Author: Jen Calonita
Publication House: SOURCEBOOKS Jabberwocky
Publication Date in US:, March 03, 2015
Date Started: April 12, 2015
Date Finished: April 18, 2015
Format: E-Book
Medium: Kindle Keyboard
Review:
Just look at this cover! I know I know, "Don't judge a bloobey blah by it's bladdy bleh" but look at it! It makes you want to read it. For some, the cover art may be busy, but the book matches that. Not that the book is messy in any way at all but it is constantly moving, which (in a book) is very AWESOME.
I feel as if this whole fairy tale movement is coming all at once what with Kingdom Keepers, The Land of Stories, and The School for Good and Evil being published within the last few years all stem from the show Once Upon a Time which is just a fantastic show. While all of these books and the show talk about how the fairy tale characters were, Flunked takes a completely different approach that is quite interesting.
I enjoyed how Calonita portrayed the evil villains as being reformed and how they can, if they really wanted to, change to be for the better. While reading this book I also realized how many of Disney's villains her female. Ursula, The Evil Stepmother and Stepsisters, Cruella DeVil, the Evil Witch, Maleficent...it was really quite odd too seeing as the main character in all those stories who were in trouble were women. I don't know...crossed my mind at some point towards the end when Gottie turned into Maleficient? I was really confused by the whole name change, which I see as necessary so Ms. Calonita doesn't get sued, but it was odd and confusing.
I LOVED MAXINE. Holy cow I wish there were a story about Maxine and her troll ears and her dress for the ball. HEEHEE she was adorable and I want more Maxine, now!
I really hope that this book gets processed for e-readers because it was very difficult to read it during the Magical Scrolls parts. It took up like three or four pages when it should have taken one or two.
I kind of feel like Gilly is like Harry Potter in the sense she is the main character of the story and also the accidental heroine buuuuuut she won't be anyone's favorite. She doesn't have any defining characteristics that would pull someone into thinking she was just fantastic enough to have as a favorite character.
I really enjoyed this book and cannot wait to have more!
I feel as if this whole fairy tale movement is coming all at once what with Kingdom Keepers, The Land of Stories, and The School for Good and Evil being published within the last few years all stem from the show Once Upon a Time which is just a fantastic show. While all of these books and the show talk about how the fairy tale characters were, Flunked takes a completely different approach that is quite interesting.
I enjoyed how Calonita portrayed the evil villains as being reformed and how they can, if they really wanted to, change to be for the better. While reading this book I also realized how many of Disney's villains her female. Ursula, The Evil Stepmother and Stepsisters, Cruella DeVil, the Evil Witch, Maleficent...it was really quite odd too seeing as the main character in all those stories who were in trouble were women. I don't know...crossed my mind at some point towards the end when Gottie turned into Maleficient? I was really confused by the whole name change, which I see as necessary so Ms. Calonita doesn't get sued, but it was odd and confusing.
I LOVED MAXINE. Holy cow I wish there were a story about Maxine and her troll ears and her dress for the ball. HEEHEE she was adorable and I want more Maxine, now!
I really hope that this book gets processed for e-readers because it was very difficult to read it during the Magical Scrolls parts. It took up like three or four pages when it should have taken one or two.
I kind of feel like Gilly is like Harry Potter in the sense she is the main character of the story and also the accidental heroine buuuuuut she won't be anyone's favorite. She doesn't have any defining characteristics that would pull someone into thinking she was just fantastic enough to have as a favorite character.
I really enjoyed this book and cannot wait to have more!
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