Beauty & The Beast

I have two reviews for you!! I've been neglecting reading and blogging so much- I've been working on a large writing project. With all of the hype for the release of the live action Beauty & The Beast today, I'll do a review of the movie as well as a review of a book I just finished.

I'm a big fan of Liz Braswell's partnership with Disney to rewrite the endings of Disney classic movies. She did an amazing job with Aladdin, so I was super psyched about this one. As the cover reads, it basically retells Beauty & The Beast, in a version where Belle's mother was the enchantress who cursed The Beast. Her approaches are always very unique and easy to follow, it fits together in such a satisfying way that it could be the original story and I wouldn't be mad. It brings a new perspective to these stories with connections I never really thought about. Definitely check this title out if you think you'd be a fan!! 

I saw the movie today and Oh. My. Goodness. It was so beautiful! It was so cool to see my favorite Disney Princess in live action. Emma Watson did a beautiful job but I was absolutely starstruck by Dan Stevens. The cinematography was beautiful and the story was well done and not much different. I definitely recommend giving it a chance even if the live action remakes aren't your thing. It was also hinting a lot at incorporating gay and interracial couples which I was STOKED about. 

Book Review

Happy February 2017!!

It Get's Worse by Shane Dawson

Today I want to talk about Shane. If you don't know who he is, you either live in a hole, you don't go on youtube, or maybe you just don't spend hours watching people eat food and light shit on fire. It's probably the latter. But anyways, I love Shane. He put this collection of essays out back in July and I've finally had the chance to read it and it was wonderful! It was just really cool to get to know him better, and since reading, I have a deeper appreciation for how hard he works and what he does. He's been through so much and his success story is just very real and genuine. Also, his life is just insane. So much has happened to him and he clearly has a lot of stories to tell. The writing was written just how he speaks, I read the whole thing in his voice. His self-depreciating jokes are always fun to laugh at, and they're oh too relatable. But at the end of the day, especially after learning more about his personal life, he's not trash. Quite the opposite. I doubt this review gets to him, but I just hope that it's added to the list of all the good reviews of his content and personality, and that he knows that all of his supporters will forever outweigh whatever the big critics say.

Love, Skyleigh

Book/Movie Review

The Girl On The Train!!! Okay. I know this book has been out for a while. I've seen it on the shelves from it's very debut. I only just recently picked it up though. I heard all of it's praise, and I've always meant to. But I was already late so I just kept putting it off and spending my money on the newer finds. I finally picked it up though and since it's already been reviewed by people a hundred times over I thought I'd talk about the movie too!

As always, book first. And book was better. Of course it was. It was more detailed. And I really enjoyed it! It wasn't one of those, omg I have to keep reading every second of it but I was definitely into it. It was not what I was expecting, and I did like that it wasn't all in Rachel's perspective. The ending was strong. I really liked Megan. IDK why. I just did. Anna's a bitch.

The movie wasn't awful. I mean, it was okay. I didn't mind the casting at all. I really enjoyed that. And it stayed pretty close to the book, only changing minor dialogue and set and story details for a better on-screen flow. It was really well done. In the books it often referenced Rachel as fat, so I was a little curious why they didn't cast someone a bit larger, but she did an amazing job!! It was well-paced. I'm no movie critic and IDK if I'd ever watch it again but I did like it in the moment. Not the worst movie adaptation I've ever seen.