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bad for a novelization of a movie! I wound up skimming over most of the retelling of action sequences, but the way that Diana and Steve are written together is nice.
Steve's death sequence is particularly touching, I remember being in elementary school the first time I read a movie novelization, That particular novel was the go along with Star Wars, and I loved the additional depth it gave to a movie that I already loved.


Picking up this book was in the spirit of that same hope, That I'd see depth to a movie I really enjoyed, but about a third of the way through I'm done.
It's a serviceable book and it follows the movie step by step, but without any heart to it, It's like a nonfiction recitation and I'd rather just see the movie again, It may work for others, but just not engaging enough for me, I'm very generously giving this book astar rating, I have rarely been so happy to finish a book, I'm actually a little disgusted that this is the "Official Movie Novelization" because it was THAT bad, Absolutely no editing, the characters were very flimsy and I just had no desire to get more into the book.
I am not denying the fact that the movie was likely excellent, but this book was complete and total garbage.


I don't know who edited this, but they should be out of a job, How difficult is it for a person, author or editor, to get the correct "hangar" when writing a book I can't tell you the amount of times that they switched from hanger to hangar throughout this book.
It was so irritating.

There were many scenes where action was described halfheartedly and I really didn't have any idea what was going on.
Someone would be on the floor and we'd have no idea how they got there

Many editing mistakes made this book entirely unreadable for me.
Things such as:
"Every sense fired as she the truth crashed down on her, "
"He turned them back and forth, examining them, and he ran them hand along the magical rope, "
"He had no idea if they masks they wore would keep out the gas or they had been designed to protect the rank and file.
"
"Diana leaped into the air as he unleashed a massive lighting blast, . . "

I'm just glad it's over, Hopefully my next spontaneous read is not this poorly written, When I was a kid, I was obsessive about getting these "novelizations" of movies I liked, First off, if you saw a summer movie in thes that you liked, you had to wait basically forever for a VHS release, and there was no cable or Amazon or Netflix or anything.
You had your memories of the thing, and action figures and movie novelizations and soundtracks, So these were important. As I read them, I found out that in their rush to get these published, they're not novelizations really of the film, but of the screenplay.
So sometimes, they're a little different,

This is like a wonderful nostalgic rush for me in that way it's got just enough different to show where they made some interesting adlib and editing decisions, but otherwise it's shotforshot, blowbyblow just like the movie, which means it's good, if you liked the recent film.
Read too close to the movie which I may have it can be a little much, because you just saw all of this.
The writing is solid, Holder's descriptions are just like what I remember from the movie, and the couple of deviations are more like conversations starters and depth finders than they are anything seachanging.


You get this for anyone obsessed with WW, This felt very slapped together and hurried, After seeing Wonder Woman, an excellent film that was full of craft and artistry, reading this book was depressing, It feels very much as though the author simply slapped the script down onto paper and wrote some filler without doing any research.
In essence this is a story about love conquering all evil, In many ways it reminded me of the Bible A child of God leaving paradise to fight the father of lies to set humans free.
Sound familiar and I enjoyed these analogies, Though there is plenty in this story to set it apart from the Christian gospel too of course,

I had seen the Wonder Womanmovie prior to reading the book, so it is quite possible the book lacked details and descriptions needed to paint a picture in ones mind while reading.
I didnt notice if those details were or were not missing, because the look and feel of the storys scenes were still fresh in my memory from the movie.
The sepia toned No Mans Land, the beauty and vibrant colors of Themyscira, the brilliant looks of characters such as The Chief, the mannerisms of Diana Prince, etc.
So I cant in all honesty say if this is a good book, but I can say that it is a good story.
I loved this story on film, I loved it on paper,

Reading the book in addition to watching the film was great, as the book reveals a lot more of the characters inner dialogue and motivation.


The only thing that bugged me is that they were apparently in a hurry to get this book printed, because there are more than a handful of grammatical errors and spelling mistakes.
But none that really messed with the course of the story, I am extremely disappointed with this novelization, Not only does the author rewrite or skip over some of the best small moments of the film, but she misinterprets almost all of the characters.
These are not the women and men that I fell in love with in the theater, This is not the Diana I know and love and look up to, The official novelization of the eagerly anticipated movie, Wonder Woman,
Before she was Wonder Woman, she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior.
Raised on a sheltered island paradise, when an American pilot crashes on their shores and tells of a massive conflict raging in the outside world, Diana leaves her home, convinced she can stop the threat.
Fighting alongside man in a war to end all wars, Diana will discover her full powers, . . and her true destiny.

WONDER WOMAN and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and DC Comics and Warner Bros, Entertainment Inc. sing movie novelizations is hard, because there are often so many rules and restrictions on what the author can write.
I gave this book three because it's a great story and a phenomenal movie, and I thought the author did a decent job with what little she was probably given to work with.
However, it almost deserves two because of the number of typos, Again, I don't blame the author, However, a company as big as Warner/DC and whatever publisher they used ought to be able to afford a decent line editor.
Many typos, misplaced punctuation, etc,

Storywise it's a decent book, It's basically the film wordforword, I'd been hoping for more insight into the other characters' heads, or some scenes that were cut from the final film, but this seemed to be based off the final cut of the movie, not an older draft of the script.


Worth reading if you're bored in an airport, Otherwise, I wouldn't bother. The movie was much better, Diana, princess of the Amazons, has lived her whole life on the island of Themyscira, the only child in a community of female warriors.
She yearns to be just as skilled a fighter as her Aunt Antiope, who secretly helps train her against Queen Hippolyta's wishes.
One day, years later, that training becomes vital when a plane crashes near Themyscira and Diana saves its pilot,

The bulk of the story takes place during World War I, and Steve Trevor, the pilot Diana rescues, is an American spy desperately trying to take information back to the British.
The Germans have developed a deadly new gas that could wipe out whole cities and towns and that can't be defended against.
The more Diana hears about the war, the more convinced she is that the god Ares is behind it all.
She decides to leave behind the only life she's ever known in order to join Steve, who she believes can lead

her to Ares, and save humanity from the God of War's influence.


The last time I saw this movie was when it came out in theaters, I enjoyed it enough to buy the novelization when I saw it in stores, but I found that I didn't want to read it so soon after seeing the movie.
It's now several years later, and my memories of the movie are fuzzy: a good time to finally read this book.


Unfortunately, my time would probably have been better spent rewatching the movie, This novelization offered nothing that wasn't conveyed as well or better in the movie, and it certainly didn't offer anything extra.
The action scenes weren't as good, the story was occasionally confusing, and I found myself more likely to notice things that didn't quite make sense or were overly convenient.


I realize that novelizations have lots of constraints, and this was technically okay for what it was, Still, it could have been better, It didn't enhance my appreciation of any of the characters and scenes, I don't think it included any new scenes, and it didn't really work for me as a novel.


Original review posted on sitelinkA Library Girl's Familiar Diversions, Reads mostly like the movie with a few minor differences, It didn't seem to have the depth of feeling that the movie did which surprised me, There really isn't much of the internal thoughts that deepened a scene, Movie was fantastic, this less so, . . which I find rather surprising, One of those rare occasions when the movie actually is better than the book, And why wouldnt it be Its difficult to top an action packed superhero movie! Wonder Woman: The Official Movie Novelization is a book written about a movie an uncommon approach.


Wonder Woman begins with Diana as a girl, daughter of Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, living on the secret island of Themyscira.
As a princess she must be educated and trained, Through her tutoring she learns the history of her people and her gods, through her training she learns to be a skilled warrior.
When a foreigner a downed pilot falls from the sky she learns of the troubles that the outside world is facing.
Believing that the root of the worlds problem is Ares, God of War, she leaves Themyscira to help in the fight.
As time goes on Dianas powers grow ever stronger, The story follows Diana and Steve Trevor as they work to end the war, Diana by trying to find and finish off Ares, Steve by a more conventional way, as a spy, trying to steal secrets from the enemy as they both seek the end the "war to end all wars”.
“Its not about what they deserve, Its about what you believe, And I believe in love, thought Diana, ”

The novelization is easy to follow and allows for information on some of the back characters, Its a fun read if you have some extra time on your hands, Personally, Ill stick to the movie version from here on out, Did I mention that I love superheroes

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