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dark
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? It's complicated
2.0
Props to Michael Avallone for following an earlier version of the script for this movie and making it a book, I suppose, but honestly, I feel as though this novelization of Friday the 13th part 3 pales drastically in comparison to the one done by Simon Hawke, based on the final version of the film.
I think my biggest issues here are that Jason feels very out-of-character, Avallone did nothing to flesh out or make us care about any of the characters at all, and the ending is very confusing. Are we supposed to be left to draw our own conclusions? Because all I'm drawing is a great big question mark at everything that happened here.
Once again, a huge thanks to The 80s Slasher Librarian channel on YouTube, for doing their fan-made audiobooks! I wouldn't have been able to go through this book otherwise, I don't think, and that channel is an absolute godsend for these old out-of-print slasher books!
I think my biggest issues here are that Jason feels very out-of-character, Avallone did nothing to flesh out or make us care about any of the characters at all, and the ending is very confusing. Are we supposed to be left to draw our own conclusions? Because all I'm drawing is a great big question mark at everything that happened here.
Once again, a huge thanks to The 80s Slasher Librarian channel on YouTube, for doing their fan-made audiobooks! I wouldn't have been able to go through this book otherwise, I don't think, and that channel is an absolute godsend for these old out-of-print slasher books!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Blood, Gore, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Racism
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