Reviews - Who Censored Roger Rabbit?

You need to sign in or sign up before continuing.

Who Censored Roger Rabbit? by Gary K. Wolf

179 reviews for:

Like a lot of millennials, the movie "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" was a cornerstone for an intersection of personality. It informed many loves, from noir to mixed media. It was so unique and heartfelt with goofball grit—truly great stuff. Naturally, I'd always been curious about the source material, though I knew it to be a loose basis. This is a hoot as well with a lot of fun plays of gruff and moody lines. Although it incorporates more cartoonish dynamics in some regards—toons speaking in actual speech bubbles, for one—the story as a whole operates with more of a sense that toons are playing in the real-world, while the film adaptation has humans at the mercy of toon inanity. Both are push and pull, each a different recipe of slapstick and hardboiled. Both work, though this version has a few plot points and themes that don't quite tie up for me. But it's pretty incredible to create a character that's a sorta amalgamation of beloved toons to ham it up in a genre parody that then goes on to make said toon a legend. What a romp.

echombravo's review against another edition

2.0

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

hushed's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

qdbarclay1994's review against another edition

4.0

This novel is the basis for its more famous film counterpart Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and the book broadly follows the same plot of detective Eddie Valiant and the non-human Illustration/Toon Roger Rabbit conducting a murder investigation with many complications and plot twists. Without going into spoilers, the book has a bit more of an edge to it but is different enough that it's worth reading even if you've already seen the movie.

victorianabigail's review against another edition

4.0

A masterpiece of world building that's also a pretty good mystery. The end felt a bit out of nowhere, but Wolf is perfect in establishing his society of humans and Toons.