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Liked It “Big Fish is a story that has many great life lessons in it. Big Fish is about a son who tells storys/jokes that are based upon his father, Ed. While the reader is reading the stories about Ed, he is ill and is about to pass away in the hospital. This book uses amazing metaphors about life. ...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Big Fish is a story that has many great life lessons in it. Big Fish is about a son who tells storys/jokes that are based upon his father, Ed. While the reader is reading the stories about Ed, he is ill and is about to pass away in the hospital. This book uses amazing metaphors about life. There are comparasions to love, happiness, rough times, and good times through the events that take place in the father's life. Big Fish is broken into many different chapters, which are all different stories. It gets annoying to read each separate story, but in the end it is well worth it because they all tie together so well. I would recommend this book to people who enjoy myths/jokes and tearful relationship stories. Now that I have finished this book, I am planning on renting the movie soon!”
Jill E wrote this review Monday, November 16 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“its a cool story.”
Nicholas S wrote this review Wednesday, November 11 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“pretty good.....a little hard to follow”
caroline m wrote this review Wednesday, November 4 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Not exactly like the movie but its still great”
Sarah Geren wrote this review Sunday, October 11 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“It was sadder than I thought it would be...”
Aesh wrote this review Saturday, June 6 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Whimsical, light-hearted...but I actually like the movie better (I don't think I've ever said that before). For some reason, the movie was more affecting for me than the book.”
Holly G wrote this review Friday, April 24 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“As the title suggests, this is a big fish tale, pure silly fun. The movie did not capture it. A nice light read. ”
Robyn Y wrote this review Thursday, April 16 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I read this before the movie came out. The movie is very good and is its own thing. The book is better. A quick read. Funny, spooky and moving. Great magical realism.”
Andrew S wrote this review Friday, December 5 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This was an enjoyable book, but it was one of the rare books where the movie was actually better than the book. Perhaps I feel this way because I saw the movie first or because I love Tim Burton, but I just felt like the book wasn't as moving and heartlifting as the movie.”
Betsy G wrote this review Sunday, November 2 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I found this book throughly confusing. It was hard to seperate fiction from reality in each of the stories because I found they often overlapped. It seems the stories were in no particular order. So it was like getting his father's life story in bits and pieces all jumbled up. The author used some language that was unfamiliar to me, which didn't help my confusion. I would not read this again, and I would not reccommend it to anyone else. ”
THELANDUS ! wrote this review Wednesday, October 29 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
