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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
⭐️
Critical Score: D+
Personal Score: D-
The only thing going for this is a fast pace and a cinematic sensibility. That makes sense. This is the novelization of the author’s own screenplay. So it’s also not shocking that the book adds absolutely nothing to the story that the movie doesn’t more interestingly deliver.
But my real issue with this book is how awful its politics are. Sexist, imperialist, classist, racist, homophobic. And it promotes Christian Zionism with the grace of a conspiracy theorist.
The characters are dumb, the plot is implausible and goofy. There’s very little horror in Damien himself; he’s barely in the story.
Also, did that have to insert movie photos where they spoil the whole plot before the reader’s gotten more than 85 pages in? I’ve seen the movie a few times already, but still, dumb marketing move.
This book is a huge disappointment of pulp nonsense. Unsure if I’ll end up hating the movie too after a rewatch.
Critical Score: D+
Personal Score: D-
The only thing going for this is a fast pace and a cinematic sensibility. That makes sense. This is the novelization of the author’s own screenplay. So it’s also not shocking that the book adds absolutely nothing to the story that the movie doesn’t more interestingly deliver.
But my real issue with this book is how awful its politics are. Sexist, imperialist, classist, racist, homophobic. And it promotes Christian Zionism with the grace of a conspiracy theorist.
The characters are dumb, the plot is implausible and goofy. There’s very little horror in Damien himself; he’s barely in the story.
Also, did that have to insert movie photos where they spoil the whole plot before the reader’s gotten more than 85 pages in? I’ve seen the movie a few times already, but still, dumb marketing move.
This book is a huge disappointment of pulp nonsense. Unsure if I’ll end up hating the movie too after a rewatch.
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Este libro es sin duda uno de los mejores que he leído este año.
Es dinámico, no hay momento en el que no esté pasando algo, la información es dada de a cuenta gota y nos vamos enterando (aunque más o menos sabemos bastante desde el inicio), como se desarrolla la historia junto a Thorne, el protagonista.
Sinceramente me encantó como Seltzer ha creado esta historia. Como lo terrorífico va en aumento, cómo crea la desesperación en los personajes y ha creado a Demian, no como un monstruo, sino como un niño. Es un nene bastante normal dentro de todo, lo que hace que sea todo incluso peor, porque por quién es, es el antagonista, pero no podés no verlo como un niño inocente y tranquilo.
No quiero destripar mucho la historia porque no es muy larga, pero está lleno de detalles interesantes. Recomiendo muchísimo el libro si les gusta el género.
Si bien nunca me dio miedo, me ha gustado mucho el ambiente tétrico del libro.
Es dinámico, no hay momento en el que no esté pasando algo, la información es dada de a cuenta gota y nos vamos enterando (aunque más o menos sabemos bastante desde el inicio), como se desarrolla la historia junto a Thorne, el protagonista.
Sinceramente me encantó como Seltzer ha creado esta historia. Como lo terrorífico va en aumento, cómo crea la desesperación en los personajes y ha creado a Demian, no como un monstruo, sino como un niño. Es un nene bastante normal dentro de todo, lo que hace que sea todo incluso peor, porque por quién es, es el antagonista, pero no podés no verlo como un niño inocente y tranquilo.
No quiero destripar mucho la historia porque no es muy larga, pero está lleno de detalles interesantes. Recomiendo muchísimo el libro si les gusta el género.
Si bien nunca me dio miedo, me ha gustado mucho el ambiente tétrico del libro.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This was like reading a movie, which I suppose is the whole point, considering the author's note about how this story came to be.
If you've seen the movie, then this is basically the exact same thing. If you haven't, then I think I'd suggest you watch it first, before reading the book, simply because I'm not quite sure I would have been able to really get a mental image of what the characters look like without the memory of the movie to help.
The story itself is good, but the writing is sometimes not very evocative, to me at least. I would have liked more character focus and development, get the plot more fleshed out. It would have been nice to get more of the thoughts of the characters, a bit more complexity to their personalities, the kind of thing that's near impossible to properly convey through cinema but if perfectly possible in prose.
All in all, a short and entertaining read, but if it wasn't for the movie, this would be a forgettable book for me.
If you've seen the movie, then this is basically the exact same thing. If you haven't, then I think I'd suggest you watch it first, before reading the book, simply because I'm not quite sure I would have been able to really get a mental image of what the characters look like without the memory of the movie to help.
The story itself is good, but the writing is sometimes not very evocative, to me at least. I would have liked more character focus and development, get the plot more fleshed out. It would have been nice to get more of the thoughts of the characters, a bit more complexity to their personalities, the kind of thing that's near impossible to properly convey through cinema but if perfectly possible in prose.
All in all, a short and entertaining read, but if it wasn't for the movie, this would be a forgettable book for me.
This was a comfort read as I’ve only ever seen the movie. A good ol’ classic.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
It's effective at times, and there are some moments that made me gasp, but the moral and thematical basis is questionable at best. It's fine in itself a fiction book, though, despite the constant derivative badgering about politics.
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
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