welshrebel1776's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
andreavisbal240's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
browneyesblue84's review against another edition
5.0
“It’s not a cage, baby. It’s a trap.”
Laurie waited 40 years for the moment to come face to face with The Shape aka Michael Audrey Myers again and this time she’s ready for him. Only this time she has a daughter and granddaughter to protect.
The Official Halloween Novelization written by author John Passarella is even better than the movie in my opinion. Mind you I really like the movie, saw it twice in theaters and am looking forward to the sequel. I’ll read that novelization as well when it’s published. There were a few loose ends that it cleared up for me such as what happened after Julian left, who those random women were that Michael killed and Michael’s fate at the end of the movie. This was an easy read for me and the first paperback book that I read so far this year. I was happy when the idea for a new Halloween movie emerged. One that ignored every movie after the first. Mind you I like those movies ( even Rob Zombie’s take on the series).
Previously, I wasn’t familiar with the author’s other novelizations. However, I truly hope that he gets a chance to write the upcoming novelization as well as the final one in the trilogy. I’m rating Halloween five out of five stars.
Laurie waited 40 years for the moment to come face to face with The Shape aka Michael Audrey Myers again and this time she’s ready for him. Only this time she has a daughter and granddaughter to protect.
The Official Halloween Novelization written by author John Passarella is even better than the movie in my opinion. Mind you I really like the movie, saw it twice in theaters and am looking forward to the sequel. I’ll read that novelization as well when it’s published. There were a few loose ends that it cleared up for me such as what happened after Julian left, who those random women were that Michael killed and Michael’s fate at the end of the movie. This was an easy read for me and the first paperback book that I read so far this year. I was happy when the idea for a new Halloween movie emerged. One that ignored every movie after the first. Mind you I like those movies ( even Rob Zombie’s take on the series).
Previously, I wasn’t familiar with the author’s other novelizations. However, I truly hope that he gets a chance to write the upcoming novelization as well as the final one in the trilogy. I’m rating Halloween five out of five stars.
leesapollo's review against another edition
5.0
Read it within 24h, despite already seeing the movie I couldn’t put it down. I love the extras you get from reading a book like the thoughts of the characters written down on the page as opposed to the actors trying to convey that thought and ultimately leaving it up for the audience to translate the end result.
I was happy the internal monologue of Myers was conveyed to that level of insight. My skin literally crawled when we were taken on a hunt with Michael stalking through the streets of Haddonfield.
I took way more from this novel than from the movie. A massive Halloween fan. A very happy chippy. Thanks to the author!
I was happy the internal monologue of Myers was conveyed to that level of insight. My skin literally crawled when we were taken on a hunt with Michael stalking through the streets of Haddonfield.
I took way more from this novel than from the movie. A massive Halloween fan. A very happy chippy. Thanks to the author!
michaelrcalkins's review against another edition
dark
funny
tense
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? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Cursing
Minor: Sexual content
geofroggatt's review against another edition
3.0
This movie novelization did what most movie novelizations do and told the exact same story as the movie while providing insights and extra context for the characters and situations from the movie. While this novelization did a great job adapting the script to book form, I wish there were more additional content that wasn’t in the movie. There were actually a few moments that weren’t in the novel, including one of my favorite moments with Karen in the basement. While I loved the movie that this novelization is based off of, I found Michael Myers to be less interesting in book format.
itcamefromthepage's review against another edition
4.0
Fleshes out the film in a great way and is my preferred way of experiencing this story.
whaydengilbert's review against another edition
2.0
There was no movie I was more psyched for last year than the return of Halloween. I was disappointed to say the least. So I tried finishing the novelization before revisiting it, but it's just so bad, even by novelization standards. The Halloween franchise has a history of having the likes of Dennis Etchison doing the novelizations for 2 and Season of the Witch, and oftentimes, when written by a talented author, they can be a way of gaining insight into the story and side characters, building the world and so on. And if nothing else, I was hoping it might contain some pieces from the previous 40 drafts of the screenplay. But the only further insight given are on tedious descriptions of physical places and things. It often reads like fanfiction (funny, given how the film turned out), but I mean, like, down to the pages-long descriptions of what everyone is wearing. There's absolutely no perspective or character to its voice, and often we jump from POV to POV between sentences. It's really pretty terrible. I'm glad we got another Halloween, but man it leaves a lot to be desired.