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“Magical.”
rgag86 wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I'm a huge Eggers fan, but this was not my favorite.”
Jeff L wrote this review Friday, November 20 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“A nice adaptation for older readers. It would have been nice if Max and the Wild things would have been more fleshed out as characters. ”
Davy M wrote this review Sunday, November 1 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Started at the height and finished at the tail end of my WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE fever. The movie was a bit deeper, a bit more depressing. Which makes this book a little more welcoming and realistic. As in the movie, the wild things are representations of human emotions and anxieties, however - they are more realistic and a little less hipster. Max's relationship with Katherine (KW in the movie) is easier to understand in the book - Katherine wants to be with him. Max is the only person she'll talk to, the only person that makes him feel calm. She wants him to be part of her. She's most representative of how he wishes his relationship with his sister to be, but also represents all relationships in his life. Max feels incredibly un-needed, where he comes from.
HemingwayHeroine wrote this review Thursday, October 29 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
It also seems that Max does much more growing up in the book, in a more realistic way. Throughout his adventures, the Wild Things do things that Max just can't comprehend. This mirrors his mother's reaction to the many wild things that Max does at the beginning of the novel. Through the Wild Things, Max is finally able to draw the line between "fun" and "just too far"”
“This book is strange and beautiful. It is Dave Eggers's novelization of the screenplay he wrote for Spike Jonze's film adaption of the children's classic by Maurice Sendak "Where the Wild Things Are." Obviously, to adapt a book with maybe 20 pages, to a full length motion picture, the story line needed to be expanded on. In Eggers's "Wild Things" Max is more than just a boy who misbehaves, he's the product of a broken home. His mom and dad are divorced, and he has a teenage sister who has outgrown his games and pranks. Max always feels more powerful in his wolf suit, so one night he puts it on, and comes downstairs to dinner with an attitude. After arguing with his family he runs away, imagining he finds a boat and sails to an island inhabited by huge, furry, creatures. At first the creatures want to eat Max, but he tells them he was king of where he came from, and they crown him king of where they are in kind. It's fun and games at first, Max's first orders of business being a rumpus, followed by a parade, but we soon discover the Wild Things have deep-seated neurosis Max must now attempt to manage. There's Carol, who has anger management issues, Ira who's obviously depressed, and Alexander who possesses a sinister jealously of the new king. Of course, all of the Things are just representations of Max's emotions as he tries to cope with his family. This book is pretty amazing. I recommend reading it before you see the film (which is also excellent) although they are different enough that they can be enjoyed separately, or simultaneously.”
Tess wrote this review Monday, October 26 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Beautiful, honest and chock full of humor! A beautifully written expansion to the screenplay Eggers co-wrote with Jonze. Brilliant movie, whimsical and fantastic book! I shall treasure this story.”
Christopher Baldock wrote this review Monday, October 19 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Someone handed this to me, and now I'm reading it. Funny how that happens.
Laura B wrote this review Thursday, October 22 2009. ( reply | view 1 replies | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
The novel was written beautifully; I found there to be a lot added to flesh it out. The story was still sparse, and I discovered that the parts I loved were the parts Eggers added. I concluded that I must just like Dave Eggers, rather than the whole Where The Wild Things Are experience. So now I'm planning on reading more of his, but not seeing the movie.”
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