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A review by dayanareads
Disney Manga: Beauty and the Beast — Belle's Tale by Studio Dice, Mallory Reaves, Gabriella Sinopoli Sinopoli
3.0
Thank you NetGalley for sending me this ARC in exchange for an honest review!
I love Beauty and the Beast, it’s one of my most favorite fairytales. So, seeing it in a manga adaptation got me really excited.
Since this was Belle’s Tale, it didn’t really provide a completely different perspective than what we already saw in the original book and movie. It was pretty much a short and concise view of everything that happened.
The flow of the manga felt a bit off at times because sometimes I’d have to read from left to right and at other times from right to left. The story also felt a little rushed, even though we got the entire gist of what happened.
The illustrations didn’t feel uniform throughout the entire manga. The characters looked a little off in some of the scenes and in certain positions. The characters also sometimes looked a little distorted and blurry (which I hope won’t be the case in the print version of the book). I liked the choice of colors though, since they really represented Belle’s view of the world.
I’m looking forward to reading the Beast’s tale, and I hope it’ll give readers a new view of the fairytale since we didn’t get a lot of the Beast’s POV in the original.
“The people who talk behind your back are destined to stay there.”
“It’s a choice, everyday, to be the best person you can be. To turn your anger into passion. To bring change, not destruction. To find beauty in love and understanding. And to find ‘home’, wherever you go.”
I love Beauty and the Beast, it’s one of my most favorite fairytales. So, seeing it in a manga adaptation got me really excited.
Since this was Belle’s Tale, it didn’t really provide a completely different perspective than what we already saw in the original book and movie. It was pretty much a short and concise view of everything that happened.
The flow of the manga felt a bit off at times because sometimes I’d have to read from left to right and at other times from right to left. The story also felt a little rushed, even though we got the entire gist of what happened.
The illustrations didn’t feel uniform throughout the entire manga. The characters looked a little off in some of the scenes and in certain positions. The characters also sometimes looked a little distorted and blurry (which I hope won’t be the case in the print version of the book). I liked the choice of colors though, since they really represented Belle’s view of the world.
I’m looking forward to reading the Beast’s tale, and I hope it’ll give readers a new view of the fairytale since we didn’t get a lot of the Beast’s POV in the original.
“The people who talk behind your back are destined to stay there.”
“It’s a choice, everyday, to be the best person you can be. To turn your anger into passion. To bring change, not destruction. To find beauty in love and understanding. And to find ‘home’, wherever you go.”