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Maleficent (2014)

by Elizabeth Rudnick(Favorite Author)

3.16 of 5 Votes: 7

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Disney Press

review 1: In the story "Maleficent," Maleficent overcomes the dark in her heart. She became dark because a human that she used to trust stole her wings. Those wings were very important to her because she could get to places faster and have fun with the other fairies. An evil darkness took her brave and fun heart away from her. At the end of the story, Maleficent becomes the brave and fun faire she used to be. The man that she trusted and then stole her wings did that so he could become king. When the queen had a baby, Maleficent got her revenge. She said "On her sixteenth birthday, Aurora will prick the tip of her finger and fall into a deep sleep that only a true loves kiss can break." Maleficent and Aurora meet many times after that, and Maleficent started on liking the happy, bea... moreutiful child. When the curse happened, Maleficent was the one to wake up Aurora. After Maleficent killed the man she disliked, Aurora lived with her in the faire meadows and became queen. Maleficent's brave and fun heart came back to her. Maleficent learned that humans are not that bad after all, and evil shouldn't overcome your heart.Better than a five star book
review 2: Well, let's just say I'm very much disappointed, but it was a good book.It was a good book, honestly. Quickest book reading I ever did. Two hours in wee hour. I am quite proud of myself (ha!). As the title stated, it was the story of Maleficent. Who was she, where she lived, her friends, her first love, her trust, her confusion, her naivety, and most importantly, the story of the seed of darkness that was planted in her heart. It was the anti-hero Maleficent instead of the infamous evil, evil, evil, dragon Maleficent. We get to the story of “Sleeping Beauty” we knew halfway to the end. Well, the twist began here. How did we expect three pixies incompetent to cook, to sew without magic could raise a baby from the start? I always wondered, too, after watching Disney’s classic “Sleeping Beauty”. Both the film adaptation and the novel provided the answer, even more entertaining in the film, of course, but nothing was too disappointing. I was delighted to know more characters, especially the respectable names for magical creatures in The Moors. I loved Robin, which turned out to be the source of Maleficent’s playful side. It was good, too, to know what Knotgrass meant when she said, “Humans here. I hope it’s not another war.” (yep, one might not notice it, but they clearly hinted that there had been a war before, which I guessed Maleficent’s parents were involved—I was right!). Therefore, I am still disappointed.Honestly, the only reason I was intrigued to read this was that I loved the film (actually, I am quite… obsessed with it, but let’s just pretend that I am a bit more normal), and I expected an extra from the book, but then I realised that I was wrong to seek that here. Whilst more untold stories took place in the book, the characters are somehow shallow and dull. Maleficent was dull (and apparently, she is the main character here, how come she let her become dull? No, I have no idea as well). Diaval was dull. Not to mention Aurora. Dull, dull, dull. The depth was not enough explored and developed. My personal favourite character is Diaval for he was Maleficent's moral anchor, and he was supposed to be more daring, vain, and proud because he was a raven! He has been reduced to melancholic man-raven servant of Maleficent's, instead of companion and confidant (and a friend).What a shame, really, because it has so much potential to become a perfect, epic story.I really doubt if it were really meant for young adult. I reckon it is more suitable for younger children, yet, then, it has not met its initial purpose to put adult-twist in it. And in the end, when I thought I could not be more disappointed, I found that the grand finale, the ending, did not offer extra privilege. It was almost exactly as it was on the motion picture adaptation, of course without mentioning the closing scene in the film, which is now more satisfying than the book. I was hoping a few glimpses of their future like most fairy tales ended. Perhaps a full paragraph that goes and ends with something like “And they lived side by side for years to come, peacefully,” as I had already interpreted it as a fairytale book. Just not my luck.Or maybe watching the film before reading the book is just a terrible idea. less

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