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A review by sauvageloup
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs by Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
3.0
this was a screenplay, which isn't something I've read before. It was enjoyable imagining how the movie would play out, but since I always see books as movies, it felt a little just like an outline for an unfinished book. But that's my quibble with the format, not the text itself.
pros:
- imaginative and original, it was certainly interesting and kept me fairly gripped (the text more than the Netflix actually, but that may have been because I read the screenplay first)
- occasionally funny, especially the 'first time?' gallows humour which made me snort
- very good writing with some lovely turns of phrase
cons:
[-the format]
- it was depressing knowing someone would die in each one, which may have been something of the point idk. but it ruined the suspense somewhat
- didn't like that the only disabled character, and the only main female character, both died.
- some endings were unclear - I wasn't sure on the ending of meal ticket until I saw the program, and I wasn't sure on the end of the last one either, and I haven't seen the end of the Netflix film yet to see how that handles it
overall good and i'm glad I read it
pros:
- imaginative and original, it was certainly interesting and kept me fairly gripped (the text more than the Netflix actually, but that may have been because I read the screenplay first)
- occasionally funny, especially the 'first time?' gallows humour which made me snort
- very good writing with some lovely turns of phrase
cons:
[-the format]
- it was depressing knowing someone would die in each one, which may have been something of the point idk. but it ruined the suspense somewhat
- didn't like that the only disabled character, and the only main female character, both died.
- some endings were unclear - I wasn't sure on the ending of meal ticket until I saw the program, and I wasn't sure on the end of the last one either, and I haven't seen the end of the Netflix film yet to see how that handles it
overall good and i'm glad I read it