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Beauty
Beauty | Sheri S. Tepper
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With the critically acclaimed novels The Gate To Women's Country, Raising The Stones, and the Hugo-nominated Grass, Sheri Tepper has established herself as one of the major science fiction writers of out Time. In Beauty, she broadens her territory even further, with a novel that evokes all the richness of fairy tale and fable. Drawing on the wellspring of tales such as "Sleeping Beauty," Beauty is a moving novel of love and loss, hope and despair, magic and nature. Set against a backdrop both enchanted and frightening, the story begins with a wicked aunt's curse that will afflict a young woman named Beauty on her sixteenth birthday. Though Beauty is able to sidestep tragedy, she soon finds herself embarked on an adventure of vast consequences. For it becomes clear that the enchanted places of this fantastic world--a place not unlike our own--are in danger and must be saved before it is too late. From the Paperback edition.
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morgan_lionheart
Beauty | Sheri S. Tepper
Bailedbailed

I really enjoyed the first part of this.... But then when Beauty started time traveling, I found myself arguing with the book all the time. I usually love time travel stories, but I didn't think Beauty's reactions to the modern world rang true.

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lauras.enchanted.library
Beauty | Sheri S. Tepper
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Mehso-so

The Suze does not look happy 😂

So my mom gave me this book. It was really weird. And strangely had me pulled in wanting to know what happens next.

The premise is not explained. Anywhere. So i went in blind and came out oddly entertained.

As a retelling goes, this was so much fun. It was a mash-up of sleeping beauty and snow white and cinderella mixed in with fantasy and sci-fi and it was definitely... interesting.

3.5 ⭐️

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Foragingfantasy
Beauty | Sheri S. Tepper
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Y'all. I got 30 books today. I only spent $3 dollars. I'm dying. And hiding books under my bed. 😳😊😍 This is only one of them.

Cinfhen What?????????? 7y
mcipher Awesome!!! 7y
Foragingfantasy @Cinfhen I know. It's insane. This thrift store has 10 cent pb and 50 cent hb. What's a girl to do? It's my new favorite place in the universe. 7y
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Foragingfantasy @mcipher 😍😱 a kid in a freaking candy store. 7y
Cinfhen AMAZING 7y
ValerieAndBooks That is an unbelievable deal!! Lucky you!! 7y
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Ellen_C
Beauty | Sheri S. Tepper
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Mehso-so

A mix of fairy tale and time travel with themes related to environment and feminism. Loved some parts (the fairy tale stuff), liked author's ambition in trying to incorporate themes related to environmental destruction. Uneven but ok.

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Ellen_C
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BooksAtNight
Beauty | Sheri S. Tepper
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To do list: a mile long. To read list: twice that. What do I do? Go out and get more books :) it's the library's fault for being so accessible and letting me check out as many books as I want. Because graduate student privileges.

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silentrequiem
Beauty | Sheri S. Tepper
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Sheri S. Tepper (1929 - 2016)
This one really hurts. Beauty was one of the first adult SFF novels I read, and it helped shape my love of speculative fiction literature. It blew me away in 10th grade.

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MayMayMayhem
Beauty | Sheri S. Tepper
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My all time favorite book.