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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
Entertaining but the movie suffices.
“‘Life is a bleeding, screaming, violently jerking pig in your arms. And death is you holding a bunch of heavy unmoving meat.’”
“And for the first time in ten years, Rick realizes how fortunate he is and was…All the interesting people he got to work with. All the places he got to visit. All the fun stories he got to live…He looks around at the fabulous house he owns. Paid for by doing what he used to do for free when he was a little boy: pretending to be a cowboy.”
“‘Life is a bleeding, screaming, violently jerking pig in your arms. And death is you holding a bunch of heavy unmoving meat.’”
“And for the first time in ten years, Rick realizes how fortunate he is and was…All the interesting people he got to work with. All the places he got to visit. All the fun stories he got to live…He looks around at the fabulous house he owns. Paid for by doing what he used to do for free when he was a little boy: pretending to be a cowboy.”
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
So that was a quick and enjoyable read. I loved the film and seen it multiple times. So obviously I had to get the book. I loved how you get to know more backstory on the characters and a much deeper look into Cliff. Probably my favourite chapter was on how Cliff was introduced to Brandy. That story was sad and fantastic. Cliff was probably the best part of the book. Some little bits I thought was a tad boring and dragged on which knocked it away from being a 5 star for me.
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Holy cow, not a straight up novelization of the film but a supportive text of the film. Almost like outtakes.
funny
lighthearted
tense
slow-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:
Yes
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
My first “movie to book” rather than book to movie. If you enjoy Tarantino’s dialogue , especially his character building & off the cuff conversations then you’ll love this. It reads just how you’d expect but flows so well, I read 400 pages in 2 days. A must for Quentin fans
funny
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I liked it. I mean, it’s exactly what you think it’s going to be (ready player one for Hollywood nerds) but I enjoyed spending a weekend reading it while floating in my pool.
It’s really interesting trying to work out what here comes from the script and what, if anything, was written after the movie came out. Judging from the trailer that accompanies this novel, a lot of the conversations and extended scenes from the movie that are featured here were actually filmed but ultimately cut. I wish I could see that footage, but I do have to say after reading this that I think the finished movie is better for trimming the fat.
Spending more time with the characters was fun. In some ways (their language, for one) they feel more authentic to the period. Actually in general they are a lot uglier here. Some stuff goes so far as to be nasty - Cliff, for instance, is portrayed as way more of a psycho misogynistic weirdo in this, which is interesting, but there’s also a misogynistic tone that hangs around the edges of the novel generally which never stops being uncomfortable; I don’t think you can chalk it all up to character voice.
Narrative choices here are really interesting, with MAJOR threads and connective tissue that was crucial to giving the movie its overall shape being completely cut or only very minimally mentioned. In that way this works way better as a companion to the movie than it does as an alternative version of the story. Interestingly the two versions do not (or cannot) take place within the same diegesis because quite a few things are different between them.
Anyway those are my immediate thoughts finishing this late at night. Worth a read if you like the movie/Tarantino/whatever but if you don’t then it goes without saying that you won’t like this either
It’s really interesting trying to work out what here comes from the script and what, if anything, was written after the movie came out. Judging from the trailer that accompanies this novel, a lot of the conversations and extended scenes from the movie that are featured here were actually filmed but ultimately cut. I wish I could see that footage, but I do have to say after reading this that I think the finished movie is better for trimming the fat.
Spending more time with the characters was fun. In some ways (their language, for one) they feel more authentic to the period. Actually in general they are a lot uglier here. Some stuff goes so far as to be nasty - Cliff, for instance, is portrayed as way more of a psycho misogynistic weirdo in this, which is interesting, but there’s also a misogynistic tone that hangs around the edges of the novel generally which never stops being uncomfortable; I don’t think you can chalk it all up to character voice.
Narrative choices here are really interesting, with MAJOR threads and connective tissue that was crucial to giving the movie its overall shape being completely cut or only very minimally mentioned. In that way this works way better as a companion to the movie than it does as an alternative version of the story. Interestingly the two versions do not (or cannot) take place within the same diegesis because quite a few things are different between them.
Anyway those are my immediate thoughts finishing this late at night. Worth a read if you like the movie/Tarantino/whatever but if you don’t then it goes without saying that you won’t like this either