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A review by highvoltagegrrl
Gorgeous by Paul Rudnick
3.0
ARC reviewed by Jessica for Book Sake.
I’m a bit torn on what to think of this story. On one hand – it tries to teach that what’s inside is what counts, but it fails to do so. Basically life crumbles when you aren’t gorgeous, then it takes a lot of work to tell people that “I know I’m ugly now, but I’m a really cool person”. None of the magic that is used to make Becky “gorgeous” is ever explained, nor is the reasoning of why her mother was the way she was.
Also – the “three dresses” that were to transform her confused me. They made her a lot more than three dresses and she wasn’t only transformed when wearing the dresses. I don’t know if the real Rebecca was enough to carry the story of the good girl coming through. Her reasoning for wanting to marry royalty was a bit much.
What I did like about the book was the fact that it put down in words how beautiful people are treated. We, usually, judge based on looks, money, and status and often those judgements are wrong in many ways. Just because someone is born with good looks, or in this case, magically created good looks, doesn’t mean they are someone to be worshiped!
Book Received: For free from publisher in exchange for an honest review
I’m a bit torn on what to think of this story. On one hand – it tries to teach that what’s inside is what counts, but it fails to do so. Basically life crumbles when you aren’t gorgeous, then it takes a lot of work to tell people that “I know I’m ugly now, but I’m a really cool person”. None of the magic that is used to make Becky “gorgeous” is ever explained, nor is the reasoning of why her mother was the way she was.
Also – the “three dresses” that were to transform her confused me. They made her a lot more than three dresses and she wasn’t only transformed when wearing the dresses. I don’t know if the real Rebecca was enough to carry the story of the good girl coming through. Her reasoning for wanting to marry royalty was a bit much.
What I did like about the book was the fact that it put down in words how beautiful people are treated. We, usually, judge based on looks, money, and status and often those judgements are wrong in many ways. Just because someone is born with good looks, or in this case, magically created good looks, doesn’t mean they are someone to be worshiped!
Book Received: For free from publisher in exchange for an honest review