Villain or Hero? Hero or Villain?
Hey, everyone! Sorry I did not post anything last week…I was busy doing summery things. The pool was calling my name! This week I will be reviewing the Descendants book series. I just read the 4th book and I was kind of disappointed. These books do not follow the movies at all and it just seemed to be poorly written. Everything about it was intriguing but all the characters spoke the same way. There was no emotion in their voices and all the dialogue was really weird. Of course these books were based on the movie so you would expect the characters to be like the characters in the movie, but they weren't!!! For Example, Mal is very sarcastic in the movies but in the books, she’s oddly happy. Not what you’d expect from a villian kid. I’m gonna give this series 3 stars and I would say if you want to read these books, they are appropriate for kids 10 and up.
If you are not familiar with the movies or the books, Descendants a mashup of all the different Disney characters, such as Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and Beauty and the Beast. Except, there is a twist. Descendants is all about the “descendants” of these famous fairy-tale characters; villains and heroes. The “good” children (which include Doug, son of Dopey, Lani, daughter of Fa Mulan, and Ben, the son of Belle and the Beast - just to name a few) goto a school called Auradon Prep on the mainland. The villains and bad people got banished to a small island with a magical barrier around it called the Isle of the Lost. There is no magic, no Wifi, and no way out of this island until one day everything changed. The soon to be ruler of Auradon, Ben, makes a proclamation that 4 children from the Isle of the Lost (Mal, daughter of Maleficent, Evie, daughter of the Evil Queen, Jay, son of Jafar, and Carlos, the son of Cruella de Vil) would be given a chance at a real life in Auradon. But like any good villain, the Isle kids have a plan up their sleeves.
Definitely check out the movies and see what they are like! The 3rd movie is coming out in August 2019!
Happy reading and enjoy the show!
Evelyn Harrier
P.S. This is a tribute to Cameron Boyce who sadly passed at the age of 20 on July 6 of this year. He was a starring role as Carlos, Cruella De Vil's son in all 3 movies of Descendants.
If you are not familiar with the movies or the books, Descendants a mashup of all the different Disney characters, such as Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and Beauty and the Beast. Except, there is a twist. Descendants is all about the “descendants” of these famous fairy-tale characters; villains and heroes. The “good” children (which include Doug, son of Dopey, Lani, daughter of Fa Mulan, and Ben, the son of Belle and the Beast - just to name a few) goto a school called Auradon Prep on the mainland. The villains and bad people got banished to a small island with a magical barrier around it called the Isle of the Lost. There is no magic, no Wifi, and no way out of this island until one day everything changed. The soon to be ruler of Auradon, Ben, makes a proclamation that 4 children from the Isle of the Lost (Mal, daughter of Maleficent, Evie, daughter of the Evil Queen, Jay, son of Jafar, and Carlos, the son of Cruella de Vil) would be given a chance at a real life in Auradon. But like any good villain, the Isle kids have a plan up their sleeves.
Definitely check out the movies and see what they are like! The 3rd movie is coming out in August 2019!
Happy reading and enjoy the show!
Evelyn Harrier
P.S. This is a tribute to Cameron Boyce who sadly passed at the age of 20 on July 6 of this year. He was a starring role as Carlos, Cruella De Vil's son in all 3 movies of Descendants.
