memorable's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Let’s just start with saying that I didn’t completely hate it; however, this book turned 20 this year and you can read that in every single line of it. It’s just full of sexism and misogyny. The female main character is described as beautiful. SO MANY TIMES; she’s supposed the be the legend of sleeping beauty... She is strong, yet she has to be rescued by him. And one of his big problems is that she is strong and she doesn’t need him...! In the beginning, she is strong and highly opinionated, something he doesn’t like and he actually claims as her problem. He claims she has tantrums and those take away her credibility...
Spoiler
And since it’s a fairytale: she gives up her magic for him, he marries her (changing her last name from LOST to FOUND- yes! Seriously!), and they live happily ever after...
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism and Misogyny
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