Reviews

Captain America: The Winter Soldier: The Secret Files: Junior Novelization by Tomas Palacios

captwinghead's review

2.0

I'm a big fan of the Iron Man & Iron Man 2 novelizations. Clearly written before the final scripts and the Disney merger, they add a lot to the story. Those added the most depth to Tony and Rhodey's relationships and explained a bit more about Iron Man's duties between the 2 films. This Captain America: TWS novelization appears to have been written before the final script, it's obviously meant for a younger audience and adds very little to the story.

There's the tiniest bit of depth added to Sam's emotional state and Natasha's, but that's about it. There's events that happened (the trip to Camp Lehigh for example) that don't even happen in this story. There's events that randomly happen differently, like Natasha wearing a wig in one scene for seemingly no reason at all.

The only thing I appreciate about it was Steve describing the bond between him and Sam because it happens just as quickly in the MCU as it did in the comics.

havesomeshawarma's review

I'm withholding a rating because it's a junior novelization and I wasn't expecting. As a story on its own, it has all the spy stuff of the first half of the film with none of the explanation of the latter part. Probably too confusing for kids looking for a superhero story.