LitPick Review
In The Beast and the Bethany, there is a man, Ebenezer Tweezer, who is 511 years old and keeps a beast in a room in his house. He feeds the beast whatever it wants, and in return, the beast gives him gifts and potions to make him stay young. The beast gets more and more greedy with his requests for food and eventually requests a child to eat. Ebenezer finds the most awful child he can, and that is Bethany. But as he gets to know Bethany, he finds out that maybe she doesn´t deserve to be eaten.
Opinion:
I really enjoyed this book. It was a little bit predictable as I could figure out early on what happened at the end. But, it was also funny. In the book, there were many times when I would laugh at something because it was just so ridiculous such as some of the names: Ebenezer Tweezer and Miss Fizzlewick. It was quite suspenseful as well, especially towards the end when the beast gets upset. It was also a great example of why you shouldn´t judge someone without getting to know them because Ebenezer judges Bethany one way but soon begins to realize that he was wrong. Overall, it was pretty good, and I would definitely recommend it.
