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frasersimons 's review for:
Contact
by Carl Sagan
I’m torn. The writing isn’t bad, but the plotting is off. There is a surprising lack of suspense and a strange matter-of-fact way of introducing scenes that could have been more interesting, if they had just been presented differently. When a previous scene does build some tension or curiosity it is almost always diffused in the first few sentences of the next chapter. It’s quite strange.
Contact remains one of my favourite movie and I respect the adaptation even more now. The movie gets at the heart of the story better. But I also really enjoyed the opportunity to get inside the characters’ heads, too. In terms of interesting questions and musings, I think the book has it. In terms of good plotting and getting at The question this book strives to articulate, the movie has it.
Contact remains one of my favourite movie and I respect the adaptation even more now. The movie gets at the heart of the story better. But I also really enjoyed the opportunity to get inside the characters’ heads, too. In terms of interesting questions and musings, I think the book has it. In terms of good plotting and getting at The question this book strives to articulate, the movie has it.