As Old as Time: A Twisted Tale

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Beauty and the Beast is known for the moral lesson it teaches: don't judge people based on outer appearance, but on what is inside. Ok, so this is a more adult version of the Disney classic that stays true to the original storyline until Belle swerves toward the forbidden wing with the enchanted rose in it. I was less than impressed with Braswell’s A Whole New World and was content on just forgoing her obvious pandering to Disney synergy series when I saw As Old as Time‘s premises and then I was like. Stranger still, Belle realises that her mother is none other than the beautiful Enchantress who cursed the Beast, his castle and all his staff. and she figured out the Beast's past and that the enchantress who cursed Prince Adam, was her own mother.

En esta serie de “Cuentos Retorcidos” podemos encontrar nuestras historias favoritas con un giro en trama que nos cambia totalmente todo. Repulsed by her haggard appearance, the Prince sneered at the gift and turned the old woman away- although she warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for true beauty is found within. Low key still confused as to why people didn't like the second one about Aurora because I actually really liked that one). Overall, I thought this was a wonderful re-imagination of a classic fairy tale and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it!I could go on and on and on about how disappointing this book is (inane Doctor Who references, sexism, fourth-grade reading level language), but I better stop. Have you ever wondered what would happen to Disney's Beauty and the Beast if someone took all the magic out of it? So we didn't need all this excruciatingly long first part of the book because it was just the movie transcribed into book! During the first 40% of the book Belle looks down her nose on everyone from her high horse and gives no thought to the consequences of her actions, she’s pretentious, arrogant, and condescending.

Was bedeutet, dass der Geschichte rund um Belle und das Biest eine ungeahnte Wendung verpasst wurde, um den Verlauf grundlegend zu ändern und ein neues Abenteuer einzuläuten. And yes, I know that cannon assumes that Belle’s mother must’ve been a pretty hot number given the fact that Maurice is…well, Maurice and everyone in town sings about Belle who looks nothing like Maurice.There was a mention in the book where the Beast said that he was a child when he was cursed and “what could I have done? The ending leaves things on a totally different note than the Disney movie and I wonder how much better the movie would have been if it changed things to what Braswell did.