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November 27, 2007
"1408" on paper
Everything's Eventual was waiting for me in the mail when I got home yesterday, and, even though "1408" was near the end of the book, I'm sure I don't have to tell you that I zipped my way through it before the night was over. It was a pretty good story, but I was a little let-down. I wish I'd read "1408" before I saw the movie, especially since I enjoyed the movie as much as I did. I think I would have been better able to appreciate the story on its own merits without my expectations from the movie adaptation coloring my opinion of the short story.
*** SPOILERS ***
As with "The Mist", the movie adaptation of "1408" added to the story, which I didn't mind because I feel the additions didn't take away from the story. I thought both versions of "The Mist" were equally good, but I didn't feel that was the case with "1408", maybe because I saw the movie first. Whatever the reason, I was expecting the story to be even better than the movie, which it wasn't. It didn't have the detail or the suspense I liked so much about the movie adaptation, and one of the parts I liked the best (the part where John Cusack's character thinks he's escaped from the room) wasn't in it either.
Posted by oracle at November 27, 2007 8:07 AM in reading / the fourth year