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A review by diziet
Falling Angel by William Hjortsberg
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Watched the movie years ago and reading the book made me want to watch it again. Movie is superior to book - book is more like ‘1950’s movie detective’ with some dark twists that you don’t see coming…unless you already saw movie.
The movie has much darker overall atmosphere and more emotional impact. Louis Cyphre is way more scary in the movie. And having plot partly in New Orleans works better I think.
Novel is still worth a read and interesting to see how author (who also wrote screenplay) can tell the same story in two different ways for different media - both good in their own way.
The movie has much darker overall atmosphere and more emotional impact. Louis Cyphre is way more scary in the movie. And having plot partly in New Orleans works better I think.
Novel is still worth a read and interesting to see how author (who also wrote screenplay) can tell the same story in two different ways for different media - both good in their own way.