Finished my reread of this, completing my reread of the series. Must say, I enjoyed this far more the 2nd time around, just as I did with Feast. By comparison, its much less 'holy shit!' than previous books, but I'm realizing that very little happens that isn't very important in some way or the other. I enjoy the writing quite a bit as well, apart from 'My name is Reek, it rhymes with' and 'Where do whores go?'.
I can see why people feel the movie adaptations of this and LOTR are so spot-on. There is very little time spent milling about details and it basically just gets to the adventure bits and makes it a fun little read. There's hardly anything that's in the movie(only watched the first one so far) that isn't in the book, down to pretty small details. Definitely has a very 'kid friendly' approach to the story(a basic sense of humor, nothing
too shocking happens).
Good page-turner, just like Gone Girl was. Its a 'who dunnit' as well, set in a very disturbing setting with disturbing people. Not entirely unpredictable, but it was entertaining.
Never seen the movie, but the book was really funny. Especially the first third of it or so. Good change of pace from all the more serious stuff I read.
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