

YouTube | Blog | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Snapchat. The Finer Books Club - 2018 Reading Challenge: A book based on a TV show or movie I liked her display of emotion and range of tone. Read by Lucy Rayner - and she did a pretty good job. Those aspects were truly fantastic in the movie but in the book, they were only given the barest of details (or should I say bearest?). The only thing that was missing was the amazing detail from the movie - such as Merida's hair or the whimsical magic. I enjoyed how you can really see how the mother-daughter pair really cared for each other, just not in the way that the other needed. I definitely feel like the relationship between Merida and her mother is a bit more fleshed out in the novel and I understand the subtleties between their arguments significantly better. The novel, however, was a whole other story.īrave the novel was a true-to-movie adaption - but it does give the audience a smidge more detail (too which I'm eternally grateful!). (Though, I loved just watching Merida's wild mane bounce across the screen.) I remember the movie absolutely amazing me with the animation.but ultimately bewildered and confused - there's too much that happened and I just couldn't follow the plot. With her mom transformed into a bear and only three days to end the curse - what can Merida possibly do?ĭare I say it? I liked this one better than the movie!

Merida, even more desperate than before, decides to use magic to convince her mother that her actions were right.only that magic misfires in a major way. In a last-ditch effort, Merida throws the archery contest designed to win her hand by competing (and winning) her own hand.Īnd (most of all), Merida's mom is furious. Merida, even more de Merida, a Scottish Princess, must be married according to tradition and her mother's wishes - which amounts to her being won in a contest.ĭesperate and despondent, Merida tries convincing her mother every which way but her mom refuses to listen. And (most of all), Merida's mom is furious. In a last-ditch effort, Merida throws the archery contest designed to win her hand by competing (and winning) her own hand. Desperate and despondent, Merida tries convincing her mother every which way but her mom refuses to listen.

Merida, a Scottish Princess, must be married according to tradition and her mother's wishes - which amounts to her being won in a contest.
