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A review by lynnelovesbooks
The Cabin in the Woods: The Official Movie Novelization by Drew Goddard, Joss Whedon, Tim Lebbon
2.0
This was a *REALLY* disappointing read. SPOILERS:
The movie is fantastic, and if I had not seen the movie first and had read this first, I would not watch the movie. The author employs copious amounts of sexist behavior and thoughts to the character Sitterson, racist exclamations to the character Hadley, makes Curt an ape before the effects of the puppeteers take place, makes Holden into a bit of a pig, makes Truman sound like a green recruit, adds all sorts of things that don't happen in the movie and actually changes scenes and sometimes which characters do what, and added a bunch of unnecessary sexual scenes and sexual descriptions of characters and monsters that came across as obsessive. After a point, all the added sexism and racism started to feel like the author inserting their own opinions into the characters.
While this could have been a great opportunity to go deeper into the lore of the Old Gods, the Ritual, etc., this book did not.
The only reason this gets a 2/5 is because I love the movie so damn much and because Marty's character/character traits survive largely intact.
The movie is fantastic, and if I had not seen the movie first and had read this first, I would not watch the movie. The author employs copious amounts of sexist behavior and thoughts to the character Sitterson, racist exclamations to the character Hadley, makes Curt an ape before the effects of the puppeteers take place, makes Holden into a bit of a pig, makes Truman sound like a green recruit, adds all sorts of things that don't happen in the movie and actually changes scenes and sometimes which characters do what, and added a bunch of unnecessary sexual scenes and sexual descriptions of characters and monsters that came across as obsessive. After a point, all the added sexism and racism started to feel like the author inserting their own opinions into the characters.
While this could have been a great opportunity to go deeper into the lore of the Old Gods, the Ritual, etc., this book did not.
The only reason this gets a 2/5 is because I love the movie so damn much and because Marty's character/character traits survive largely intact.