When I have seen the movie before I read a book, I have a lot of trouble NOT seeing the characters as the actors who portrayed them on film. I always prefer to read a book first and then see the movie. Unfortunately, I saw this book in film-format several years ago with my kids (who LOVE the story by the way). So Stanley will forever be a young Shia LaBeouf and Warden Walker will always be Sigourney Weaver in my minds' eye.
That being the case, I enjoyed the book. It had a more surreal story line for me than either the Sherman or the Spinelli novels, but I liked how the author wove the themes of destiny and fate and luck throughout the lives of the characters.
I grabbed Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by A. Bechdel to read next and found myself irritated by the comic book format. I think I will read Speak by L.H. Anderson next.
Lisa, We will be talking more about graphic novels and their format later in the semester. It is a new way of reading, and getting to know the conventions of graphica really helps.
ReplyDeleteThe posting of Meet the author Sherman Alexie and his official website on the left is great!