Disney Manga: Beauty and the Beast - The Beast's Tale

I received this book through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review

Let me start this review by saying that I do really like fairy tales and I also really love manga.

When I picked up this manga, I was hoping it would be more than the new live-action movie– some insights and extra scenes... no, there are less scenes because we don't get the scenes without Beast. Because of this, the story goes very fast and seems choppy. This scene– then to this one– And then here! Although, I'll admit that I think this one was better than Belle's Tale.

The other thing I disliked was how the speech bubbles were. I have never read a comic like that. Usually they low, left to right top to bottom, or right to life top of bottom of the page. This one is right to left panels and within the panels top to bottom bubbles. That is the ONLY WAY the story makes sense and it is so annoying. And the page in the back explaining how to read it, is not accurate for what is in the book.

I will say I enjoyed the artwork and thought they did a good job capturing the background.

Therefore, I'd recommend this story to younger children and hope they understand how the bubbles work.