Beastly by Alex FlinnSeries: Beastly #1
Genre: Magical Realism
Release Date: October 2, 2007
Publisher: HarperTeen
Source: Bought
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I am a beast.
A beast. Not quite wolf or bear, gorilla or dog but a horrible new creature who walks upright—a creature with fangs and claws and hair springing from every pore. I am a monster.
You think I'm talking fairy tales? No way. The place is New York City. The time is now. It's no deformity, no disease. And I'll stay this way forever—ruined—unless I can break the spell.
Yes, the spell, the one the witch in my English class cast on me. Why did she turn me into a beast who hides by day and prowls by night? I'll tell you. I'll tell you how I used to be Kyle Kingsbury, the guy you wished you were, with money, perfect looks, and the perfect life. And then, I'll tell you how I became perfectly . . . beastly.
Simply put, Beastly is dull. Worse than the movie, if you can believe that (and the movie is pretty freakin’ bad). I didn’t like the arrogant main character who was so far up his own arse that it hurt. I wasn’t interested in his redemption story, and I am pretty sure I started skim-reading two thirds of the way through. I just couldn’t do it.
Aw, it’s too bad that you didn’t like this one! I think that the book is worse than the movie as well, but I didn’t dislike it this much. Haha!
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This has been on and off my TBR for a while now… I thought it looked alright, but then I saw and disliked the movie so I took it off again and I think it’s going to stay off, it really doesn’t sound like my cup of tea.