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daiareads's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
3.25
akookieforyou's review against another edition
4.0
*3.75*
Spookathon 2018
“The human mind is a strange and wonderful thing,” he said reflectively, “but I’m not sure it will ever figure itself out. Everything else, maybe—from sub-atomic particles to the universe—except itself.”
This book was very captivating; I could hardly put it down! It's not extremely scary, or horrific, in my opinion. But manages to keep a very creepy atmosphere. There's always this sense of unease and dread that I had while reading it. I highly enjoyed this classic, ans can't wait to watch the movie.
Spookathon 2018
“The human mind is a strange and wonderful thing,” he said reflectively, “but I’m not sure it will ever figure itself out. Everything else, maybe—from sub-atomic particles to the universe—except itself.”
This book was very captivating; I could hardly put it down! It's not extremely scary, or horrific, in my opinion. But manages to keep a very creepy atmosphere. There's always this sense of unease and dread that I had while reading it. I highly enjoyed this classic, ans can't wait to watch the movie.
jenhurst's review against another edition
4.0
I don’t think I would’ve been able to read this physically since it was so dry. But as an audiobook I found it very enjoyable. It’s a little outdated, but still enjoyable and if you are a fan of classic scifi or first contact with aliens I recommend it.
gigiviolent's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Invasion of The Body Snatchers is one of my go-to comfort horror films that I've been watching since I was a kid. The remake with Lenard Nemoy. This is my first time reading the book, though, and I loved it.
There is so much philosophy in the book that I think is missing from the file though I do think that the book lacks in certain ways that the film excels in but bother are great and feed into eachother.
There were some moments when I felt like the language in the book was unnecessarily verbose, or that the characters made choices that I thought were.....really kind of unrealistic. ~spoiler~ For example, when they make it out of town to a motel but then decide to just...turn back and go back into town, I don't think anyone would make that decision. There were also moments where I felt like it was obvious that the person they were talking to was a pod person but they were still like...listening to them (Manny when he was telling them that it was all a delusion and the professor telling them that the article was BS- I thought it was pretty obvious that they weren't human at that point).~end spoiler ~
Overall, this was an amazing, suspenseful sci-fi classic that was just as good as the film and might become a go-to comfort horror read.
There is so much philosophy in the book that I think is missing from the file though I do think that the book lacks in certain ways that the film excels in but bother are great and feed into eachother.
There were some moments when I felt like the language in the book was unnecessarily verbose, or that the characters made choices that I thought were.....really kind of unrealistic. ~spoiler~ For example, when they make it out of town to a motel but then decide to just...turn back and go back into town, I don't think anyone would make that decision. There were also moments where I felt like it was obvious that the person they were talking to was a pod person but they were still like...listening to them (Manny when he was telling them that it was all a delusion and the professor telling them that the article was BS- I thought it was pretty obvious that they weren't human at that point).~end spoiler ~
Overall, this was an amazing, suspenseful sci-fi classic that was just as good as the film and might become a go-to comfort horror read.
bass_clarinet's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Would likely read again for fun. Not a lot of development. I felt that the main character was a little too intuitive at times, a little too conveniently quick to catch on to things. I enjoyed suspending disbelief though for a short while reading this alien book.
alemarest's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
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? No
4.0
badseedgirl's review against another edition
4.0
I have seen all the movies. It was time to read the novel. I was both excited by this novel and disappointed by the ending. I now see why each movie has a different ending and none of them match the novels. Jack Finney was able to keep an tense pace going in what was basically a 200 page extended chase scene. It was a tad nonsensical from a biological standpoint what happened to the human bodies after "conversion" but that was a minor point and at least Mr. Finney tried to address it. I also liked the blatant self promoting of his other novel Time and Again, although that must have been an addition in a later edition of the novel as that work did not come out until 1970. Over all a classic that I am glad I have finally read.