realabbeyellie's review against another edition
5.0
I love this series. my name is Abigail so the fact that the girl's name is abbey and she's ten like me. I love her! And they travel into fairy tales,which I love. And she has a little brother who's 7 like me. I just absolutely love this series. And the awesome thing about these books, is that you don't have to read them in order.
juicelina's review against another edition
3.0
Still cute and fun like the other ones but I didn't like it as much probably because I really love disney's Aladdin and I don't think anything can top it. I felt myself getting kinda bored halfway through cause the series is getting a bit repetitive, but maybe I'm just being too harsh on a kid's series.
loganshea's review against another edition
2.0
Told from Abby's point of view, so we see all her thoughts throughout the book. The Story starts off like the rest of the books in the series with Abby and Jonah going through the giant portal mirror in their basement and knock three times on the mirror to make it a Purple Haze and suck them into a random Fairy Tail. So these get pretty repetitive to read and they always mess up the story then they try to fix it and it goes horribly wrong to the point they have a series of events that need to be fixed. So Aladdin needs 40 buckets of jewels and 80 Marchers to get approval from the sultan to marry the princess. They love each other so it's okay but when they go to bargain before the sultan says that they need that they gave him a squirrel I know it's random. And the sultan apparently likes squirrels so he said the 40 jewels and 80 marchers and 3 kids get Karima which is the genie to make jewels and they get a bunch of fruit first but then it works then they give it eventually and live happily ever after.
tfarfan's review
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
mbarkley's review against another edition
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
jilljemmett's review against another edition
5.0
There has been a renewed interest in the story of Aladdin since the live-action remake of the Disney movie came out, so it is the perfect time to read this story.
I love that there have been some fairytales featured in this story that have boys as the main characters. Many fairytales are geared towards girls because they are about little girls or princesses. There are some stories, like Aladdin, which are about boys.
I couldn’t figure out how this one would end while I was reading it. Abby and Jonah messed up the fairytale so many times, and I couldn’t guess how they would fix it this time. As always, it worked out in the end.
I loved this story! The next one is about Hansel and Gretel, and I’m excited to read it!
I love that there have been some fairytales featured in this story that have boys as the main characters. Many fairytales are geared towards girls because they are about little girls or princesses. There are some stories, like Aladdin, which are about boys.
I couldn’t figure out how this one would end while I was reading it. Abby and Jonah messed up the fairytale so many times, and I couldn’t guess how they would fix it this time. As always, it worked out in the end.
I loved this story! The next one is about Hansel and Gretel, and I’m excited to read it!
raben_76325's review
5.0
Abby is still trying to think of ways to help Maryrose. She is competing in a read-a-thon at her school in hopes that, if she is the winner, she will be able to request that her school library stock some books that will help her to break Maryrose's curse.
However, it does not look like Abby is going to win. So, instead, Abby decides to go through the mirror on an adventure to see if she can free Maryrose. At first, Abby and Jonah feel like they've hit the jackpot. They're in the story of Aladdin. Surely, they can just wish for the genie of the lamp to free Maryrose and all would be better.
As usual, they mess up Aladdin's story. They mess up dealing with the genie of the lamp. They end up with an inexperienced ring genie named Karimah, and hilarity and fun ensue. Eventually, the story ends well in the fairy tale land, and when Abby and Jonah come back to their home, Abby finds that one of her friends has won the read-a-thon and is allowing her to help choose the books that she asks the library to order.
As usual, these books are very formulaic and simple. Yet, I read this one with my children, and they wanted to give this book five stars because the genie is funny, and all the things that go wrong and truly amusing. I also admit that I enjoyed the book, although I would like to see some further resolution of Maryrose's story because this book provided very little information on Maryrose, and I thought we had gotten to a place (ten books into the series) where we were deeper into a "real" story. Oh well. Maybe in the next book.
However, it does not look like Abby is going to win. So, instead, Abby decides to go through the mirror on an adventure to see if she can free Maryrose. At first, Abby and Jonah feel like they've hit the jackpot. They're in the story of Aladdin. Surely, they can just wish for the genie of the lamp to free Maryrose and all would be better.
As usual, they mess up Aladdin's story. They mess up dealing with the genie of the lamp. They end up with an inexperienced ring genie named Karimah, and hilarity and fun ensue. Eventually, the story ends well in the fairy tale land, and when Abby and Jonah come back to their home, Abby finds that one of her friends has won the read-a-thon and is allowing her to help choose the books that she asks the library to order.
As usual, these books are very formulaic and simple. Yet, I read this one with my children, and they wanted to give this book five stars because the genie is funny, and all the things that go wrong and truly amusing. I also admit that I enjoyed the book, although I would like to see some further resolution of Maryrose's story because this book provided very little information on Maryrose, and I thought we had gotten to a place (ten books into the series) where we were deeper into a "real" story. Oh well. Maybe in the next book.
petitescarlett's review against another edition
3.0
I didn't like it that much
This was not my favourite book in the series because it didn't wow me.
This was not my favourite book in the series because it didn't wow me.
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