bishop's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
elfsara's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
haf59's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
This one is a bit of a misfire. If you've seen the movie, essentially everything in the book will be familiar to you. A flourish here, fleshing out a little thought there ... the differences are small and insignificant, as far as the action and plot and so forth. But, while I'm not saying Foster is a bad writer, I am saying he's a bad match for this material. It comes across as limper, more beige, and infinitely less urgent. The film is all tension and adrenaline, and the book ... is not. It fairly faithfully relates the details, and even in the kindle version, the editorial errors in the text are minimal. But it doesn't make you care. The video game novelization did that much better - it at least had impetus. Sigh.
dudderz's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
magos_trismegistos's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
viscountcarnacki's review against another edition
5.0
A master class in the art of movie novelisation.
deaddegrees's review against another edition
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0