A review by sadiereadsagain
The Piano by Jane Campion

3.0

As I understand it, this book expands on the stories of the characters from the film. From that I expect it was written after the film, and I got that feeling from the book itself - there was a feeling of something being rushed over or left out. By that I mean that the story and the tensions within it would have benefited from being teased out a little slower, given more time to unfurl. I didn't fully believe in the connections between characters as there wasn't enough fleshing them out.

Having said all that, I did actually enjoy this book a great deal. The writing is of a good quality, and it doesn't stumble awkwardly over the sexual content either. It's given me an appetite to see the film too.