Reviews by Tag: classic retelling

10 Things I Hate About You is a film about a rebellious and edgy girl named Kat. Kat has a younger sister named Bianca, who is kind and popular. The two sisters have a very strict father, who is incredibly strict about boys in particular. Bianca is very eager to have a boyfriend, and she asks her father if she is allowed to. In return, her father says that she is only allowed to date when Kat does. As Kat has no interest in boys, this makes it incredibly hard for Bianca.

Dog Man and Cat Kid is a graphic novel by Dav Pilkey, the fourth book of the Dog Man series. George and Harold start off by saying that they were reading a classic called East of Eden. In this book, there are people planning to make a movie about Dog Man. Dog Man is in charge of guarding a famous actress in the movie. Petey escapes jail again and takes Li'l Petey.

Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties by Dav Pilkey is the third book of the Dog Man series. At the end of the last book, the evil fish Flippy was defeated. In this book, Petey buys a clone machine and intends to make a servant, but instead of an identical cat coming out, a kid pops out- named Li'l Petey. He meets Dog Man at one point and they become friends. Meanwhile, some scientists are doing research on Flippy’s brain and Dog Man is in charge of guarding them.

Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas by Dav Pileky is a graphic novel in the Dog Man series. George and Harold are reading the book Lord of the Flies. In this book, Petey escapes jail again and takes Li’l Petey from Dog Man. He explains to Li’l Petey that he had made some enemies in his childhood. To get revenge, they were coming for Li’l Petey, so he needed to escape town.

Summary: Grendel presents itself as a parallel novel to the first ever epic of Beowulf, telling the story of the monster Grendel. Grendel lives in an isolated cave with his mother, whom throughout the novel, he is unable to communicate with. Eventually, Grendel begins to wander further outside the cave, encountering humans. At first, he tries to befriend them. However, he is only seen as a monster and the humans attack him.

Our Violent Ends, by Chloe Gong, is the sequel to These Violent Delights and a continuation of the retelling of Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare.  After Juliet’s supposed betrayal, Roma is on a spree of vengeance while Juliet tries to maintain her role as heir within the Scarlet Gang.  But as both Gangs face blackmails that threaten to release more monsters, a collaboration of the heirs is proposed and the two back where they started.

These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong is a teen fiction book but is a retelling of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.  The book follows Roma Montagov and Juliet Cai, the two heirs of the most fearsome gangs in 1926 Shanghai.  It follows them in both the present and the past as the two struggle with their romantic relationship, as well as the threat of a monster lurking the streets.  I personally loved this book; its plot, characters, and the world itself.  It takes Romeo and Juliet’s main plot

Madeline Miller’s Circe is a retelling of the ancient Greek myth of a witch with the powers of transformation. Born to Helios, the Titan god of the sun yet evidently without any powers of her own, Circe has a childhood in the shadows, largely unnoticed unless harassed. She discovers her magical abilities after picking flowers grown from the blood of gods and is cast down from the halls of the gods for her offense. Stranded on an island and forbidden to leave, a cast of characters from Greek mythology enter her story.

Darling is a story about Wendy, your average new girl in town. She misses the life she left behind and wants to finally meet her online friend despite her parent’s refusal. But instead, she quickly finds herself swept up into a night of chaos. After a strange encounter she ends up spending the night with Peter and his gang. But it doesn’t take long for her to realize that there’s something off about Peter. That maybe his gang isn’t as much of a family as they originally seemed.

One year has passed since the destruction of These Violent Delights, and Shanghai is on the brink of upheaval. Whispers of civil war hang in a mist over the streets, and the Scarlet Gang is stretched thin between the leadership of Juliette and her ruthless cousin Tyler, who threatens to usurp her.