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readingwithsammi 's review for:
Hocus Pocus and the All-New Sequel
by A. W. Jantha
How fun is this cover?! Really well done! The back is nice too with the sequel characters. This book clocks in at about 520 pages BUT I will say it was an easy/fast read & only took a few hours (3/4) to read.
The first part is word for word the Hocus Pocus movie & i really don’t think they missed a thing. I enjoyed it & the whole movie played through my mind while I read. This story is such a cult classic & I will never grow tired of it!
I will say I generally won’t/ don’t feel the need to read a book that was written for it after the movie since it’s basically the movie script in paragraph form. I wasn’t thinking about that when I got it but yeah.... I don’t need to read the movie script... the same thing happened when I read “Interstellar”. Still this was a fun & quick read so it was all good.
Ok now onto part 2: the sequel. SO this is where a lot of people start to have negative opinions but I was ok with it. So yes - this is an iconic story that doesn’t need a sequel, & no - the sequel isn’t even close to as good as the original.
The sequel follows Allison & Max’s daughter & friends on Halloween night when she reawakens the Sanderson Sisters by accident trying to impress a girl she likes. We get a talking dog in this one...BUT i promise the story does differ from the original.
As a stand alone or like unofficially related book it was fine. I think having it linked so closely to the original just rubbed people the wrong way. They did incorporate a lot more diversity (both race & sexual orientation) & gave plenty nods and respect to the original story. It was clearly geared for a young child/teen/young adult audience so I certainly felt too old for it but it was a nice. I can see them doing like a TV movie of this one on Disney channel.
The first part is word for word the Hocus Pocus movie & i really don’t think they missed a thing. I enjoyed it & the whole movie played through my mind while I read. This story is such a cult classic & I will never grow tired of it!
I will say I generally won’t/ don’t feel the need to read a book that was written for it after the movie since it’s basically the movie script in paragraph form. I wasn’t thinking about that when I got it but yeah.... I don’t need to read the movie script... the same thing happened when I read “Interstellar”. Still this was a fun & quick read so it was all good.
Ok now onto part 2: the sequel. SO this is where a lot of people start to have negative opinions but I was ok with it. So yes - this is an iconic story that doesn’t need a sequel, & no - the sequel isn’t even close to as good as the original.
The sequel follows Allison & Max’s daughter & friends on Halloween night when she reawakens the Sanderson Sisters by accident trying to impress a girl she likes. We get a talking dog in this one...BUT i promise the story does differ from the original.
As a stand alone or like unofficially related book it was fine. I think having it linked so closely to the original just rubbed people the wrong way. They did incorporate a lot more diversity (both race & sexual orientation) & gave plenty nods and respect to the original story. It was clearly geared for a young child/teen/young adult audience so I certainly felt too old for it but it was a nice. I can see them doing like a TV movie of this one on Disney channel.