Book #13: "Happy Ever After"...Finished!

Book #13 "Happy Ever After" by Adele Geras: "As if love were the most important thing of all, more important then anything in the world. I used to think that, but now I'm not so sure. Perhaps love needs a whole arrangement of other things to support it, to keep it standing: a kind of scaffolding without which it simply falls to the ground in little shards and splinters.." (page 49). 
    'Happy Ever After' is suppose to be a more modern re-telling of three classic fairy tales (Repunzel, Sleeping Beauty, and Snow White) all intertwining with each other. I got recommend this book by someone that I look up to a lot as far a taste in books is considered and I have to tell you I was actually very disappointed. Which is really sad considering the potential this book had to be good. But as is my duty let us get into talking about it, shall we? 
    One thing I did like about the book was that it was split up into 3 different stories, each told from a different girl's point of view, the book takes place in the 1960's and is based in London mostly where the three girls are attend a boarding school together, which is were they first became friends. 
    The main thing that got to me the most in this book was how much they took the whole turning the book modern thing all most too far. For example Alice, who is suppose to be Sleeping Beauty, is put into her 'sleep' or in this case 'silence' after she gets raped at her birthday party. It was just seemed a bit extreme to me I guess. 
   The way it was written also wasn't really my favorite I don't know if it was just I wasn't that in to the story line or that I wasn't that into Geras writing style. Either way as I said I just wasn't really that into it. I wouldn't recommend it personally. Sorry to anyone that has read it and likes it. And sorry to Geras. On the other hand now I guess I have a new reason to go to Half-Price Books...not that I really need a new reason. 
   Oh on side-note I did go to half-price books and get four new books that I totally didn't need. :) makes me happy. So, on to other things, next book up is bit more of a classic book #14 "The Beautiful and Damned" by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Hope this one is better then the last one. :P 

     That's all for now, 
       Michaela Jane 

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