

I don't remember ever reading this (just warching the movies) so it was time to rectify that. I didn't have the original story so I went with the 2017 film's novelization. It was good, and Gaston is still his magnificently douchey, but it loses a bit of magic without the music. You still feel for the castle staff, worry about Papa, and hate the book-loathing townsfolk, but the lyrics of the songs do so much to drive home the feelings.
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