Reading Notes: Beauty and the Basilisk

(Basilisk by Friedrich Johann Justin Bertuch 1747-1822)

Reading notes for "Beauty and the Basilisk" by Josef Baudis (Link)

     The story seems to be lacking in details, so for my future stories I would go into more detail about the time period they are living in, the personalities of the characters, their surroundings, and such. The wording was well done, although there could have been better use of more intricate words and more descriptive words. For this specific story, I feel as though the author could have gone into more detail about Mary and the basilisk's relationship. It went from him being incredibly harsh and cruel to her to him becoming a human and them getting married. I'm not sure if the story was meant to be this short, but it feels as though it is lacking important details and that it was rushed. I definitely would be sure to put important notes in the correct places throughout the story, instead of putting them at the end with no real context as to why they are important. Also, for this specific story, I would add more about how the mother felt when she had to give up her daughter. For stories like these, I would add more depth to the characters and to the storyline to be sure to give the readers a good amount of context and emotion. For my future stories, I will try to keep them the proper length while also being able to give more details about the characters and things. I will try to not make the story seem rushed by lack of details and skipping from one part of the story to another without a proper transition.