As Old as Time: A Twisted Tale

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Although it is a lot darker than the original Disney film, As Old As Time answers a lot of questions I had about the story in new and unexpected ways. As Old as Time is the third book in a new YA line that reimagines classic Disney stories in surprising new ways. Shocked and confused, Belle and the Beast must work together to unravel a dark mystery about their families that is twenty-one years in the making. We also had the Christmas one, which wasn't bad; I saw the third one on Disney Channel once, and didn't care for it. And anyway what about other spoiled, rude, and selfish children - does the Enchantress go around arbitrarily handing our punishment?

And reading about magical people who were afraid since they were being persecuted by those who were "normal". The Disney’s Twisted Tales series is put out by Disney’s publishing company Disney Publishing Worldwide which is a member of Hachette Books which was previously Hyperion Books.Overall, I thought this was a wonderful re-imagination of a classic fairy tale and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it! Read more about the condition Very Good: A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition.

Este libro me ha gustado muchísimo más que la película original porque la historia nos abarca mucho mas que una maldición, nos muestra la magia del mundo y como la avaricia y el miedo la ha consumiendo. Sort of an alternate universe take on the original flick's story, this one illustrates an interesting scenario; since the film has become old hat to me, it was great to see a different take on it.Did the enchantress really expect the prince to learn to be kind, and caring, and loving by isolating him from the rest of the world, locking him into an enchanted castle that no one remembers, and by turning an unloved little boy into a hideous monster?

The development of Belle and the Beast was great and I actually bought that Belle fell in love with him in this one. I think Braswell did a wonderful job of keeping true to Belle’s character while also making her fit into the new story she created.Ich war anfangs skeptisch, aber dann hat mich „Die Schöne und das Biest“ binnen Sekunden vom Gegenteil überzeugt. Readers of my reviews have seen in my reviews that I try to include the bright side in every book I review.

I really liked the back-and-forth narrative, that told both a past tale alongside Belle's present one. Some scenes were utterly ridiculous, for instance the Beast talks in capital letters more often than not (I know, I know, it's big coming from me but this is a Goodreads review, not a published novel). Me ha gustado el nuevo giro que le han dado al cuento clásico que todos conocemos de la bella y la bestia, creando en el lector un montón de incógnitas por desentrañar.His fur reeks, and while he may be able to take on a pack of wolves, a couple lunatic asylum employees are too difficult for him. I DNF-ed the book, I hated Belle so much, felt sorry for the Beast, was generally confused by the inconsistencies of the story, and was annoyed by the boring characters. Belle's supposed brilliance countering the fact that she never put it together that Beast is the prince?