A rather plain book, Fairest by Gail Carson Levine is not quite what I’d hoped. The story is based on Snow White, but the characters, setting, and plot are shallow and underdeveloped. The underlying message is to accept yourself as you are, but it was almost lost through the holes in the storytelling.
Nutshell: A plain (some call her an ugly) girl is whisked away from her life at an inn into a life at court because of her magnificent singing voice. She searches for a way to be beautiful, and along the way she meets many interesting people including a prince and a scheming queen.
B- [Story/Plot C; Characters C-; Flow B; Content A+; Setting B]
Genre/Subject: Fiction/Fantasy
Additional Note: AR Level 4.1
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