Lukeozade100 Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 I feel I oughto start by saying that I saw the movie first, it's something I tend to try and avoid, and for the reason that I always feel what comes first is better, and a book is so much more of a commitment than a movie, if you already know the plot, the story, the intracacies, the ending. Hell, why bother? But this is one of my favourite movies ever, so as with The English Patient, Captain Corellis Mandolin, Trainspotting and a few other rareraties I sat down to read it knowing what would happen. And i'm sort of dissapointed I did. The English Patient has been the only book i've ever read that I thought worse than the movie till now. I don't know, maybe I have a man crush on Ralph Fiennes, but the pacing comes off wrong here, for all you who have no idea about this novel heres the amazon blurb; There were those who feared that the end of the Cold War would deal a fatal blow to the creativity of many first-rate thriller writers who specialised in this territory. In the case of John le Carr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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