![]() ![]() Aside from one instance of a character shrugging their speech, the writing itself is pretty strong, too. ![]() Like Interstellar Cinderella, Reading Beauty has nearly impeccable rhyme, which makes it easy to read aloud. The rhyming text tells the story in a fun way, and there is a neat twist near the end that helps explain why the fairy cast the curse in the first place. What else would it be for a voracious reader like Lex? Instead of a spindle being the catalyst for the curse, it's a paper cut. While Interstellar Cinderella brought a modern, feminist twist to "Cinderella", Reading Beauty does the same with the classic "Sleeping Beauty". ![]()
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