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Dec 06, 2022Anita_Dickey rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I read this book for the 52 books in 52 weeks reading challenge. I used 2019 reading challenge prompt read a book published in the year you graduated school. I liked it. I was a quick easy entertaining read. A Cinderella type book, I would…
Oct 05, 2022katjespin rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A charming, self-empowered kid's book on the Cinderella story. At times thoroughly despairing, but the protagonist's heart and wit and smarts (and language skills!) all help lighten the load. I kind of wish the cure for the curse were…
May 10, 2022danielleraymond rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I have loved this book for so long, I don't even know what to say about it anymore. It was such an important part of my formative years. The themes of consent and being able to forge your own destiny regardless of what hand fate has dealt…
Jan 04, 2022lovepeaceandstories rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This book is great and if I were to say which part is the best, I’d say maybe either the middle or the beginning. I just love it a lot. Definitely not the end, because that’s when the surprise comes. It uses a lot of descriptive words, and…
Dec 13, 2021amelias_novels rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Literally one of my favorite books. I 100% recommend reading it if you like fairytale/fantasy stories.
Mar 25, 2021A_S_L rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Way better than the movie, so good.
Jul 16, 2020
Ella Enchanted captured my imagination as a child of 9 back in 1999 and was my favourite novel for years. I can honestly say that it was my first glimpse of pure and giving romance and that it was the first book that I cried from reading!
Oct 02, 2019samuelgina rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A Cinderella story that is beautifully told, and is far better than the movie. Well worth a re-read even as an adult to see what originally captured my interest two decades ago.
KuddlyKitten57
Sep 09, 2019KuddlyKitten57 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
(SPOILER ALERT!!) This book is basically a rad version of CinderELLA that is a very twisted plot which—to me—was absolutely unexpected!! I love this book to death and own some other novels of the authors books, including Ella Enchanted.…
Jun 22, 2019loveseal516 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I really really love this book! This is one of my favourite books, and I never get tired of reading it. I would give it all five stars, but I feel like the romance between Ella and Char could be developed further, since the romance seems a…
Feb 08, 2019indigo_leopard_58 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This is a great book. I have read it about three times. At some parts I was almost crying, but the ending is very happy. I was sad that I finished it. But I can read it over if I want to.
Jan 12, 2019LaNomada01 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This re-told story changed my life - it's a book that turned me into a reader with its strong independent female characters and entrancing re-telling of Cinderella. I honestly never would have turned to a life of reading without this…
Jan 10, 2019AConsolver rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
4 Stars - I recommend if you are looking for a middle-grade fairy tale retelling with an imagination, a and a strong female lead. Ella is cursed. She was made to be obedient from birth, and now does whatever she is told to do. Her goal…
Dec 18, 2018LaNomada01 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This re-told story changed my life - it's a book that turned me into a reader with its strong independent female characters and entrancing re-telling of Cinderella. I honestly never would have turned to a life of reading without this…
crhinehart
Nov 24, 2018crhinehart rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This is one of my favorite books! So far I've read it twice, but I intend to read it more in the future! The book is WAY better than the movie. Don't get me wrong, the movie is GREAT, but it dosn't really stick to the plot line of this…
Oct 06, 2018violet_cheetah_1678 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A childhood favorite of mine. Ella Enchanted has enchanted my family's library for years and years. (Pun intended) It's a VERY good book, and while the movie is also good too (in a weird/funny way) there is so much more you can learn by…
Aug 08, 2018TEENREVIEWCREW rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Ella Enchanted, a book written by Gail Carson Levine, is a great book that the movie does not do justice to. When Ella is born a fairy gives her the "gift" of obedience. I say "gift" because it meant she would be always forced to obey…
Jul 10, 2018
I’ll get this out of the way first: Ella Enchanted is a little dated, especially regarding gender roles. And on a slightly different note, for a Cinderella re-telling, I wanted not only the plot to be remixed, but the power structures as…
Jun 22, 2018DBRL_KrisA rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
A cute little fairy tale, a retelling of one of the classics with a few new twists. I haven't seen the 2004 movie with the same title, but from what I've read and seen online, although it's based on the book, it's quite a bit different.…
May 31, 2018A_MEE rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This book is awesome! Very well written and great for all ages. I recommend that if you have read the book and loved it, don't watch the movie, the movie does NOT follow the book accurately.
Mar 13, 2018SPPL_Anna rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I first read Ella Enchanted around age 11, and I literally got up out of bed so I could go and finish reading it because I needed to know how it ended. I have since reread it many times, and I still absolutely love it.
Nov 09, 2017coffeebookie rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
I liked this fairy-tale mostly because of the characters. All the female characters have their own personalities, but none are helpless. The broad range of temperaments including evil, quirky, ordinary, clever and resourceful, make the…
Aug 31, 2017BudgiesNbooks rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Astoundingly wonderful! I read this some time ago, and I can still remember how great it was. Gail Levine really put a twist to the old fairy-tale everyone knows. I can't say enough how superb this is. You must read this!
Apr 05, 2017Michael1109 rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
full of surprises and twists. one of Gail Carson's best books.
Feb 13, 2017
I think this book was great, but maybe for older readers. There were a few mature scenes, and younger kids might find it a bit confusing. However, this book had a lot of positive messages, and I think it is very good.