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Re-Animator by William J. Norris, Dennis Paoli, Stuart Gordon, H.P. Lovecraft, Jeff Rovin

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ashs_library's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

2.0

I'm really fixated on these films and honestly that's the only reason I made it to the end of the book. Its bad. worse than the film.
I did appreciate the increase of accidental autism coding and trans coding of Herbert. I'm baffled by some additional stuff put in, such as Dan nailing bats to the wall.
Also this is possibly gayer than the film but definitely more homophobic

brom's review against another edition

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challenging dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Gives a lot more context and explains things that the movie only touched upon.

Love how everyone roasts West for being short and gay. As if he’s doing that on purpose.

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koalabarbs's review

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4.0

Hyperfixation went brrrrr. Not sure if this book had even more homoerotic subtext than the movie or was actually homophobic. Probably both.

rocio_voncina's review

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3.0

Titulo: Re-Animator
Autor: Jeff Rovin
Año publicado: 1987
Motivo de lectura: #PopSugarReadingChallenge2023
Lectura / Relectura: Lectura
Fisico / Electronico: Electronico
Mi edicion: -
Idioma: Ingles
Puntuacion: 3/5

Comenzaria por decir que "Re-Animator" es una pelicula de terror clasica de los 80's que me encanta (80's baby here!).

Esta novelizacion es complicada de reseñar, ya que Jeff Rovin se tomo ciertas libertades creativas, si esperas leer esto pensando que es una copia fiel a la pelicula, no lo es.

Por momentos esta novelizacion es aburrida, no puedo decir cual es realmente el fallo, y eso que la pelicula me encanta, quizas sea el estilo de escritura de Jeff, no lo se.

harrietshelley's review against another edition

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slow-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? Yes

2.0

On one hand it gave us Canadian Herbert West, Dan Cain being a bit of a freak, and some really nice personality dialogue for Meg early on. On the other hand, the POV was all over the place (I'd really like to know who's perspective I'm reading at each point), when the book changed movie dialogue it was generally made clunkier and more unnaturally written, and the entire thing lacks emotion -- you don't get to see into the minds of the characters as much as you should.

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doctorw0rm's review against another edition

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3.0

decent book but does not capture the magic OR homoeroticism of the film. jeff rovin does not understand herbert west or re-animator the way i do.

vinfernalis's review

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3.0

gosh

calamitymeat's review against another edition

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dark funny tense medium-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

Herbert West is my silly little baby girl.

wwinter86's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

An awesome novelisation of Re-animator. Not only it is basically word for word the movie like most novelisations but it flushes it out adding more details and scenes. Was pleasantly surprised. Really enjoyed it.

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sil_che_legge's review

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adventurous funny tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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