altruest's review
5.0
I love Ryan North. I've been reading his Dinosaur Comics for years, and following his writing projects for about as long(the Machine of Death anthology being one of my favorites of all time). His style of humor is perfect for pointing out the absolute ridiculousness of the subject of the book, the novelization of Back to the Future, as written by George Gipe.
I don't have much to say about this other than its hilarious and you should get it if you're even remotely familiar with the Back to the Future franchise (Don't tell anyone, but I've never seen the movie; this is my second time reading the book and I loved it even more than the first). North obviously writes this out of love for the series, and through the ineptitude of the novelization you can see the mastery in the final script for the movie.
My one complaint is that originally, each section of the novel started out as a Tumblr post, all of which were then packaged up in book form. On Kindle the links are still clickable, however many of them are no longer active since he book was published. Also, the gifs at the top of some chapters don't play.
Still a great book though.
5/5 stars, recommended for anyone who likes Back to the Future, Film in general, or fun times with a fun guy.
I don't have much to say about this other than its hilarious and you should get it if you're even remotely familiar with the Back to the Future franchise (Don't tell anyone, but I've never seen the movie; this is my second time reading the book and I loved it even more than the first). North obviously writes this out of love for the series, and through the ineptitude of the novelization you can see the mastery in the final script for the movie.
My one complaint is that originally, each section of the novel started out as a Tumblr post, all of which were then packaged up in book form. On Kindle the links are still clickable, however many of them are no longer active since he book was published. Also, the gifs at the top of some chapters don't play.
Still a great book though.
5/5 stars, recommended for anyone who likes Back to the Future, Film in general, or fun times with a fun guy.
finesilkflower's review
4.0
So, this is just a book that was slapped together from a limited run blog (it even retains blog-related language and 'tags' for each 'entry', which is worth it because the tags are so funny). The premise: Ryan North, author of "Dinosaur Comix," found an insane novelization of the movie "Back to the Future" that was apparently written from an early script draft by an over-the-top melodramatic author, and he has so much to say about it that he writes basically a blog entry about each page. It's the experience of ragging on a dumb book with your friends, but it's the perfect book - not to mention a chance to reflect on how great "Back to the Future" really is, through negative comparison to some of the weird choices in the novelization. Ryan North is one hilarious Canadian goofball.
jfranco77's review
3.0
Ryan North wrote a page-by-page commentary on the novelization of the Back to the Future film. The novelization, based on an early script and written by a somewhat insane author, is definitely the kind of thing you'd want to go through page by page. North had originally posted these on his Tumblr feed, but they were compiled into book form to make them easy to read.
The B^F book has its hilarious moments, and North makes the most of them. There were a lot of LOL moments in his comments. But the book definitely dragged at times when the source didn't provide any rich material to mine.
I enjoyed this book... not nearly as much as those who posted rave reviews, but it was definitely a solid read. Don't be afraid that it's listed at 400 pages - there's a lot of pictures.
The B^F book has its hilarious moments, and North makes the most of them. There were a lot of LOL moments in his comments. But the book definitely dragged at times when the source didn't provide any rich material to mine.
I enjoyed this book... not nearly as much as those who posted rave reviews, but it was definitely a solid read. Don't be afraid that it's listed at 400 pages - there's a lot of pictures.
enchiladaplate's review
4.0
Really all you need to know about this book is from the description:
"In 1984, George Gipe was contracted to write the novelization of the movie Back To The Future. He was supplied with a screenplay still in flux, writing his novelization even as the movie itself was being rewritten and as major roles were being recast (Michael J. Fox was not the first person to play Marty McFly). Partially because of this, and partially because of Gipe's natural writing style, the novelization is coo-coo bananas. It is totally insane. It's... kind of awesome?
I feel like I should mention that after he submitted his manuscript, George Gipe was stung to death by bees."
I laughed out loud a lot while reading this. Ryan North is hilarious. And I learned a few things about one of my favorite movies.
"In 1984, George Gipe was contracted to write the novelization of the movie Back To The Future. He was supplied with a screenplay still in flux, writing his novelization even as the movie itself was being rewritten and as major roles were being recast (Michael J. Fox was not the first person to play Marty McFly). Partially because of this, and partially because of Gipe's natural writing style, the novelization is coo-coo bananas. It is totally insane. It's... kind of awesome?
I feel like I should mention that after he submitted his manuscript, George Gipe was stung to death by bees."
I laughed out loud a lot while reading this. Ryan North is hilarious. And I learned a few things about one of my favorite movies.
mlinsey's review
5.0
I saw Back to the Future specifically so I could read this book, and that was a great decision. This is the funniest thing I have read this year.
laurenjamesauthor's review
5.0
I'm pretty sure i laughed out loud at this book (novel length review?) more than i have at any book ever. people told me to Jesus Christ, Just Shut Up Already Lauren, multiple times, which, as im sure you will agree, is the most desired consequence of reading material.
also ryan north: i want one pls
also ryan north: i want one pls