Film vs Book? Any competition?

In my opinion, yes, because many books are better than their film versions and many films are better than their books.









For example back in August, I did a review on 'Beastly' by Alex Flinn, subsequently I watched the film and I was not particularly impressed. The film did the book no justice whatsoever, it missed out some of the most important scenes from the book and cast Vanessa Hudgens as Lindy, which completely ruined the whole concept of the book because Lindy isn't supposed to be overly pretty. Although after saying that, Alex Pettyfer played Kyle very well and all his arrogance from the book came across.








On the other hand, the film of 'Fantastic Mr Fox'  based on the book by Roald Dahl, went into a lot more detail and focused more on the civilisation aspect of the life of the animals underground. The film was an animation but overall the emotion and pain of the animals still came through as though it was an acted production. I read the book by Roald Dahl when I was younger and I very much enjoyed it. The director of the film added to story by adding new characters and changing the storyline slightly. The new characters was very different and added a new level of drama to the production. In particular the character of Kristofferson, who was Mr Fox's brother.
In conclusion, I think I would have to say that books are better based on the fact that I have only ever watched a few films which are actually better than the books they are based on.

Please feel free to comment with your own opinion.

Captivated by Cloaked

If you haven't read 'Cloaked', you are missing out!! I finished it this morning and have really enjoyed it! This is an absolutely brilliant book, the characters are developed extremely well and the combination of different fairy tales, instead of just one, is genius!

The story is about a boy called Johnny, who works in his family business as a shoe repairer or clobber. His dad left when he was very young and he lives with his mum. The shoe repair shop is situated in a posh hotel in Miami, Florida. One day, a princess arrives and Johnny is thrown in at deep end. She sends him off on a quest and if he completes it he will receive the princess's hand in marriage. A lot for a 16 year old to think about!

Cloaked is a incredible book although I would put a rough age guideline on 13 and above. If you decide to consider reading it you will not regret it!

Introducing the AMAZING Alex Flinn

Over the past couple of months, I have started to read books by Alex Flinn.

The first book, I read was called 'Beastly'.

It was about boy called Kyle who has a TV presenter dad and everything going for him. He was also very handsome and this was his downfall. Kyle believed, he was God's gift to this earth and that he could treat anybody however he wanted. He then meets a girl called Kendra. Under circumstances, which I do not wish to give away, she places a curse on him, that he will be ugly until he finds true love's first kiss.

This was an amazing book, the fairy tale of Beauty and the Beast retold in a modern setting. I really enjoyed it and after reading it decided, I would read another of Alex Flinn's books.

The second book I read was called 'A Kiss in Time'

The book was very well written and Alex had me gripped again! The book features, Jack, a boy on holiday in Belgium with his friend Travis. Jack and Travis decide to lose the rest of the group and explore. They come across a kingdom trapped in time with all it's occupants sleeping. When the two friends enter the castle, the fun starts and Jack ends up waking a princess.

The way the story is written is really believable (Alex could convince me that fairy tales exist any day) and the characters are extremely well thought out and you could feel a serious empathy for them.

Alex's new book 'Cloaked' came out in February. I haven't read it yet but I do intend to in the future!