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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
sad
tense
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I hoped Damien would be somehow more menacing or scary? It felt like a final destination film that got blamed on a kid who was somehow evil?
dark
medium-paced
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
tense
fast-paced
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Contrary to the usual path book-becomes-movie, The Omen is a novelization of the film (1976) of the same name, both written by D. Seltzer, whom, in my opinion, made a tremendous job improving his own work, providing further details on the story and characters. I don't know if he had everything in mind already for the film script and he removed parts due to time-constraints, or if he further imagined the characters' story after having written the movie script; either way, the result is outstanding.
I haven't seen the 2006 remake (and, quite frankly, I don't really want to) but if you've already seen and liked the 1976 film, you'll really like this book. On the other hand, for this particular case I'd recommend you to watch the movie first and read the book afterwards.
I haven't seen the 2006 remake (and, quite frankly, I don't really want to) but if you've already seen and liked the 1976 film, you'll really like this book. On the other hand, for this particular case I'd recommend you to watch the movie first and read the book afterwards.
The whole book made me so frustrated. The writing is dense at times, the characters are as interesting as a loaf of bread and are dumb as hell and the story didn't elicit any emotions from me aside from being bored out of my skull. I really wanted to like this but we don't always get what we want, I guess.
Actual rating: 2.5
CW/TW: murder, gore
I want to note that I have never seen the movie that this book is a novelisation for.
Overall, I found this audiobook underwhelming. Don't get me wrong - this book is well-written, the story was interesting and full of demons and '666', the plot made sense, wasn't too wordy or too vague. And yet, it was only ever okay for me. I couldn't become engaged which took away any sort of creep-factor the story had.
This was definitely partially due to the narrator. Despite being clear and easy to follow, there was something about her 'smokey', sing-songy voice which just took away from the story for me.
Other than that, it's hard to put my finger on what threw me off but this wasn't the book for me.
Thank you to Libro.FM and the publisher for providing me with a copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review!
CW/TW: murder, gore
I want to note that I have never seen the movie that this book is a novelisation for.
Overall, I found this audiobook underwhelming. Don't get me wrong - this book is well-written, the story was interesting and full of demons and '666', the plot made sense, wasn't too wordy or too vague. And yet, it was only ever okay for me. I couldn't become engaged which took away any sort of creep-factor the story had.
This was definitely partially due to the narrator. Despite being clear and easy to follow, there was something about her 'smokey', sing-songy voice which just took away from the story for me.
Other than that, it's hard to put my finger on what threw me off but this wasn't the book for me.
Thank you to Libro.FM and the publisher for providing me with a copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review!