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The Beast Within

A Tale of Beauty's Prince

Book 2 of 8: Villains
Published: 22, July 2014
Genres: Teen & Young Adult Media Tie-In, Teen & Young Adult Fairy Tale & Folklore Adaptations, Children's Folk Tales & Myths, Teen & Young Adult Myths & Legends, Children's Royalty Books

This paragraph is going to be the same for this book series so If you already read it previously then just skip to the next paragraph - This book series is about Walt Disney’s villains and about the life they had and what caused them to be like what you saw them on the screen. I always wanted to know about the other side of the story when I saw a villain do something evil. And I think now is the time when we can see and read about that because I see movies and read books about antiheroes and even villain’s backgrounds. Our society is at last evolving and adopting the open-minded approach and that is why we are trying to learn the opposite side’s story also.

The beast was and is one of my favorite characters in fairy tales and makes me wonder, why the girl had to suffer by marrying the prince instead of the beast because she was in love with the beast and not the prince. The prince was indeed the beast but she saw him as the beast and loved him as the beast. I always felt sad for her because of this story ending but that is my opinion and I am not asking for a debate but still, everyone is welcome to comment regarding this issue and tell me what you think.

This book deals with beasts transformation and his previous love interest who was a lot different than Bell and basically a few back story points that tie this book to the animated movie and how no one knew or remembered who the beast was before he was transformed. And some of these things are not going to be liked by many fans. I think the beast is not a villain but for some part and from Bell and her father’s point of view he was in some part of the time they met him. I don’t care if he is in this book series called Villains because at least I got to read a bit more about him.

Almost everyone knows what happened and why the prince was turned into the beast but after reading this you’ll know the whole story and realize why he was punished like that. Really a good read that you want to read for a long time but surely going to finish in a few hours and then going to want more of it.

This paragraph is the same as it was for book 1 - I think it is better to buy these books for your collection because the book covers and design are amazing. Young kids are going to love the stories and adults can like these also. The writing style is kind of simple and juvenile but don’t forget, it is written for young to adults who are fans of this kind of stuff. I actually love the books that are easy to read, because you can read more and fast and still understand and enjoy the story.

This book can be used as an addition to your beauty and the Beast collection and as a part of this Villain series. The choice is yours.

Even with a few minor flaws, I am going to give full points because it is about The Beast.


Synopsis:
“A cursed prince sits alone in a secluded castle.

Few have seen him, but those who claim they have say his hair is wild and nails are sharp--like a beast's! But how did this prince, once jovial and beloved by the people, come to be a reclusive and bitter monster? And is it possible that he can ever find true love and break the curse that has been placed upon him?”

I suggest buying the hardcover version if you are a true fan or want to give it as a gift to someone who is a fan.

Rating: 100/100
Recommended: 100/100 Yes.

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Fairest of All

A Tale of the Wicked Queen

Published: 1, August 2017
Book 1 of 8: Villains
Genres: Teen & Young Adult Media Tie-In, Teen & Young Adult Fairy Tale & Folklore Adaptations, Children's Folk Tales & Myths, Teen & Young Adult Myths & Legends

This book series is about Walt Disney’s villains and about the life they had and what caused them to be like what you saw them on the screen. I always wanted to know about the other side of the story when I saw a villain do something evil. And I think now is the time when we can see and read about that because I see movies and read books about antiheroes and even villain’s backgrounds. Our society is at last evolving and adopting the open-minded approach and that is why we are trying to learn the opposite side’s story also.

I loved the idea but got kind of disappointed by the way the story was stretched and basically, the book is one day read if you want. The font is large and it is kind of good for young kids and adults who are still fans of those classic stories and cartoon movies.

I think it is better to buy these books for your collection because the book covers and design are amazing. Young kids are going to love the stories and adults can like these also. The writing style is kind of simple and juvenile but don’t forget, it is written for young to adults who are fans of this kind of stuff. I actually love the books that are easy to read, because you can read more and fast and still understand and enjoy the story.

The reason this queen became evil was a good idea and I liked it. I mean that’s how you must tell a story about how someone changed from a good-hearted person to an evil person.


Synopsis:
“For anyone who’s seen Walt Disney’s Snow White, you’ll know that the Wicked Queen is one evil woman! After all, it’s not everyone who wants to cut out their teenage step-daughter’s heart and have it delivered back in a locked keepsake box. (And even if this sort of thing is a common urge, we don’t know many people who have acted upon it.)

Now, for the first time, we’ll examine the life of the Wicked Queen and find out just what it is that makes her so nasty. Here’s a hint: the creepy-looking man in the magic mirror is not just some random spooky visage―and he just might have something to do with the Queen’s wicked ways!”

The only reason I am not giving full points is the stretching that this story got to add more pages to the actual short story. Otherwise, it is a wonderful and amazing book for young readers.

I suggest buying the hardcover version if you are a true fan or want to give it as a gift to someone who is a fan.


Rating: 90/100
Recommended: 100/100 Yes.


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Damnation Spring


Published: 3, August 2021 (Hardcover)
Author: Ash Davidson
Genres: Small Town & Rural Fiction, Contemporary Literary Fiction, Family Life, Literary Fiction

I normally am not interested in books and movies about the environment because I know the reality of the situation in real life and it makes me uncomfortable reading about it. But I had to read this book because it was recommended to me by someone who reads a lot of books like me and I must say, I was not disappointed. A bit slow to start, not because it’s boring. It is slow because you are getting info about the logging and the industry involved in it plus the characters are being introduced to you and by the end, you’ll be invested in them. So don’t stop or get disappointed in the start, just read on and you’ll love this book.

It doesn’t feel like a debut novel because the author made sure that you are actually going to feel you are in that area near California’s rugged coast having a picnic and smelling the trees and grass. I am not a fan of that kind of detail but it feels good sometimes if it’s done properly like what Miss. Ash Davidson did.

This book is going to tell you the other side of the story of loggers because all the books that we read are always about the people who want to save the trees or tree huggers. So instead of tree huggers, we are reading from the viewpoint of tree loggers and how they lived and how hard it was becoming for them in the dwindling industry in the 1970s because this story takes us to that time and shows us what was happening to these loggers and what was the situation of the families they supported. The story of their wives and kids and neighbors.

It is kind of long because for the first twenty-plus percent of the story you don’t know what is actually going to happen but as soon as you realize what this story is all about, you get hooked and that first half is the only flaw it has; only if you are not into learning about the industry and what these people are doing. And that is why I am not able to give this book full points. I loved the book because it has a very powerful story with living breathing characters that I am sure you are going to miss when the book is finished. So don’t miss or skip the first part. I am only giving low points because of the people who want fast paced action from the first page.

This book is beautiful in a way that is going to make you realize we are our environment and a part of mother earth, what we do is coming back to us in the same way we treat her.


Synopsis:
“An epic, immersive debut, Damnation Spring is the deeply human story of a Pacific Northwest logging town wrenched in two by a mystery that threatens to derail its way of life.

For generations, Rich Gundersen’s family has chopped a livelihood out of the redwood forest along California’s rugged coast. Now Rich and his wife, Colleen, are raising their own young son near Damnation Grove, a swath of ancient redwoods on which Rich’s employer, Sanderson Timber Co., plans to make a killing. In 1977, with most of the forest cleared or protected, a grove like Damnation—and beyond it 24-7 Ridge—is a logger’s dream.

It’s dangerous work. Rich has already lived decades longer than his father, killed on the job. Rich wants better for his son, Chub, so when the opportunity arises to buy 24-7 Ridge—costing them all the savings they’ve squirreled away for their growing family—he grabs it, unbeknownst to Colleen. Because the reality is their family isn’t growing; Colleen has lost several pregnancies. And she isn’t alone. As a midwife, Colleen has seen it with her own eyes.

For decades, the herbicides the logging company uses were considered harmless. But Colleen is no longer so sure. What if these miscarriages aren’t isolated strokes of bad luck? As mudslides take out clear-cut hillsides and salmon vanish from creeks, her search for answers threatens to unravel not just Rich’s plans for the 24-7, but their marriage too, dividing a town that lives and dies on timber along the way.

Told from the perspectives of Rich, Colleen, and Chub, in prose as clear as a spring-fed creek, this intimate, compassionate portrait of a community clinging to a vanishing way of life amid the perils of environmental degradation makes Damnation Spring an essential novel for our time.”


Rating: 90/100
Recommended: 95/100 Yes.


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