I have decided to start posting my old reviews. They'll usually be posted on the same day I originally posted them over on GoodReads. Short ones will be grouped (like in this post).
Forced myself to get as far into this book as I could. Pretty sure that A) starting with the third book in the series wasn't a good plan (Dollar Tree find) and B) the writing is just so... tell and not show/tell a bunch of ridiculous things that don't seem to have anything to do with the plot. Also, none of the characters seemed to have any actual personality, which is sad, if I'm honest.
I enjoyed watching The Witches of East End via Netflix, but now I'm pretty sure I won't be picking up the first two books in the series because this one is crap.
The Complete Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Anderson by Hans Christian Anderson
Starting my year off with two DNFs is not exactly what I had in mind, but I just can not with reading this. Give me ALL THE ADAPTATIONS instead, please. They're so much more coherent and less brain-killing than the was Hans Christian Andersen actually wrote.
I had been planning on reading the big stories (The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina, etc) but I can't even bring myself to go back and finish The Little Mermaid because the writing is just so meandering and so... ugh. I just can't even. Half the fairy tales don't even make sense and don't go anywhere. I struggled to get through even the shortest... and I've been reading this book since last July. I'm done.
Very much enjoyed it. Made the mistake of watching the movie beforehand, which is also good, but pretty much doesn't follow the last half of the book at all. That's not a bad thing, just a thing. Not really a lot more to say about it right now. Might update later.
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