What if Aladdin had never found the lamp? This first book in the A Twisted Tale line will explore a dark and daring version of Disney’s Aladdin. When Jafar steals the Genie’s lamp, he uses his first two wishes to become sultan and the most powerful sorcerer in the world. Agrabah lives in fear, waiting for his third and final wish.To stop the power-mad ruler, Aladdin and the deposed princess … Jasmine must unite the people of Agrabah in rebellion. But soon their fight for freedom threatens to tear the kingdom apart in a costly civil war. What happens next? A Street Rat becomes a leader. A princess becomes a revolutionary. And readers will never look at the story of Aladdin in the same way again.
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A spin on Aladdin as we know it. What if Jafar gets the lamp at the beginning of the story? This was a fun twisted tale! It has some of the main events from Aladdin but changed them slightly to fit the new storyline. There are some great strong female characters in this book and wanting to see how this story would play out kept my attention throughout.
I’m a big fan of fairy tales revisited or retold. I new I had to read these Twisted Tales books the first time I saw them, but it took me awhile. Finally, I’ve read the first one and I can say that I was impressed. I liked how certain aspects of the story seemed to remain the same or seem very similar in spite of Aladdin not getting the lamp to start with. I also enjoyed how there were parts that seemed somewhat flipped (as in, happening to Jasmine instead of Aladdin in this version.) It’s definitely much darker and more sad than the Disney animated version, as it should be if Jafar is the one to get the lamp initially. I don’t think I was quite prepared for the amount of death, however.
I think fans of Disney films in general and also fans of retold fairy tales will enjoy this book.
What if Aladdin never found the lamp? What if Jafar got it instead? When Jafar steals the lamp from the desert, he uses the genie to make two wishes: To become sultan, and to become the most powerful sorcerer in the world. His third wish is for Jasmine to love him, but luckily, the genie cannot force true love.
Now it is up to Aladdin and his Street Rats to get the lamp and get rid of Jafar. With Jasmine’s help, the group comes up with a plan to do just that. They must battle not only Jafar, but his “back from the dead” army. It is up to Jasmine and Aladdin to unite the people of Agrabah to fight Jafar and win back their city.
I thought this was great. What a clever spin on a favorite Disney book. These are not for young children – fair warning – because there is a lot of fighting, and death involved (more than your typical Disney), so these are for older kids and adults. I thought the book was well written, and well thought out. The story started as the typical story of Aladdin, the one we all know. IT took a few chapters for it to veer off course where Aladdin becomes trapped in the desert and Jafar gets the lamp instead. And then it takes off on its own from there.
My two kids enjoyed it as well, and we are looking forward to reading the others.
This book is just like the movie, except one event happens differently that changes everything! Which means that happy tone you loved about the movie is kind of gone, it’s more somber, sad and tragic. Which is fine and a change of pace from the movie, I enjoyed it! The ending is unpredictable as far as I’m concerned. My only complaint is is that as unpredictable as the ending was, I wasn’t very satisfied with it, seemed very anticlimactic to me.
If you love twisted fairytales, this is the write book for you! I loved the action and romance that was in this book
I loved it and physically couldn’t put it down. A must read for anyone but essoecially a dis ney fan
I think this book is the best book I ever read