The book was way better than I expected. The movie trailers make it look campy fun, like Sky High which I LOVE, but the book is pretty serious. There are some light-hearted moments, but you can tell it's taking itself seriously.
The Isle people live a pretty depressing life. I mean, they live off garbage, basically. Yeah, they're villains, but their kids aren't. So why are the Auradon people okay with letting these kids eat garbage? I guess that's the point of the movie, that Ben realizes it's not fair.
The book focuses on the 4 Isle kids, plus Ben. Ben is more likeable than I expected, but I still prefer the villain kids. Carlos was my surprise favorite by, like, A LOT. I like Mal, Evie and Jay about equally, but none of them even comes close to Carlos. Mal's probably my second fave, followed by Evie (who's a bit naive) and Jay last. But they're so close, second, third and fourth really don't matter.
There are a lot of other villain kids on the Isle. I'm not going to make a list, because I'm lazy right now, but Lady Tremaine has a male child, the stepsisters have produced a bunch of "step-granddaughters," Gaston has twins named amusingly Gaston Jr. and Gaston the Third, Hook has a daughter, Clayton from Tarzan has a kid. Nngh, can't recall any others off the top of my head. A lot of them have pets from the villain animals, like Flotsam and Jetsam, Lucifer and the hyenas from the Lion King.
I really enjoyed the book. It's a super fun read and much darker and bleaker than I imagined. I'm impressed!
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