Ella Enchanted
by Gail Carson Levine
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Book Reviews of Ella Enchanted
Book Review: Travel with ogres, giants, curses and royalty.
Summary: 5 Stars
At birth, Ella was put under a curse by Lucinda. She became annoyed with Ella's crying. Lucinda touched Ella's and said "My gift is obedience." The curse made her have to do any command said to her. For instance, if someone ordered her to cut her head off she would have to obey the command. Before anything horrible like that would happen, she searched for Lucinda to try to convince her to remove the spell. All Ella wanted was be free of Lucinda's gift.Ella's cook, Mandy, was preparing soup for the family. It was carrot soup with a special ingredient, a bit of unicorn's tail. Ella's mother removed it from her soup. She became very ill and died, because she removed the unicorn hair from the soup.
When Ella was attending her mother's funeral, she met a very understanding boy who felt just as badly as Ella did about her mother's death. His name was Prince Charles or Char.
After Ella's mother's death, her father lost all the land, money and their manor. Ella was to marry a wealthy man so she and her father would be wealthy again. Ella's father, Sir Peter, married Dame Olga. Ella was now a step-sister to both her retched daughters.
Book Review: Different from the Movie - But Both Excellent!
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this book to read to my daughters because they liked the movie so much - and ended up getting sucked into it myself! What a great spin on the Cinderella story.
I was surprised at how different the book is from the movie - it follows the Cinderella story where the movie really doesn't - but both were excellent in their own ways. I often find that a book is so much better than its movie counterpart - especially when the moviemakers take too much dramatic license. HOWEVER, with Ella Enchanted this was not the case. I'm not sure the movie could have pulled off the Cinderella stuff the way the book did. But the movie managed to maintain the feel and premise of the book despite the numerous changes.
This actually made it kind of refreshing when reading the book. I had an idea what was going to happen but was pleasantly surprised (only a little confused) when it was different. And I always love the retelling of a good fairy tale. Book and movie are both keepers!
Book Review: This book is great for anyone that lilkes Cinderella
Summary: 4 Stars
I loved this book and i thought that it was like Cindella. It has great content and anyone who hasn't read it, should. Do you think of obedience as a blessing or a curse? Ella Enchanted is about a girl, Ella, who was about 15 when her mother dies. She and her mother were really close to each other and to all the maids and butlers in their little castle. Right after her mother dies, her father gets married to a horrible, nasty bug that ruins every moment of her life. Her stepsisters are always bossing her around, and she has to do whatever one of them will say. The reason for this is because when Ella was five, the horrid fairy, Lucinda, came to her, and cursed her. The curse was that she always had to be obedient. She had to give up a lot just because of this curse. He was told not to tell anyone, but if someone was around her for a long time, they could tell that there was something different about her.Book Review: Disenchanted with Ella
Summary: 1 Stars
Ella Enchanted, by Gail Carson Levine, is a novel based on the Cinderella story, that depicts the life of a young girl, Ella. When Ella was born, she was placed under the spell of obedience, by a fairy, Lucinda. Ella soon falls in love with a charming prince and has to break the spell to save their love. Will Ella be able to break the spell, or will she have to leave her true love? I gave this book one star. Although it started off very strong it lost its power very quickly. Bouncing back and forth between proper english and hip phrases did not have a magical effect on this reviewer. I began to wish for my own fairy to save me from the tedious task of finishing this disjointed book. I didn't think that this book was a refreshing new twist on Cinderella, but rather, it made me long for the pages of Charles Perrault. I would not recommend it to others.Book Review: spunky
Summary: 5 Stars
Hahah, I wasn't aware that this is a retelling of Cinderella until halfway through the book. I enjoyed it even more after that because this makes Cinderella more human than ever (why she would be that obedient, why she would marry a prince she'd met for only what, three times? etc. etc. I especially love the explanation about her father's going away and leaving her with her stepmother). In this book, Cinderella is intelligent, sarcastic, and spunky without being too obnoxiously so.
The only problematic thing I find is the way Char seems willing to marry Ella even when he thinks she's "Lela." Oh, this girl reminds me of the girl I was in love with, so let's marry her. There are also some untied businesses. For example, I feel that Edmund deserves one more mention before the conclusion.
But overall, a very nice and funny book. :D