Pan's Labyrinth

The Labyrinth of the Faun

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Pan's Labyrinth (2019, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc)

Lingvo: English

Eldonita je 14-a de januaro 2019 de Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

ISBN:
978-1-5266-0957-1
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5 steloj (1 recenzo)

Inspired by the film of the same name.

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Superbly atmospheric

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I'm not a great fan of film versions of books so I wasn't sure how I would get on with a book version of a film. However I am such a fan of del Toro's work that, when I spotted Pan's Labyrinth on NetGalley, I knew I had to give this a try. I'm so glad I did because I absolutely loved losing myself in this story. The novelisation does, obviously, follow the film's storyline, but reading it never felt as though Funke was just recreating the film in prose. Instead this is a wonderfully dark adult fairytale creation in its own right. The melding of callous wartime violence with fantasy themes works brilliantly well. The most evil actions here are certainly carried out by humans although I don't think anyone can be said to be completely evil or completely good. I loved the emotional depth achieved which is unusual …

Temoj

  • Children's fiction
  • Fantasy fiction