Like seriously, we don’t even really get to know Jafar’s story, or why he wished the things he wished, or why he was the way he was. This book asked the question, “What if it was Jafar who got the lamp and the genie and the wishes?” Interesting question – I could come up with a thousand scenarios stemming from that, but the book just had to go towards the predictable, cliché route, with cardboard, uninspiring characters, to boot. Believe that the others say – 25% of this book is a cut-and-paste of the original movie, 75% is fanfic material. If you’re into that sort of thing, then this would be right up your alley. The book relied on the fact we already knew Aladdin and Jasmine and Rafah and Jafar and then left it as that, portraying them instead as very one-dimensional characters with no substantial character development. Unfortunately, there was none of that here. With a book, you can get into the deepest psyche of the characters and really get to know them in a more personal and intimate level we’ll be able to know more why they feel a certain why or how their feeling or other external factors weigh in their actions and decisions. You see, there is something that books can do better than movies – one of them is characterization. You know, when I requested for this book, I did it because I was really, really expecting a Disney movie retelling (wait, is that even allowed? Isn’t there supposed to be some copyright thingy about modifying a well-known commercial masterpiece into something else? Can some lawyer clarify this for me, please?!) that would literally bring me a whole new world. What a disappointment this book turned out to be. And readers will never look at the story of Aladdin in the same way again. What happens next? A Street Rat becomes a leader. But soon their fight for freedom threatens to tear the kingdom apart in a costly civil war. Agrabah lives in fear, waiting for his third and final wish.To stop the power-mad ruler, Aladdin and the deposed Princess Jasmine must unite the people of Agrabah in rebellion. When Jafar steals the Genie’s lamp, he uses his first two wishes to become sultan and the most powerful sorcerer in the world. Each book asks the question: What if one key moment from a familiar Disney film was changed? This dark and daring version of Aladdin twists the original story with the question: What if Jafar was the first one to summon the Genie? Welcome to a new YA series that reimagines classic Disney stories in surprising new ways. Published by Disney Hyperion on September 1, 2015 This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. I received this book for free from Disney Book Group in exchange for an honest review. And readers will never look at the story of Aladdin in the same way again.Friday, JReview: A Whole New World by Liz Braswell Posted by Giselle Agrabah lives in fear, waiting for his third and final wish.To stop the power-mad ruler, Aladdin and the deposed princess Jasmine must unite the people of Agrabah in rebellion. Plus, it includes an excerpt of book two, Once Upon a Dream, a twist on Disney’s Sleeping Beauty! When Jafar steals the Genie’s lamp, he uses his first two wishes to become sultan and the most powerful sorcerer in the world. What if Aladdin had never found the lamp? This paperback edition of the first book in the A Twisted Tale line will explore a dark and daring version of Disney’s Aladdin.
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