story by any means: details may differ, but the plot overall remains the same. But the detail and the voice makes it interesting enough. I enjoyed it a lot, as a bit of light reading, and I'm planning to read Rose Daughter, for comparison. (  ) shanaqui | Apr 9, 2013 | I don't know why I had the urge to reread Beauty, but I'm glad I did. I needed the gentle enchantment of the story and the quiet strength of the various loves that it's really about: Beauty's love for her family, Beauty's love for the Beast, the Beast's love for her, her sisters' love for their partners, Beauty's love of her horse... It's not laugh-out-loud humorous most of the time, but there's a gentle humour to all of it, and it really made me smile. The only things that grate on me are the fact that Beauty is supposed to be plain at the beginning and then she becomes beautiful, even though she was perfectly fine as she was, and even though she fell in love with the Beast as the Beast, she ended up marrying a man who she didn't know, and who didn't even know himself if you consider the fact that he doesn't remember his name. ( ) shanaqui | Apr 9, 2013 | 3.5 stars This book was quite good! It took a while to get into the meat of the story—especially since it is one every girl is familiar with. By about page 50, I was like, "When are we going to get to the castle part???" Yeah, not until page 99. But one we were there, things picked up. I really liked the interaction between Beauty (real name: Honour) and the beast. It was fun to see her attitude toward him change from fear to a deep caring... The magic in the story wasn't dog-footstools and little candlestick-men, but invisible servants that one eventually begins to be able to hear... The magic was cool; I liked it a lot. Overall, a pretty good book. Not my favorite, but worth reading, for sure. ( )1  saraferrell | Apr 3, 2013 | no reviews | add a review Is a retelling of
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A well-crafted retelling of the classic Beauty and the Beast fairy tale. I particularly enjoyed the Beast's home and its enchantment. Spectacular imagery that any imagination would appreciate but especially young children. The romance factor was a major player, though. While I appreciated the strength and grit of Beauty, it seems love and marriage were inevitable.
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