When I read the words "now a major motion picture" that suggests to me that this book has been made into a movie. This is not the case with Struck by Lightning. It is a movie that had been made into a book. I don't understand how publicists thought this was a "good strategy". People who have watched the movie will be bored by the book and everyone else will just want to watch the film. The book had a lot of flaws due to it originally being a movie.
It was a very visual book and used a lot of description which normally I love, but this didn't really pull it off. I think because it is a film it tried to recreate visual "gags" that just didn't translate to prose (I had no idea what was happening during the pencil scene).
The writing wasn't that great. It was too factual and overly-clear and lacked the subtlety I know and love. I think this is because it is a screenplay written by an actor. Where you would use your body language as an actor, Chris Colfer wrote it out clearly. It wasn't that fun to read.
The plot though was so good I kept reading. It has intrigue and it is thought provoking.
I would recommend this if:
You are a huge gleek who's entire life in glee
If you want some "brainless" reading
Honestly, I'd just watch the movie.
I gave this two stars
The writing wasn't that great. It was too factual and overly-clear and lacked the subtlety I know and love. I think this is because it is a screenplay written by an actor. Where you would use your body language as an actor, Chris Colfer wrote it out clearly. It wasn't that fun to read.
The plot though was so good I kept reading. It has intrigue and it is thought provoking.
I would recommend this if:
You are a huge gleek who's entire life in glee
If you want some "brainless" reading
Honestly, I'd just watch the movie.
I gave this two stars
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