Ella Enchanted Book Review
Spoilers Below
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine My rating: 5 of 5 stars I don't even know what to say. This is such a delightful book, it truly is. I honestly fear I have become a broken record (or soon will have become one) when it comes to my rereads of Gail Carson Levine's magical work, as I feel that there is something to gain in each and every reading of this brilliant novel, no matter your age. My own parents likely would have adored Lucinda's gift of obedience. That was one thing I could not stop thinking about the entire time I was rereading it. The father was awful - tantamount to an ogre himself, and I will forever be disappointed in how the film botched virtually every single thing about this brilliant and original piece of fiction and masterful storytelling. Who knows, maybe someday we'll get a second attempt at an adaptation, but for now I'm content with pretending it has no connection to the book, because the book is too good for such a horrible film to be in connection with it. (No offense to the lovely Anne Hathaway and the talented Hugh Dancy, but truly this was just a perversion of spectacular fiction) Anyway, this novel deserves every award known to the publishing world - including the Newbery that it was bestowed so early on. If I should be lucky enough to have children of my own someday (whether birthed or adopted) this shall be the first book I ever read aloud to them. View all my reviews
