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Beasts and Beauty: Dangerous Tales by Soman Chainani

shannon_magee's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

judy_jj_07's review against another edition

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4.0

The illustrations were beautiful, and the series of short stories were very intriguing!

hazybee's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I loved the retelling of these stories especially the Bluebeard one 

iri00's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

darkdiamond8989's review against another edition

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adventurous dark hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

It was really good. It was dark and humorous, sorta similar to a dark comedy. It has some elements from a Grimm Brothers or Hans Christian Andersen fairytale in that there’s horror, dark, witches, and more. 

m_hubnerovaa's review against another edition

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4.0

3.5⭐️

darbyjane1's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

paragon's review against another edition

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adventurous reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

dskybutler's review against another edition

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dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

pamalama_k's review against another edition

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dark emotional medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5