“ONCE UPON
A TIME IN Manhattan, I lived in a huge mansion with my hideous stepmother and
her two frightful daughters.” (7) Yep, it’s a Cinderella story.
“It’s hard
to believe that Sylvia Tremaine gets to a term that includes the word “mother.”
She is nothing like our mother. She’s like the total opposite. She’s the
anti-mom.” (5)
Gabriella ,
a 22-year old college dropout, whose “sticky
trust fund situation” left her with no other choice but to live at home with
her wicked stepmother. The story follows the Cinderella tale to a T with having
to do the household chores and putting up with the (verbal) abuse. To me, this
felt a little artificial, not to mention superficial. Yes, there was a
refreshing wit and an endearing quality, especially when dealing with
abandonment issues from the father and a mother that died. But I couldn’t quite
get into this rehash of the classic fairy tale, which is an okay story for me. I
mean, I’ve read other Cinderella stories before, so I wanted to give this
little number with the Manhattan spin a shot. But it just wasn’t the greatest.
My rating: 2 stars
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