Follows the troupes perfectly doesn't even try to change it. Disliked that beauty means you are good and ugly means you are bad. That evil cannot find love or something relating to love when that fits Snow White step mother same with Cinderella and they both were beautiful same with Malifecent.
Feels like the arthour of this book didn't read any fairy tale story so he went one note.
If the world in this story makes you beautiful if you are good it doesn't make sense why two Hort and Dot were ugly and gross to start with. Why the good side no hint at all.