Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
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perididdleHmm...so, finished.
My overall impression of the book - It was fantastic. The style is gorgeous, and I'll say for the thousandth time, MUCH less bogged down than Wicked was. The characters were well crafted, giving you reasons to hate and adore and envy them all at once, and their individual arcs were nice. The plot as a whole I felt was very well done, and Gregory had a very nice grip on the original story while turning it into a more realistic POV. There are certain plots that aren't wound as tightly or as well as others, I felt, but even so, I was very satisfied with how they turned out.
Though, I have to say I was iffy about the ending. The ending of the actual story (before the epilogue) was nice, though of course it couldn't really be taken as an end there. I would have much preferred it to continue a little more and see the settings of some things, instead of having a first person account looking back on the results many years into the future of the story. It does, gloriously enough, leave room for speculation. The end description paints the starting shapes, but (almost ironically enough, for a story that described things in color and texture than as objects) lets you try your hand at filling in the colors and shades and highlights. I love that. Then again, I HATE that, because I often want to know every detail.
Things I suppose I didn't like...there aren't many. I've definitely warmed up to Gregory's artistic flare, and I muchly enjoy this book. Though I suppose the ending, as I said, left me somewhat disappointed, though not because of how the story actually turned out...just the way it was done. I feel that Gregory grew up...stopped making so many damn turns and adding stuff we didn't need...and that happifies me to no end. I can't wait to read more...and, damn. FANFIC. This book is PRIME FANFIC MATERIAL. Yay.
Soo...yep. My badly done review. In other words...you wanna read something just a little different, or want to see a story you think you know by heart spin into something nearly completely different (but still allows it to fade in and out of the well-known tale, I might add...Confessions fits wonderfully with ANY account of Cinderella)...READ CONFESSIONS OF AN UGLY STEPSISTER.
Or, you know, even if you DON'T want to read something like that. Confessions is just TOO GRAND.
-Maddy
My overall impression of the book - It was fantastic. The style is gorgeous, and I'll say for the thousandth time, MUCH less bogged down than Wicked was. The characters were well crafted, giving you reasons to hate and adore and envy them all at once, and their individual arcs were nice. The plot as a whole I felt was very well done, and Gregory had a very nice grip on the original story while turning it into a more realistic POV. There are certain plots that aren't wound as tightly or as well as others, I felt, but even so, I was very satisfied with how they turned out.
Though, I have to say I was iffy about the ending. The ending of the actual story (before the epilogue) was nice, though of course it couldn't really be taken as an end there. I would have much preferred it to continue a little more and see the settings of some things, instead of having a first person account looking back on the results many years into the future of the story. It does, gloriously enough, leave room for speculation. The end description paints the starting shapes, but (almost ironically enough, for a story that described things in color and texture than as objects) lets you try your hand at filling in the colors and shades and highlights. I love that. Then again, I HATE that, because I often want to know every detail.
Things I suppose I didn't like...there aren't many. I've definitely warmed up to Gregory's artistic flare, and I muchly enjoy this book. Though I suppose the ending, as I said, left me somewhat disappointed, though not because of how the story actually turned out...just the way it was done. I feel that Gregory grew up...stopped making so many damn turns and adding stuff we didn't need...and that happifies me to no end. I can't wait to read more...and, damn. FANFIC. This book is PRIME FANFIC MATERIAL. Yay.
Soo...yep. My badly done review. In other words...you wanna read something just a little different, or want to see a story you think you know by heart spin into something nearly completely different (but still allows it to fade in and out of the well-known tale, I might add...Confessions fits wonderfully with ANY account of Cinderella)...READ CONFESSIONS OF AN UGLY STEPSISTER.
Or, you know, even if you DON'T want to read something like that. Confessions is just TOO GRAND.
-Maddy
