Helpful Score: 2
Here is a blasphemous admission: I liked the movie better than the book.
To be fair, I probably did not read as much into the book as I did when watching the movie. But the book simply did not give me the profoundness that the movie did at its conclusion.
As other reviewers have mentioned, each section of the book contains a very distinct style of prose and some of them are far more enjoyable than the others. Yet, all six stories are worth reading until the very end; the best parts come at the second halves, so keep chugging along!
In all honesty, I believe I've gotten a little more insight and appreciation into the book after reading other reviews. Would I have appreciated the book more if I read it first? I doubt it.
In any case, since the book lays the foundation of the movie adaptation, I would encourage all of its movie fans to experience the story as it was intended, in book form. Yet, keep expectations low and you won't be disappointed.
To be fair, I probably did not read as much into the book as I did when watching the movie. But the book simply did not give me the profoundness that the movie did at its conclusion.
As other reviewers have mentioned, each section of the book contains a very distinct style of prose and some of them are far more enjoyable than the others. Yet, all six stories are worth reading until the very end; the best parts come at the second halves, so keep chugging along!
In all honesty, I believe I've gotten a little more insight and appreciation into the book after reading other reviews. Would I have appreciated the book more if I read it first? I doubt it.
In any case, since the book lays the foundation of the movie adaptation, I would encourage all of its movie fans to experience the story as it was intended, in book form. Yet, keep expectations low and you won't be disappointed.
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