A review by askirmishofwit
Kong: Skull Island - The Official Movie Novelization by Tim Lebbon

3.0

If you've seen the film, this novelisation isn't mind blowing or derivative. However if you've seen the film, enjoyed it, but wished you'd had longer in characters' heads to explore their motivations, then this book goes some way towards that goal. Insight into the backstories of Weaver and Conrad in particular are (unsurprisingly) a feature of the novelisation, and help to answer a few more niggling doubts I had about their characterisation during the film. Look, at the end of the day, the writing isn't amazing, but it's perfectly passable and readable and compelling, especially during the action scenes which can be hard to translate from a very visual medium to a page. Overall, though my experience of them is limited, I'd say it's a pretty solid novelisation, and worth a (quick) read if you enjoyed the film itself.