Comments on: Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine

By: Oh My Darling

Oh My Darling — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:23:23 +0000

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By: Oh My Darling

Oh My Darling — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:06:35 +0000

(Kathy F: You’ve got it right. Kyrria is the country/kingdom, and Frell is the town or whatever.)

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By: Kathy F

Kathy F — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:33:23 +0000

Hi fellow Ella Enchanted readers,

I have a question and I hope you can help me… is Frell the kingdom and Kyrria the town/hamlet/village… or is it the other way around? I’m a bit confused. I think Kyrria is like a country (kingdom) and Frell is the municipality. I’m trying to work it out as an activity for setting.

Thanks in advance!

By: Natasha Maw

Natasha Maw — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:15:38 +0000

Is this a post where I really haven’t responded to anybody’s comments? Oh dear. Please excuse my absence. Thanks for your comments, I love hearing everybody’s opinions.

By: Marlia

Marlia — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:04:59 +0000

The book was my sister’s favorite book. She finally got me to read it as well, and I also fell in love with it. Then the movie came out…

It practically mocked Gail Carson Levine! It was so stupid and childish. I mean if everyone loves the book, and they do, because it is a Newberry book, then why the heck did the director decide to ruin the whole thing?!

Perhaps I’m simply sounding much too critical, but movies not following the books they are SUPPOSED to be based on, makes me just shake with rage. The book is so wonderful, I hope that it can be redone into a movie that gives it the respect it deserves.

And…end rant

By: Ginger

Ginger — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:49:52 +0000

okay so i finally read this book and i loved it! it has many differences compared to the movie which was also good. but i still love the book more. i mean come on! who doesn’t want to slide down banister rails and be caught by a prince!!?!?

By: Emily

Emily — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:19:05 +0000

My aunt gave me this book about six years ago and it became my favorite book. I read it all the time, so much that I didn’t need to read it anymore because I could recite it. I should really get a new copy since mine has pretty much fallen apart.

By: Two More Books to Give Away!

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By: Jenn M.

Jenn M. — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:26:01 +0000

My daughter’s were watching the movie one day and I sat down and watched it too. I thought it was kind of a funny retelling of the ‘Cinderella’ story. I saw that it was based upon a book and decided to give it a try. I like to pick a chapter book to read to my girls outloud in addition to them reading to me. We all really enjoyed the book. SO much better than the movie. We also found that Gail Carson Levine wrote the Tinkerbell story “Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg”, which was our next read.

I read the Gregory Maguire books, ‘Wicked’, ‘Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister’, and ‘Mirror, Mirror’. Much to adult for my children, but very interesting fairy tale retelling. We are going to try his children’s story ‘Leaping Beauty’ next.

I’m adding ‘Fairest’ now based upon Gamila’s recommendations and I think we will try ‘Zel’ as well.

Thanks for the review and recommendations.

By: Gamila

Gamila — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:34:16 +0000

Ella Enchanted is a fairy tale classic! I really love the book and didn’t care for the movie too much. I think this book is still Gail Carson Levine’s best book, though I haven’t read all of them. Her book Fairest, which is also a fairy-tale retelling, revisits the same world that Ella Enchanted is set in. So, if you want more you should probably go read that one first.