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Auburn (57 KP) rated Mirror, Mirror in Books

Apr 10, 2019  
Mirror, Mirror
Mirror, Mirror
Jen Calonita | 2019 | Young Adult (YA)
8
7.8 (4 Ratings)
Book Rating
Thank you Disney and NetGalley for granting my wish to read this.

First off I need to say that anyone who loves the Evil Queen, snow white, or has read the other stand alone villians book needs to read this one stat. It is so well thought out and gives the reader that much more. The dual stories/views expands not just what we thought we know but what could have been. While I will never feel perfectly happy thoughts for the evil Queen, I mean she is evil. This definitely helped me to want to find out more about the villains in general. Maybe start a fanclub for slightly misunderstood characters.
  
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LadyMayri (36 KP) rated Heartless in Books

Jan 8, 2018  
Heartless
Heartless
Marissa Meyer | 2017 | Children
10
8.3 (33 Ratings)
Book Rating
I loved this book. I’m a huge fan of Alice in Wonderland, so seeing the Queen before she was this evil being, and the reason why she was like that, was heartbreaking and I don’t know, if I was in her position, if I will act any different.
  
Maleficent (2014)
Maleficent (2014)
2014 | Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Despite an intriguing premise - basically, Sleeping Beauty from the Evil Fairy's point of view - and Angelina Jolie (with cheekbones so sharp you could cut yourself) in the lead as Maleficent - said evil Fairy Queen - this is a somewhat insipid retelling of the tale, that just (ironically) never really takes flight at all.

Maybe worth a watch (Jolie is always good value for money) on occasion, but not one that I'd be rushing back to re-watch.
  
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Edmund White recommended Our Lady of the Flowers in Books (curated)

 
Our Lady of the Flowers
Our Lady of the Flowers
Jean Genet | 2021
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"Like Nietzsche, Genet believed in the "transvaluation of all values", by which bad is good and the ugly is beautiful. Whereas most writers treated homosexuality as a disease, Genet took the stronger position in linking it with evil and crime and sin. He invented the drag queen for literature in Divine in this novel."

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