tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7453643548383938123.post1513292715912731231..comments2024-03-21T16:50:09.350-04:00Comments on So Obsessed With: Something Wicked This Way ComesHannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058757489545239601noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7453643548383938123.post-18120916924924722182014-03-31T11:19:59.322-04:002014-03-31T11:19:59.322-04:00This was definitely one of those books where I may...This was definitely one of those books where I may just not have been in the mood for it! I didn't dislike it - but yeah, I hated that I wasn't more engaged. I definitely thought it was clever though! And I'm glad you agree on the foreshadowing thing. I think that's partly why I had certain expectations of the ending. So much reference to it throughout the book!Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05058757489545239601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7453643548383938123.post-67566164871384888392014-03-27T20:16:27.818-04:002014-03-27T20:16:27.818-04:00Aww, I'm sorry While Beauty Slept didn't t...Aww, I'm sorry While Beauty Slept didn't turn out to be an engaging read for you! I really wound up liking that one for some reason, mostly because I found it clever (in combining the fairy tale and history). But I can totally agree with you about the foreshadowing, which was something I really took issue with in this novel.Alexa S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13185723439360170259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7453643548383938123.post-52581357969069090232014-03-24T09:46:59.596-04:002014-03-24T09:46:59.596-04:00Yes, I went back and re-read your review after I w...Yes, I went back and re-read your review after I wrote mine because I remember just skimming it when you posted it. That's a great point about the title being meant to make it clear that it's a retelling. Now that you say that, it makes sense they'd do so. But it does set up the expectation that you're going to hear Sleeping Beauty's story, which you kinda do but not in the way the title implies.<br /><br />I can sometimes suspend my disbelief if I'm swept away in the story. I think I was already somewhat disconnected, so that just added to it. I couldn't forget it because of the little foreshadowing interjections - those threw me off the most because it kept reminding me that she was looking back and telling this story. I wanted just a little bit more emotional connection, and then I would have been able to enjoy the slower pace a bit more.<br /><br />A friend who has read this also loved the ending! I liked the twist on the story, and I suspect that I would have enjoyed the ending more if I'd been a little more into the book. Since I wasn't able to get hooked, I wasn't as invested in it overall. But it honestly could have been partly because I wasn't in the mood for a slower book!Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05058757489545239601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7453643548383938123.post-27970099922973657242014-03-24T08:49:12.688-04:002014-03-24T08:49:12.688-04:00I definitely liked this one better than you did, b...I definitely liked this one better than you did, but I can also see most of your points. I did find myself occasionally saying to myself, "OK this book is called While Beauty Slept and we're X pages into it and Beauty is still only a toddler, 5 years old, etc... I feel like the title was more to make it clear that this is a re-telling than to truly describe the story accurately, which I'm not sure is a good or a bad thing. <br /><br />I think I have an easier time suspending my disbelief when the format is a narrator looking back at her life, even though you are right that it is rather unrealistic. After reading that first scene, I pretty much forgot about that fact except when wondering who Elise would end up with and who would be the father of her child, knowing that she does eventually have a family since she has a great-granddaughter in the first scene. After about 200 pages this one really did hook me, even though I found the beginning slow -- and I personally loved the ending, but every book can't be for everyone!Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03215797870829907924noreply@blogger.com