| Title | : | Beauty and the Beast Novelization |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | 1484781007 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9781484781005 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 |
| Publication | : | First published January 31, 2017 |
Beauty and the Beast Novelization Reviews
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A Tale as Old as Time, made here Fresh as Rose..
Reading this novelization made me feel closer to The love story between Beauty and the Beast..making it one of the best Love Story I've ever read.
I felt the story more..
Feeling a bit like the Beast..fearing the curse takes me over if I never find true love while other around me pushing me to keep trying and searching..
And feeling just as Belle. People saying how odd I am for living longer in books, get lost into fictional worlds..
Feeling the craving for this spark that can integrate familiarity between two souls caused by sharing a common hobby, passion.
This familiarity turning into intimate, and then how this intimate will change a little bit in both of them.. that will be later a Real Love.
♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡
This new improved script for Disney's Classic is still the same story we watched in 1991, but add to that many scenes and lines that enchanted the classic story, made its characters deeper and richer.
And in this Novelization is a great transformation for the screenplay to a Novel, in neat language and really good pace.
The Improvements
***Belle here didn't here start to fall in love for the Beast cause he has a good castle and big library...
She did cause he also read..he's smart reader..and he also can adopt a little change -like reading romance- for keeping up with company.
I guess that's one of the biggest and best improvement of all..
But all the new addition are real something.
***The back Story of the Prince and his cruel father... why he turned as what he was before the curse.
***The Servants curse impact, and their care for the master, and the stand they did for him telling that they Love him..
The relationship between The Beast and his Servants are much deeper here.
-PS: Try "Beauty and the Beast : Lost in A Book", a companion novel, it add even more heartwarming deapth to this relation , and the servants characters.
***Belle's back history, living in Paris once, and her mother's fate.. it add depth also to how the spark between her and the beast started.
***How Belle traded her place with her father as The Beast's Prisoner..
How the curse made the villagers forget all about the prince's castle.
There's more of Lefou's character, Gaston's sidekick, making it better -and in the novel at least not obvious gay as the movie, though even the movie didn't made it look bad. Just as hint.
***the novelization doesn't linger on the songs or the musical scenes.. which is good for the read. Yet the movie made the same 1991 unforgettable animation musical scenes into live action ones brilliantly.
Well, no need of course to talk about the story, the characters, the ending.
It's tale as old as time and we all know it..
It's still the same here...fresh as a rose..
Read it.. find passion, find true love..
Watch it in cinemas with your loved ones... family, friends.
What are you waiting for...just go.
Mohammed Arabey
Watching "with mom and sis" 25 March 2017
Reading from 8 to 12 April 2017 -
3.5
I loved the animation more was pure and beautiful but also i loved some details in this book 💜' -
A standard novelization, Beauty and the Beast adds almost little to the film, and the prose in some spots is weak and repetitive. It does nothing to smooth over the various head-scratcher moments from the movie either.
This is not meant as an insult to Rudnick, who also includes some nice descriptions and probably had very little time or creative license with which to write the book. But Disney could have improved the quality of the product by granting her a bit more freedom, time, and access to film material. They appear to have taken great care with Jason Fry’s Last Jedi novelization; this project should have been given the same considerate treatment. It’s only a remake of the Mouse House’s most beloved movie.
I’m noticing a pattern in the novelizations I’ve read so far: the authors seem to spend more time on elements of the movie that don’t translate well to prose, than they do on the inner lives of the characters and other things that would translate. In fact, I used to think a major reason novelizations existed in the first place was to clarify characters’ thought processes, backstories, and world-building details that tend to get a bit lost in movies.
In
Jim Henson's Labyrinth: The Novelization, A.C.H. Smith spent much more time on the Fireys hopping around dismembering themselves than he did on either Jareth or Sarah, when those are the characters we want to know more about. What manner of being is he? How did he get stuck in the Labyrinth? How does he know her? Does he really love her? Will she have to eventually go back, having eaten a fruit of the Underground? Is the Labyrinth part of a larger, independently functioning world like Narnia, a small parasite realm like Faerie in
The Wee Free Men, or a hidden part of our own world like Camp Half-Blood or Hogwarts? All these important questions and more will…not be answered in the book or any other canon materials.
In
The Force Awakens, Alan Dean Foster spends more time on Finn, Poe, and blowing stuff up than on the Skywalker-Solo clan and Rey, who gets drawn into their dysfunction—even though the Skywalker-Solo dysfunction is what drives the plot. How did the First Order come about? Why are Han and Leia separated? What are Kylo’s beliefs? What is the nature of his interest in Rey? As for Rey, what drives her emotionally? How can she possibly hear Snoke’s voice in her head and not be freaked out? The book won’t tell you, but you will get to watch Poe listen to knockoff Vogon poetry on Jakku. Yay.
And in Beauty and the Beast, Elizabeth Rudnick is presumably not allowed to elaborate on the nameless Prince being abused by his father, on Gaston trying to readjust to life as a civilian, on Belle’s only friend being the town priest, or on whatever point Agathe the Enchantress was trying to make. But she is given the unfortunate task of rendering the “Be Our Guest” sequence with no music or visual aids, and what follows is a bizarre scene of flying dishes, so murky that you might have trouble picturing the event despite having seen it in either version of the movie. And then a truly cringey sentence that goes something like this:By the time Belle had been encouraged to try “the grey stuff,” she was thoroughly delighted…
This references the song lyric “Try the grey stuff, it’s delicious!” This passage manages to both a) assume the reader has the song memorized and b) wants to fast-forward through the scene.
In order to fit in a novel at all, this scene would have needed to be altered substantially. For all the other flaws in the Labyrinth novel, Smith was happily not forced to render the musical numbers literally, even “Magic Dance” which could easily have been incorporated in-universe as an ancient goblin drinking song/lullaby or something. My take on “Be Our Guest” would have been something like this:Belle sat down carefully, half-expecting the chair to lurch away from her and start talking. Lumiére—that was the name of the little man-shaped candelabra, she had ascertained—was still hopping about excitedly on the table, making a dull clomping noise every time his feet struck the tabletop.
“Mademoiselle,” he jabbered, “I apologize, on behalf of the entire household, for the dreadful impression my master made upon you earlier today. But be assured that his growl is far worse than his bite. He has no intention of starving you.”
Belle was not convinced, but couldn’t help smiling at the silly little metallic creature, so eager to please. “Is that so?” Her stomach picked just that moment to rumble.
“It is so!” insisted Lumiére. “He’s too proud to say sorry himself tonight, alas, but in the meantime let us make it up to you. Be our guest!”
At the last phrase, he waved his candle arms and the china began spinning off the shelves and floating in formation onto the table, looking like grand ladies dancing in voluminous skirts. Vases joined them, filling themselves with water and fragrant flowers from some invisible source. Belle gasped, more with delight than shock this time. She was used to strange sights by now, but up till this moment said sights had been either unsettling or outright frightful. This, at least, was a benign piece of magic.
The delicate scent of the floral arrangements was soon overwhelmed by the foods, which came flying out of the stove and settled themselves perfectly into the dishes and bowls. Honeyed ham—cheese fondue—lettuce and diced tomatoes dressed in balsamic vinegar and olive oil—fresh, hot, fluffy bread and just-churned butter—citrus from the Mediterranean coast—pressed fruit juices—champagne, which she had never tasted before—she had to try it all.
She had not eaten since that morning, when she’d first seen Philippe wander riderless into Villeneuve, and she knew she’d have a stomachache later, gorging like this after inadvertently fasting for most of the day. But the food was so good that she didn’t care. And Lumiére chattered on, boasting of where each item on the menu came from, whether imported from Tuscany (as the pasta alfredo had been), or made fresh on the castle’s premises (like the meat and most of the dairy).
By the time Belle had glutted herself on savory food and had moved to the sweets—a succulent cheesecake drenched in caramel sauce, a chocolate cake topped with a Mont de St. Michel sculpted in sugar, and hot cocoa liberally capped in whipped sweet cream—she noticed that Cogsworth the clock-butler and Mrs. Potts the teapot-housekeeper had come in, and appeared to be smiling.
My writing needs a lot of work, but it probably still reads better than trying to render a musical number that relies almost entirely on visuals as a prose passage.
In conclusion, this book is certainly inoffensive, comforting, and has passages of really nice writing. It also feels very rushed and forced in places, and could stand to have a lot more internal monologue and back-story. You’ll probably like it if you love this story or enjoyed the movie.
Absolutely appropriate for ages 12 and up. -
*4 CHILDHOOD RELIVING STARS*
"The people who talk behind your back are destined to stay there. Behind your back. Never to catch up."
Everyone who knows me knows how much I love Beauty and the Beast.
It's one of my favorite Disney movies of all time. I adore everything about it. This book was no different!
The only complaint I have is that this was way too freaking short! I'd have loved to know more details about the progress Belle and the Beast made while falling in love. I get that that is because this book tells exactly what's shown in the movie and it was exactly the same indeed! Down to every line and movement of the movie's characters, but minus the songs.(booooooh)
I watched the movie on Monday evening and I was so sad that it ended that I picked up this book right afterwards and this definitely satisfied my craving! I'll probably re-read this and rewatch the movie countless times in the future!
Oh my fangirl heart! -
I HATE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST! I hate it so much I watched the animated movie more than ten times. I hate it so damn much that it never failed to make me cry after all these years. I hate it so fucking much I ordered the Belle Doll even though it looked like Justin Bieber in a dress. I hate it so so so much I went through hell just to find this novelization. So yes, I hate it
- - -"This is a tale of a beauty much deeper than that. It is the story of two people drawn together under the most interesting of circumstances, two people who learn to truly see what matters only after they meet each other and their tale—one both as old as time and as fresh as a rose—begins."
I LOVE THIS BOOK! I've always been a fan of Beauty and the Beast ever since I was a child.
I remember when my mom used tell me bedtime stories and I would always request B&B without falter afterwards. There was just something about Belle that captivates the shit out of me. It was like reading myself in a book and the feeling was priceless. Belle was my favorite Disney princess for she made me realized at a very young age that there is nothing wrong when it comes to being different. There were slight changes made in this book but I still adore them! I'm so pumped for the movie. I don't think I can handle the agony of waiting for another month just to see this awesome novel come to life.
The only accurate word I have for this book right now is Perfection so "Please, i beg you to read this. I gave it a five star rating not because my ultimate girl crush is the star of the upcoming movie but because the writing was magical and magnificent. So please read it because this book does not deserve to have only less than 100 ratings on Goodreads"
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This book was perfect! Absolutely and purely perfect! A tale as old as time! A happily ever after! I don't have to explain what this book is about, I think everyone knows the story of Beauty and the Beast. I will say though this book follows the live action retelling of the story instead of the cartoon version. But this book is definitely a must read for anyone who loves the fairytale and anyone who is a diehard Disney fan. Maybe I'm just biased because I grew up on Disney and absolutely loved the story of Beauty and the Beast, but this book, as I said, is absolutely perfect! I'm so glad I picked it up and so glad I gave it a read.
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This is the novelization of the 2017 live-action film and the book is just as perfect as the film. Really enjoyable light-reading.
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"My love for reading will become a tale as old as time."
According to me, it is always the book. I loved it so much I just want to jump into the river.
#librarygoals -
BEAUTIFUL AND MAGICAL
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*cries hard on how perfect this was*
I can’t believe I’m saying this but this better than the original animation version story wise . They fleshed certain things out they couldn’t do in the original. (Belle and Adam backstory especially and their relationship) They also made Gaston more of a murderous asshole in this one which was surprising.. His death was kind of on the same lines as the original. Also one character does get redeemed which I’m actually happy about because he deserved it in this version.
I have two small gripes tho.
1. Some of the dialogue was taken straight from the original movie which felt lazy. I guess they did it for nostalgic value.
2. Why the hell they didn't go ahead and make Adam the official canon name for the Prince instead of continuing to call him the prince? It’s kind of official since it’s in the wiki and the fandom calls him that but they could have made it truly official.
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Esta versão de Elizabeth Rudnick é a que foi adaptada para o filme e na verdade foi tão bem adaptada que enquanto estamos a ler podemos passar o filme todo na nossa cabeça.
É uma edição muito bonita, quando vi esta capa fiquei logo apaixonado, acho-a muito linda, perfeita e por dentro o grafismo é igualmente bonito.
É sempre muito bom poder revisitar um dos meus contos preferidos da Disney, mas agora com uma escrita mais madura, menos infantil e mais juvenil.
Adorei. -
Só fica mesmo a faltar a banda sonora !! Era um livro que não me importava nada que tivesse um audiobook que incluísse as canções :P
Ler em pt é super estranho, os diálogos ouvia-os na minha cabeça em inglês, sorry not sorry xD -
"She felt the now familiar warmth of love shoot through her whole body, starting at her toes and traveling to the tips of her ears."
Me, too. -
İşte Disney klasiklerinin vazgeçilmezlerinden Beauty and the Beast ve film uyarlaması versiyonu.
Evde olmayacağım birkaç gün boyunca bunun gibi kısa yorumlar ancak girebilirim, üşeniyorum, kusura bakmayın. 😊
Bana sorarsanız, çocukluğunda prenses filmi izlememiş kız çocuğu azdır, dolayısıyla Disney'in yeri de ayrıdır. Ben bu animasyon/masal sevgisini koruyan ve Disney takipçisi biri olarak her çıkan filmi vaktim olduğunca izliyorum, çoğu zaman da tekrar tekrar. 😇
Yerli adıyla Güzel ve Çirkin ise kurgu olarak aralarında en sevdiklerimdendir her zaman. Masalımızda kibirli, şımarık ve sığ bir Prens'in dökülen gül yapraklarıyla sınırlandırılıp sınanan; gerçek aşkı bulma çabasını tasvir eden gül simgesine -hususi olarak bu posterdeki haline- bayılıyorum. Ama en sevdiğim kısım onun hayatla Beast olarak yüzleştiği, birinin ilgisini ruhuyla ve kişiliğiyle kazanma çabası oluyor her daim.
Hayatımın film ve kitaplarla geçtiği kısmında ortaya çıkan umutsuz romantik tüm bunların birleşimine bayılıyor. 😍
Bu Disney sevgime rağmen bu yaşıma kadar hiç kitaplarını okuma anlamında bir girişimim olmamıştı. Bu kitabın kaynağı olan son film uyarlaması da hoşuma gitmişti. Takip ettiğim sitelerden birinde şans eseri kitabı gördüm ve hemen indirdim.
Güzel ve Çirkin Filmin Öyküsü adıyla çıkmış Türkçe çevirisini de sonradan haberdar oldum.
Türü ve masalımızı sevenler için rahatlıkla sizi kendisinden nefret ettirecek bir Gaston'ın olduğunu söyleyebilirim. Böyle klasiklerde benim en önemli ölçütüm hep kötü karakterlerdir. Başrolü herkes her daim sever ama o kötünün hakkını verip gerçek öfkeyi, siniri ortaya çıkarmak maharettir. Ben buradaki Gaston'a gıcık oldum, nefret ettim. Filmde de Luke Evans iğrenç, sinir bozucu Gaston'ı ortaya koymuştu. Hem kitabı hem de filmi seveceğinizi düşünüyorum ve en kısa sürede başka Disney masalları için kendime söz veriyorum. 😁 -
I wish the movie had been exactly like this.
That sounds terrible, but seriously! This novelization was enchanting, witty, well-written, and added little gems to the movie script that I wish they'd kept in the film. Like that prologue - wow, was that amazing. The description were well done, though with almost every movie novelization, there was that omnipresent sense of view which bugs me a little, but this was well done so as to keep that annoyance to a minimum.
Basically, if you loved the recent Disney adaption, read this. Even if you haven't seen nor care to see the movie, this is a nice and enjoyable read. -
Perfect book is perfect. It was heavenly. Amazing. I'll read it a million more times. Omg. The movie needs to be out like now. Omg.
Full review to come :) -
Şöyle bir şey var ki, bu benim en sevdiğim❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😍😍😍
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I have no self-control when it comes to Beauty and the Beast, and since I was blown away by the new live-action movie, when I saw this novelization, I knew I had to have it!
This was exactly like watching the movie, except even more in-depth. It's told from several points of view, and I loved being privy to the innermost thoughts of the characters, especially The Beast and Gaston.
Seeing how twisted Gaston's mind really was blew my mind. The Beast, on the other hand, was much more vulnerable and human than I'd thought he'd be.
Belle was as perfect as ever, in my opinion. She wore her heart on her sleeve, showing kindness to everyone, even those who might not deserve it.
If you're a fan of the movie, you should give this book a try. -
I am going to be a severe emotional wreck at the end of this movie. And I'll be watching it a hundred times over. ♡♡
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This is the last book of my 24 hour readathon = SUCCESS!!
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Bellissimo. È stato bellissimo e poter leggere i pensieri dei protagonisti, poter capire i loro sentimenti è stato ancora più bello! La Bella e la Bestia è la favola più pura e bella che possa esistere. Ora voglio rivedere il film!
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The movie was everything. Everything and more, and this novelization is perfect.
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Uma das minhas histórias preferidas da Disney.
Gostei imenso da escrita desta autora como a tradução da editora Leya.
Informo que não consegui ler este livro sem ir á net procurar o score do filme "A bela e o monstro". -
1st, look at that cover
I think that this one is far better than the original. The minor changes made it more real and also great. What I really liked in this novelisation is:
The Prince:
1- The prince's background, what really happened to make him become that arrogant and the events that preceeded his enchantment. It really made sense.
2- The fact that the enchantment didn't erase his intelectual skills, that he still could read and behave if he chose to.
3- His sense of humor. He had the appearance, but not the mind of a beast.
Belle:
Her story was completely changed, we don't get to see the siblings ofcourse, her father wasn't a rich merchant nor a crazy inventor, there was a totally diffrent reason for them leaving Paris.
Gaston:
And this one was the best part. The changes that were brought were amazing.
Like the original story, Gaston is the war hero, the handsomest, strongest and manliest man in the village,
but in this novelisation, we get to see his real face, that dark side lurking behind the good looks, the things the villagers were too blind to see.
We all know the man is creepy, and in the 1991 version, he was kinda goofy and almost a retard
But now, Gaston is shown as dangerous, not only selfish and narcissistic, but also blood and violence lover (PTSD maybe). You will see Gaston as you never imagined seeing him. And this is what earned the book its 4th star.
One thing really bothered in the end of the book, during the last fight, Belle was painted as a helpless person, she was kind of weak, only crying and shouting and not doing anything to help out which is completely not her, but maybe it's just me.
The writer did a great job, it was an amazing read.
Highly recommended. -
I'm going to be an emotional wreck when I see the movie soon. This is so well written. It fleshed out so many plot holes from the animated film. The questions we have from the movie have been pretty much answered. Only wish the Beast's real name was mentioned, but it's ok. This book. The movie. I'm in love.
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Any book giving you goose bumps when you know the story, deserves a five star rating
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Milujuuu tenhle příběh od mala a je to pořád nádhera!
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FANBOY POV:
Beauty and The Beast is my favorite fairytale of all time, so I am going to try to not be as bias as possible. Trust me; this novel has made me more madly in love with Beauty and The Beast.
CRITIC POV:
This is more about the quality of the book. I love that it is easy to carry, but it feels very flimsy and fragile.
THE REVIEW
WRITING STYLE:
I believe when Miss Rudnick was writing this novel, her head was saying, "the readers want the story, so give it to them straight without being too flashy." The writing is straight to the point, but what I like the most about is it is not sloppy. The prose is very clean, and that makes the story flow smoothly.
PACE:
Because the writing is clean, the story moves without any kinds of delay. There are no long descriptions about anything. The transition of settings are noticeable, but not to the point that it is annoying.
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT:
The character development is what I love the most about this story. The novel shows how mundane Belle's life is, but she is brave and smart. Belle is the kind of character that you can see yourself. She is not Mulan who knows combat or Elsa who can cast ice magic. She is just an ordinary girl who knows how to fight in every way possible. Mrs. Potts and Chip have their story too. And of course, I love the addition of Prince Adam's and Belle's parents' stories.
PLOT:
This is a love story that really shows a love story. It's not a regular fairy tale where the characters fall in love at first sight. Destiny might have played a massive role for Belle and Prince Adam to meet, but this novel shows that their emotions for each other developed over time.
MY VERDICT:
This version of Beauty and The Beast finally covers the plot holes and made most characters, especially Belle, better versions of themselves. Honestly, I didn't know that was even possible.
RATING BREAKDOWN
WRITING STYLE: +1 STAR(S)
PACE: +1 STAR(S)
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT: +1 STAR(S)
PLOT: +1 STAR(S)
MY VERDICT: +1 STAR(S) -
A tale as old as time....
Beauty and the Beast is classic fairy tale. Originally written in 1740 by French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, this story has once again become popular due to the live action movie by Disney starring Emma Watson. I was in line at the movie theater and was surprised to see many adults sans children. This is so much more than a princess story. As an adult I can appreciate certain nuances that I did not notice as a kid. Perhaps my favorite line of the book is when Lumiere says of the prince "He is a beast, not a monster." And what is not to love about a girl that loves reading. Gotta say, if I had that library, I would never leave the house. A book (and movie) that appear to be simple but actually have quite a bit of substance, this was a very good read.
Side note: Emma Watson was brilliant as Belle. -
Well, this was a better experience than the movie, definitely. Mostly because the novelization didn't put me to sleep. Look, as much as I loved the original animated version, the live action almost knocked me out. What the hell, Disney you can do better than this. But it made a truck load of money, so what does my desire for better imagery matter?
The extra star in the rating is for the overall look, cover, and presentation, it's gorgeous and I am not yet averse to beautiful things. And I didn't mind too much about being Emma Watson's guest again. I did mind however the fact that she was a miscast in this. I love her, but she just wasn't Belle enough.
Also because, this lore has helped me heal in weird Aurora way. For when I was looking for Beauty, it was the Beast who changed my life.
