A review by stevenbryant
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

4.0

I sort of went with the film adaptation before the book, and, in a rare admission, think I liked the film more. The book is fantastic. Dialogue is at a minimum but Remarque’s ability to make the pages come alive with description is great. The film succeeds in conveying the emotion that I felt the pages lacked. And I think that’s BECAUSE I saw the movie first. I could visualize the movie scenes and I think that was hindering my reading experience. Overall, the book is great and the movie is a strong complement to the text.