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A review by mi_a
Dead Poets Society by N.H. Kleinbaum
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
my god do i have a lot to say. to start, the main reason this has 4 stars is because of my love of the film, which is my favourite film of all time, wont allow me to give it any less than 4, and not for the quality of the book.
i didnt really like the writing style, the author used the word angrily as a descriptor far to much as well as describing people as turning white. and i felt like there wasnt alot of emotion in it, and on top of that i felt like neil was slightly mischaracterized- especially in the beginning of the book. he spoke to neil so rudely- "you cant expect everybody to think of you all the time. nobody knows you. and you never talk to anyone." like that is just not my neil perry.
there were also very slight changes in dialogue that annoyed me, an example that springs to mind is mr keatings speech about why we read and write poetry, parts of it were changed and it just really threw me off idk. on top of that SO MANY great scenes were removes, in fact, nearly all of my favourite scenes just weren't in the book, like the "im being chased by walt whitman" scene, todd throwing his desk set off the rough, neil gazing at todd lovingly after he readshis sweaty-toothed mad man poem, neil and todd fighting each other with scripts,todds yawp of neils name after his death, etc. and then the scenes that were added were abominable the main perpetrators were knox, instead of creepily petting chris and kissing her forehead, STARTS GROPING HER BOOB?????????????? why would you choose to change it to that WHY and to make it worse before he starts groping her he says, "carpe breastum, seize the breast!" how do you write that and think 'yeah thats good ill keep that??? the second scene that had me squirming was when keating had a pop quiz and decided to play a slideshow of pictures of women in lingerie and provactive poses. yeah no shit he was fired if hes doing that. again i have one question WHY??
and on top of all of this they took out all the gay shit like the cute todd and neil moments, charlie serenading knox with his sax, pitts and meeks dancing, meeks' "yes sirs" to charlie, etc, etc. all in all skip this tbh and just watch the movie and deleted scenes. it still made me cry tho and tbh i only really bought it so i could crite the thoreau quote on the opening page but i am still devastatingly disappointed in this
i didnt really like the writing style, the author used the word angrily as a descriptor far to much as well as describing people as turning white. and i felt like there wasnt alot of emotion in it, and on top of that i felt like neil was slightly mischaracterized- especially in the beginning of the book. he spoke to neil so rudely- "you cant expect everybody to think of you all the time. nobody knows you. and you never talk to anyone." like that is just not my neil perry.
there were also very slight changes in dialogue that annoyed me, an example that springs to mind is mr keatings speech about why we read and write poetry, parts of it were changed and it just really threw me off idk. on top of that SO MANY great scenes were removes, in fact, nearly all of my favourite scenes just weren't in the book, like the "im being chased by walt whitman" scene, todd throwing his desk set off the rough, neil gazing at todd lovingly after he readshis sweaty-toothed mad man poem, neil and todd fighting each other with scripts,
and on top of all of this they took out all the gay shit like the cute todd and neil moments, charlie serenading knox with his sax, pitts and meeks dancing, meeks' "yes sirs" to charlie, etc, etc. all in all skip this tbh and just watch the movie and deleted scenes. it still made me cry tho and tbh i only really bought it so i could crite the thoreau quote on the opening page but i am still devastatingly disappointed in this
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide
Moderate: Sexual assault