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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
adventurous
informative
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
What a book! This was my first real Science Fiction book and boy was it good! I understand why it’s a classic, and now I really want to watch the movie. Gives light to the evolution of intelligence and highlights how humans are humans. I got kind of lost at the end but I would be interested to see if the next book in the series would help me out! Highly recommend.
Update:
The book is far superior to the movie.
Update:
The book is far superior to the movie.
adventurous
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
I feel a little bad bringing the movie into it instead of judging the book on its own merits. But they were developed in tandem, so I think it's okay.
The book explains what the movie doesn't, to the point that you may need to look up a plot summary of the book to understand the movie. While the opposite is not also true, I would recommend watching the movie anyway.
I found Clarke's writing style kind of dry, and the stunning visuals Kubrick creates in the film add a layer of appreciation I wouldn't otherwise have if I just read the book.
The book explains what the movie doesn't, to the point that you may need to look up a plot summary of the book to understand the movie. While the opposite is not also true, I would recommend watching the movie anyway.
I found Clarke's writing style kind of dry, and the stunning visuals Kubrick creates in the film add a layer of appreciation I wouldn't otherwise have if I just read the book.
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
weird in a good way. made the movie make a lot more sense, which i appreciated.
Interesting, and provides an insight into some of the processes behind the movie. I liked the introduction that seems to have been by Clarke himself.
Sometimes the narration had effects put on it that brought to mind the movie. But other times, it didn't quite work for me. Also, I felt some of the chapters dragged a bit, especially the man-ape chapters near the start. The book also found it difficult to describe the equivalent of the psychedelic sequences in the movie, and had to be much more explicit than the movie, which was able to present something weird as an open question.
I didn't realize before reading this that the book was actually conceived as a novelization of the movie. I thought the movie was a straight adaptation of the book. It turns out that they were written concurrently. The main difference was Saturn in the book became Jupiter in the movie, apparently because they found it hard to make a ring special effect. I also hadn't realized that the book and movie were originally made well before the Apollo missions, so "Houston, we've had a problem" is actually a line from 2001, uttered by Apollo 13 kind of in reference to the movie. Certainly not the other way around. I guess that's why Kubrick was always implicated in conspiracies about faking the moon landing.
Sometimes the narration had effects put on it that brought to mind the movie. But other times, it didn't quite work for me. Also, I felt some of the chapters dragged a bit, especially the man-ape chapters near the start. The book also found it difficult to describe the equivalent of the psychedelic sequences in the movie, and had to be much more explicit than the movie, which was able to present something weird as an open question.
I didn't realize before reading this that the book was actually conceived as a novelization of the movie. I thought the movie was a straight adaptation of the book. It turns out that they were written concurrently. The main difference was Saturn in the book became Jupiter in the movie, apparently because they found it hard to make a ring special effect. I also hadn't realized that the book and movie were originally made well before the Apollo missions, so "Houston, we've had a problem" is actually a line from 2001, uttered by Apollo 13 kind of in reference to the movie. Certainly not the other way around. I guess that's why Kubrick was always implicated in conspiracies about faking the moon landing.
A little light in character development, but it's a classic for a reason.
It's been years since I've seen the movie, but from what I remember this book makes a good companion to the film ( which isn't really based on the novel... they were written at the same time). This is the of the few books I'd say to wait to read until after you've seen the film. I think you'll get more out of it that way, as the film is really a different experience.
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
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:
No
Content Warnings
Moderate: Murder