Disney - Twisted Tales (5 Books Collection Set) (2023)

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I have a love, hate relationship with Liz Braswell. And it's been this way from the very first book of hers that I read. And I think a large part of the reason why I have such a strong love, hate relationship with Braswell and her novels is because I really,really want to love her books...but Inever do. And it just makes me sad because my precious Disney love expected so much more from these books with really brilliant ideas and premises and the characters I've grown up loving. But the problem, I've realized, with literally all of Braswell's stories is that she seems to have next to no concept of who these characters are, what motivates them, and how they act. Every single damn time I read one of her books I'm always astounded and blown away by how poorly she captures them. I wont even touch herMulan retelling due to how poorly thought out her "twist" was.

Honestly, I'm fairly certain that the only reasonPart of Your World received a rating higher than a two is because I have a lot of love forThe Little Mermaid and so my nostalgic adoration played a large part in my ability to appreciate facets of this book. The only reason it's been rated higher than a one is because her writing actually isn't that bad. So maybe Braswell should really try her hand at writing her own story rather than butchering the ones I've loved since I was two years old.

The biggest issue withPart of Your World is the fact that Ursula is not Ursula. I don't think Braswell had any understanding of the sea witch as a character because literally everything about her made absolutely no sense at all. Her revenge upon the oceans was never realized, so why in the hell was she content to lounge about on land and take over there? Why was she content to let Ariel rule the oceans and merely desired that the little mermaid leave her alone to wreak havoc in the world Ariel had always dreamed of? Barring A. G. Howard's disgusting rendition of the Phantom of the Opera, Ursula was the most ridiculous butchering of a character I've ever seen.

Ariel, Eric, and Scuttle were all subjected to strange changes that did not match their initial characters as well, leaving me feeling as though Braswell couldn't have even been bothered to watch the film prior to writing the novel. And while none of their changes were egregious in any way, I simply cannot abide by the unrealistic ridiculousness of Ursula. I also did not care at all for Jona, Scuttle's "grand-gull" (daughter).

Ironically, though, I didn't completely hate this book. I just think it was a pitiful rendition ofThe Little Mermaid. Perhaps if the story had been different in a way that had made it not a retelling ofThe Little Mermaidand rather a story of her own creation, I might have been able to appreciate it more. But as far as Braswell is concerned, I'm convinced at this point that she's incapable of knowing the characters whose stories she's "twisting" and therefore they will always be subjected to this unfortunate feature where none of the characters match themselves.

And I'm sorry, but "twisting" a story is not a good enough excuse to completely change the characters. If the twist is that Ariel wasn't able to defeat Ursula...then the characters should still make sense as far as their personalities and motivations are concerned. So, while I was still able to have a decent time reading this, I think I'm done with Braswell from now on. I just don't think I can put myself through another complete butchering of some of my favorite stories. If anyone tries to twist the stories later on and actually manages to keep the characters realistic to their prior stories, then I'd definitely be up for giving them a chance. It was the twists that had me so excited about these books in the first place and the lack of consistency with the characters that ruined it.

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i just finished a part of your world and it’s so good took me a long time to finish tho lmao

… in den Märchen versinken & von seinem eigenem Happy End sehnen…

Ich liebe Märchen und die verschiedenste Adaptionen. Besonders, wenn sie an meine Lieblingsmärchen anknüpfen.
Hier bekommen wir in der Sammlung die wundervollsten Welten in düsterer Version geboten, ob es meine Favoritin Elsa ist, der erschütterte Kampf gegen den Fluch in der Variante ohne Anna.
In Spieglein Spieglein, wo wir eine erst schüchterne aber doch dann starke Schneewittchen bekommen, die einen von ihrem Weg beflügelt.
Wie ein unendlicher Fluch, wo Maleficents Nachwirkungen ganz anders sind als erwartet und die Prinzessin sich erst noch mit dem Prinzen in der Traumwelt rauskämpfen muss.
Eine Version von Mulan, die in die Unterwelt reißt, um alles für die Rettung des Captains opfert und noch mehr zeigt, wie mutig die Kriegerin ist.
Zuletzt auch eins einem liebsten Märchen, die Schöne und das Biest. Was wäre, wenn Bellss Mutter das Biest verflucht hätte?
Eine ganz andere Entwicklung, die man so nicht erwartet hätte und einen in den Bann zieht. Definitiv das spannungsgeladene und interessantes Buch bzw. Teil der Hörbuch Sammlung.

Die Sammlung sticht durch die zauberhafte Geschichte mit den erstaunlichen Wesen, der Düsternis und dem gefährlichen Touch hervor, vermittelt auch die Sehnsucht nach einem glücklichen Ausgang. Gewürzt natürlich von erstaunlichen Helden.

Ich bleibe daher sehr zufrieden und begeistert zurück. Ich wurde in verschiedenster Weise vom Geschehen eingenommen und habe jedes Werk genossen. Eine tolle Reihe für Groß und Klein.

Die Hörbuch Kollektion, gelesen von Hedi Honert, Anja Gräfenstein, Sandrine Mittelstädt, Anja Stadlober, Gabrielle Pietermann wird durch die angenehmen Stimmen zum Hörvergnügen.
Diese haben es in jeder emotionalen Lage perfekt getroffen. Sie haben mich nicht nur mit ihrer sehr angenehmen als auch sympathischen Stimmen packend am Werk teilhaben, involviert, nervenaufreibend, mitgerissen sowie ab und an schmunzeln lassen. Die nicht so angenehmen Stellen wurden von der Tonlage überzeugt. Die Stimmen schafft es mitzureißen, alle Gefühlsstimmungen perfekt einzuhauchen und die Werke zu einem wundervollen Erlebnis zu machen.

Kind of like reading bad fan fiction, but they work as good filler audiobooks. Fair warning: some are definitely better than others (so far Once Upon A Dream: 8/10, Reflection: 7/10, and Tale As Old As Time: 5/10).

Part of your world was a good read