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A review by gigiviolent
Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Invasion of The Body Snatchers is one of my go-to comfort horror films that I've been watching since I was a kid. The remake with Lenard Nemoy. This is my first time reading the book, though, and I loved it.
There is so much philosophy in the book that I think is missing from the file though I do think that the book lacks in certain ways that the film excels in but bother are great and feed into eachother.
There were some moments when I felt like the language in the book was unnecessarily verbose, or that the characters made choices that I thought were.....really kind of unrealistic. ~spoiler~ For example, when they make it out of town to a motel but then decide to just...turn back and go back into town, I don't think anyone would make that decision. There were also moments where I felt like it was obvious that the person they were talking to was a pod person but they were still like...listening to them (Manny when he was telling them that it was all a delusion and the professor telling them that the article was BS- I thought it was pretty obvious that they weren't human at that point).~end spoiler ~
Overall, this was an amazing, suspenseful sci-fi classic that was just as good as the film and might become a go-to comfort horror read.
There is so much philosophy in the book that I think is missing from the file though I do think that the book lacks in certain ways that the film excels in but bother are great and feed into eachother.
There were some moments when I felt like the language in the book was unnecessarily verbose, or that the characters made choices that I thought were.....really kind of unrealistic. ~spoiler~ For example, when they make it out of town to a motel but then decide to just...turn back and go back into town, I don't think anyone would make that decision. There were also moments where I felt like it was obvious that the person they were talking to was a pod person but they were still like...listening to them (Manny when he was telling them that it was all a delusion and the professor telling them that the article was BS- I thought it was pretty obvious that they weren't human at that point).~end spoiler ~
Overall, this was an amazing, suspenseful sci-fi classic that was just as good as the film and might become a go-to comfort horror read.