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A review by foreverbeautifulbooks
All Hail the Queen by Erica David
1.0
So, I have taken it upon myself to read all the books that my daughter is reading. Not just to content check, but to make sure she's reading it for AR lol.
Anyways, I found this story really dry, even for a children's book. Not just that but the book was littered with grammar errors, poor sentences, and very stilted dialogue. I could've written more realistic dialogue from Anna and Elsa, any parent who has seen the movie a gazillion times with their kids could write Anna and Elsa better than this book. I know that I'm being a bit mean, but if you are a big five pub and you're going to agree to take on a Frozen chapter book series you better buck up and do it justice.
I found that it took until over halfway through the book for the story to really kinda be 'fun'. My daughter even struggled through this and fought me on reading it saying , "This is really boring mom, can I just read something else." I told her it gets better, and she seems to agree once Elsa started using her powers. That is another thing. They almost make her powers seem like a bad thing while trying to 'tell their lesson' I thought the whole point of Frozen was a whole "Baby, I was born this way." deal. I'm not sure how Random House got the rights to write this, I honestly believe if this would've stayed in the hands of Disney Hyperion they would've found someone better to take on this series. I made the mistake of buying book two for my daughter. I think we will be going back to the Equestria Girl's books and NeverGirls.
In summary: Disappointing, stilted, poor grammar that shouldn't be allowed in children's books, and a contradictory 'life lesson' makes this children's series a miss for me. I wouldn't recommend it to fans of Frozen.
*I purchased a copy via my local Barnes and Noble*
Anyways, I found this story really dry, even for a children's book. Not just that but the book was littered with grammar errors, poor sentences, and very stilted dialogue. I could've written more realistic dialogue from Anna and Elsa, any parent who has seen the movie a gazillion times with their kids could write Anna and Elsa better than this book. I know that I'm being a bit mean, but if you are a big five pub and you're going to agree to take on a Frozen chapter book series you better buck up and do it justice.
I found that it took until over halfway through the book for the story to really kinda be 'fun'. My daughter even struggled through this and fought me on reading it saying , "This is really boring mom, can I just read something else." I told her it gets better, and she seems to agree once Elsa started using her powers. That is another thing. They almost make her powers seem like a bad thing while trying to 'tell their lesson' I thought the whole point of Frozen was a whole "Baby, I was born this way." deal. I'm not sure how Random House got the rights to write this, I honestly believe if this would've stayed in the hands of Disney Hyperion they would've found someone better to take on this series. I made the mistake of buying book two for my daughter. I think we will be going back to the Equestria Girl's books and NeverGirls.
In summary: Disappointing, stilted, poor grammar that shouldn't be allowed in children's books, and a contradictory 'life lesson' makes this children's series a miss for me. I wouldn't recommend it to fans of Frozen.
*I purchased a copy via my local Barnes and Noble*