Fairest
- 336
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Fairest” is a gentle, song-filled retelling of “Snow White”, set in the kingdom next door to the one in “Ella Enchanted”. Music runs through the whole story, and the heroine is easy to relate to. Some adults reading it aloud find it slow and clumsy, and others tire of the emphasis on her plain looks. It speaks most directly to readers on the cusp of their teens.
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About the book
Fairest is a 2006 novel by Gail Carson Levine. It uses some plot elements of the classic "Snow White" and is set in the same world as Ella Enchanted. The kingdom of Ayortha, the setting of the story, is the neighboring kingdom of Kyrria, where Ella Enchanted was set and the story makes several allusions to the previous work.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.2 across 97 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 40% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 6.8 | 8 | 8% |
| Hardcover | 7.3 | 89 | 92% |
Frequently asked
How long is Fairest?
It has 336 pages — shorter than 90% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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