Apong Imsong Imsong থেকে Ravigudem, Telangana, India
In the intro, Pullman says that he wrote this as a school play for his students, and I can see how it would be a hilarious thrilling production. Unfortunately, the novel form of the story is rather tedious and predictable...I had to force myself to continue reading, and I found that enjoyed it much more when visualizing it in play form.
The movies of the original Star Wars trilogy (Episodes 4-6) are some of my favorite movies, so I decided to try the novelization. These books are very close to the movies, but some of the dialogue is different, and there are a few additional scenes in the book. Star Wars All 3 novels in this book are based on George Lucas' movie scripts, but this is the only one actually authored by him. There are a couple scenes of Luke with Biggs Darklighter and other friends on Tatooine that weren't in the movie, but it didn't add much to the storyline other than some more background on Luke. The Empire Strikes Back This was always my favorite Star Wars movie. I can't think of anything that stood out about the novelization. Return of the Jedi I like James Kahn's writing style best. The vocabulary was better, and he spent more time showing what the characters were thinking. This novel explains more than the movie about Obi-Wan's history, how Anakin Skywalker became Darth Vader, how Senator Palpatine became the Emperor, how Leia came to become part of the Alderaan royal family, and how the Rebels recruited the Ewoks' help on Endor. Yoda also speaks more in the novel than the movie. Kahn did have an annoying habit of trying to spell out certain sounds like R2-D2's beeping, Chewbacca's alien growling, and the Ewoks' language. I didn't get through this book very fast, mostly because I already knew the story so I wasn't motivated to read it. However, it did provide some valuable background information that the movies don't contain, so it was worth reading.
I read this book for a book club and at first I wasn't that into it. It was one of those books that was so easy to put down and forget about it. But later I really started getting into the story and enjoyed just reading one chapter at a time. It was like one chapter was a story by itself. I learned a TON about Pakistan and Afghanistan that I didn't know before. It made those places seem more real to me.