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A review by thebookferret
The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud by Ben Sherwood
3.0
I loved the movie and wanted to pick up the book to get inside Charlie's head. I still enjoyed the story-- Charlie's love for Tess and how they fall in love and how he saves her are an absolutely wonderful story to be told and read and heard. I enjoyed the differences between the book and the movie. I loved that Tess meets Sam and can see him and thy connect. That was wonderful.
What made me take a second look at this book and the reason I wasn't completely satisfied with the book was that it seemed to do a lot of telling and quite a lot less showing. I felt like I got a lot of dialogue with a lot of telling of background that pulled me out of the scene and the story. I found myself wanting more of the dialogue scenes because that is where the story was to me.
I loved this story and I'm glad I picked up the book.
What made me take a second look at this book and the reason I wasn't completely satisfied with the book was that it seemed to do a lot of telling and quite a lot less showing. I felt like I got a lot of dialogue with a lot of telling of background that pulled me out of the scene and the story. I found myself wanting more of the dialogue scenes because that is where the story was to me.
I loved this story and I'm glad I picked up the book.