If your child does want to listen or read this, please discuss the theme and resolution of this book because I feel it a little rushed and does not make up for the extreme amount of abuse that Aza subjects herself to when it comes to her appearance. You probably know, but I didn't, that movie scenes are shot out of order and over and over again. He and I were allowed by the producers to observe for three days. David took these photos during a day's filming at Powerscourt Estate, site of the highest waterfall in Ireland. I just don’t think it’s the most healthy book for building up a young child’s confidence. Ella Enchanted the movie was shot in and around Dublin, Ireland. While I am think it was wonderful there was more realistic growth at the end and it wasn’t a “happily ever after I found love so I love myself”, I don’t think the last ten pages of the book really made up for the hours of berating herself for her appearance. I was getting so annoyed at Aza’s obsession with beauty and fixation on her ugliness. There is a frustratingly amount of negative self talk that even though there is growth at the end, dominates the story and theme. As an elementary school social worker, I don’t know if I would necessarily recommend this to a young girl. (The side characters also weren’t as well developed either though so this is partly due to the writing) I would have thought this the perfect book to include music like the Ella Enchanted one, but nope. Even by the end of the book, I was struggling keeping the names of minor characters straight because there was no significant differentiation between the voices. Lots of negative self talk, but was enjoyable
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