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fien_p's review against another edition
2.0
Who would’ve thought I’d ever think a movie is better than the book?
miss_alaina's review against another edition
1.0
As someone who watches "E.T." quite frequently, I have to say that everything about this book was just awful. All the wonderful things that make the movie so beautiful were completely destroyed in this book. My main complaint is that the multiple perspectives were unnecessary and pretty much ruined the story. Not only do I not care what Harvey the dog is thinking, I hate that Elliott's mom is so unlikable. Every thought she has is negative - especially about her children - and her character in this book is not at all how I see her in the movie. Even E.T. was unlikable as he was often kind of a jerk about things. I would've much preferred to read a book told entirely from Elliott's perspective.
I was also extremely annoyed with how well E.T. talked to the children. What happened to just the handful of words he spoke in the movie? I felt like giving him the ability to talk was a cheap way out of writing a better story - if E.T. can jabber on about whatever he wants, we don't have to waste time building a relationship between the characters and having them learn from one another. Instead, E.T. can just say, "I need bobby pins," and we can quickly move onto the next scene.
If I did not already love the movie, I would not have cared at all about these characters. Elliott was just there; I got no real sense of who he was or how deep his connection was with E.T. And the fact that E.T. seemed to form a mental bond with pretty much everyone in town made his relationship with Elliott even less special.
This was by far the laziest book adaptation of a movie I have ever read. I am so disappointed. "E.T." deserved better.
I was also extremely annoyed with how well E.T. talked to the children. What happened to just the handful of words he spoke in the movie? I felt like giving him the ability to talk was a cheap way out of writing a better story - if E.T. can jabber on about whatever he wants, we don't have to waste time building a relationship between the characters and having them learn from one another. Instead, E.T. can just say, "I need bobby pins," and we can quickly move onto the next scene.
If I did not already love the movie, I would not have cared at all about these characters. Elliott was just there; I got no real sense of who he was or how deep his connection was with E.T. And the fact that E.T. seemed to form a mental bond with pretty much everyone in town made his relationship with Elliott even less special.
This was by far the laziest book adaptation of a movie I have ever read. I am so disappointed. "E.T." deserved better.
tyler_j's review against another edition
2.0
There is so many problems with this book, where to start?
emotional abuse, weird subplot with the mother/E.T., sexism, things worded in a way towards E.T. that didn't quite sit right with me, whatever else I may have mentioned during reading..
It wasn't *all* bad. I did enjoy *most* of E.T.'s thoughts and the funny nonsense in the book. And from what I heard this book is very different than the movie, so i'm a still watch that and see how it compares :)
More of a review on my Book blog Here
emotional abuse, weird subplot with the mother/E.T., sexism, things worded in a way towards E.T. that didn't quite sit right with me, whatever else I may have mentioned during reading..
It wasn't *all* bad. I did enjoy *most* of E.T.'s thoughts and the funny nonsense in the book. And from what I heard this book is very different than the movie, so i'm a still watch that and see how it compares :)
More of a review on my Book blog Here
shumska's review against another edition
1.0
lišena ikakve literarne vrijednosti, očito napisana da se na brzinu ubere lova nakon filmskog hita, nevješto, površno i neinspirirano. kad bih komentirala priču o e.t.-ju, rekla bih da je to priča o djetinjstvu, otvorenosti srca, o vjeri i prijateljstvu, o bezuvjetnoj ljubavi, o neustrašivosti, o svemu onome što smo posjedovali kao djeca i putem izgubili... ali time zapravo komentiram film u kojem je sve to i bilo iskazano. u knjizi jedva, ako išta. šteta.... s obzirom na spielbergovu ideju, mogla je to biti sjajna literatura, koju bi čovjek poželio za osobnu biblioteku.
artexnh's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
djwudi's review against another edition
3.0
An odd adaptation, likely done from an earlier draft of the script. I never realized E.T. was quite so romantically enamored with Elliott’s mom! That got kinda weird a few times.
liantener's review
3.0
Buena adaptación del guión. El autor se da la libertad de agregar algunos aspectos a la relación entre Elliot y E.T., aunque nada que cambie la trama.