Category: Book vs. Film

Book vs Film: The Hate You Give

Posted July 21, 2020 by Charlotte in Book vs. Film / 0 Comments
Book vs Film: The Hate You Give

Today’s post for Book vs Film  focuses on The Hate You Give. On this occasion I will briefly review both film and book before giving my opinion on which is better. Read and let me know if I am correct in my assessment.   Be warned! Spoilers may occur!   The Book: I remember being blown away the first time I read The Hate You Give. The writing was powerful and moving. I remember being concerned at the time, because there was a lot of hype for the book. Was it just one of those books that I would read and be disappointed by. Underwhelmed by the story. That was not the case then and definitely not the case on my reread of the book. For me the story was all the more powerful and compelling. I felt like I understood Starr more. She was more relatable, and her difference in personality at home and school were more understandable. Although I still felt on this reread that her relationship with Chris was still the weakest part of the book. The […]

Book vs. Film: How I Live Now

Posted April 26, 2016 by Charlotte in Book vs. Film / 0 Comments
Book vs. Film: How I Live Now

Today’s post for Book vs Film  focuses on How I Live Now. On this occasion I will briefly review both film and book before giving my opinion on which is better. Read and let me know if I am correct in my assessment.   Be warned! Spoilers may occur! The Book: I adore this book. When I first read it in 2004 I wasn’t exactly enamored with the book.  But over the years this book has grown on me to become a firm classic of my childhood reading. The major theme of the book is survival-ship and how love can conquer all, war, separation and expectations. And I thought it showed the confusion of war really well. It’s not clear who the enemy is or what their motive is. I liked that the book is told from Daisy’s perspective, what she knows we know everything else is lost to us. So we do only get half the picture but that is the only picture that matters here. The writing is puzzling and limited, but this is necessary due to what is going on. Despite […]

Book vs. Film – The Maze Runner

Posted February 22, 2016 by Charlotte in Book vs. Film / 2 Comments
Book vs. Film – The Maze Runner

Today’s post for Book vs Film focuses on The Maze Runner. On this occasion I will briefly review both film and book before giving my opinion on which is better. Read and let me know if I am correct in my assessment. Be warned! Spoilers may occur! The Book: This is a fabulous book. And one that is really easy to get into and the world. Even though it has its own slang! The book felt unique and compelling to read as we found out more about the Maze and the secrets that lie beyond. And despite being set in a dystopia world, this book manages to focus more on the survival skills required in the Maze rather than how different the world is compared to before. For example the glade has groups of people doing different tasks so that the group can survive. In all could have been an each for his own kind of affair… All the questions that you will have as you read the book are the same as all the characters. They enter the Maze with […]

Book vs. Film: The Princess Bride

Posted September 18, 2015 by Charlotte in Book vs. Film / 0 Comments
Book vs. Film: The Princess Bride

Today’s post is Book vs Film  focusing on The Princess Bride. On this occasion I will briefly review both film and book before giving my opinion on which is better. Read and let me know if I am correct in my assessment. Be warned! Spoilers may occur! The Book: I love that this is a story within a story, and that there have been add-ons and notes as the story has progressed in time, for example my edition talks a little about the film and its portrayal. Although I did buy into the fact that there is a full S. Morganstern’s version somewhere in the world. And I would really like to read that version 😉 It feels like the story is continuous and timeless. Something that can be read over and over again. It is a classic and one that can be easily read and enjoyed. I found that despite taking me time reading this book it was easy to pick up and get back into the story, right from the moment I left off. Maybe it is because I […]

Introducing: New Feature – Book vs. Film

Posted September 12, 2015 by Charlotte in Book vs. Film / 6 Comments

I’ve been meaning to add this feature to my blog for ages. And now is the time for Book vs Film. Having not quite had the summer I’d planned, I’ve finally got back to where I wanted to be, and hopefully (fingers crossed) writing this post will get my butt in gear and force me to write the posts I’ve been meaning to write for the last three months. It all sounds a bit ominous doesn’t it? The point of this post is to explain a bit about what I want to do in this feature. I know I know, it sounds a bit obvious and it is in the title… but… I also wanted to say why I’m  introducing films to this blog. I love watching movies, and it is pretty much part of my Saturday routine to sit down with the family and watch a film of some sort. Even if there is moaning from the father about it being another rom-com or musical. But I have him well trained and other films do appear (so don’t fret!). We always discuss […]