Beauty
- 247
- Pages
- about 4.5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
An enjoyable retelling of “Beauty and the Beast”, “Beauty” starts well before the castle, with a family’s ruin and its move to the countryside. When her father is made to promise one of his daughters to the Beast, Beauty goes. Some readers find the ending hurried after a book they otherwise liked. It suits readers who collect fairy-tale retellings.
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About the book
When the family business collapses, Beauty and her two sisters are forced to leave the city and begin a new life in the countryside. However, when their father accepts hospitality from the elusive and magical Beast, he is forced to make a terrible promise - to send one daughter to the Beast's castle, with no guarantee that she will be seen again. Beauty accepts the challenge, and there begins an extraordinary story of magic and love that overcomes all boundaries. This is another spellbinding and emotional tale embroidered around a fairytale from Robin McKinley, an award-winning American author.
Reading order · Folktales
Full order & progress →- BeautyThis book
7.67.6 / 10 - Rose DaughterRose Daughter–Not ranked yet
- Spindle's End
7.87.8 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.5 across 147 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 50% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Young adult average of 7.8. That is how 7.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.6 | 16 | 11% |
| Hardcover | 7.5 | 131 | 89% |
Frequently asked
What age is Beauty for?
Beauty sits on the Young adult shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 13 and up. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 247 pages — shorter than 92% of the ranked books in Young adult.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
If you liked this
Same shelf — Young adult — with scores between 7.6 and 7.7, closest to this book.
