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Liked It4 of 4 members found this review helpful “This was a really great book. I love the author, so I knew that I would love this book. It was a very strange story about a boy who is born old and as he grows up he is really getting younger. It was hard to picture this because when you think of a baby you think of new things, not an old...” see full review » see other reviews » |
Didn’t Like It1 of 1 members found this review helpful “Watched the movie, which I enjoyed and now have just begun the short story and the differences in plot are that the baby is not only physically old but mentally old and speaks and reads at birth. Also, he is the size of a old man, that is, over 5' tall. The time period is before the Civil War and...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“I did not see the movie so I was able to experience this short story with a clean slate of imagination. I also don't normally read short stories so this is my first. My only word to relate my thoughts: interesting. This is a story that could very easily have been made a novel. There are so many issues and themes that are not touched. It's so very simplified. I'm intrigued by this type of writing. I liked it. It was a good story.”
Janette L wrote this review 11 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“It was a fun short story, very interesting how his life played out. However the story is rather unrealistic and makes the town folks seem very dense. Other than that though it's pretty good.
Shiney wrote this review 13 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Fav quote: ""All right, father"--this with a grotesque simulation of filial respect--"you've lived longer; you know best. Just as you say."
My review of this book on my blog Book Addicts Unite: http://bookaddictsunite.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button/”
“oddly, i liked the movie better. rare occurrence.”
asia wrote this review Tuesday, October 27 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Beautiful and inspiring story...”
Iva R wrote this review Saturday, October 24 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Movie is much better! More details, however this is just a short story.”
Michelle B wrote this review Thursday, October 15 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Interesting just to read and contrast with the movie. Very different from the movie!!”
Kristy wrote this review Wednesday, October 14 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I didn't know it was a book before a movie. Quick, interesting read. Great book by Fitzgerald.”
Diane wrote this review Wednesday, October 7 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Regina L said: 3 stars
Play Book Tag Shelf wrote this review Tuesday, September 29 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Inspired by a Mark Twain's observation that the best things in life happen at the beginning and the worst at the end, Fitzgerald explores the ramifications of "aging" in reverse. Benjamin, or Methuselah as we was first named, makes his entrance into the world as an old man of 70 donning a long gray beard with the ability to speak. Frightening the entire hospital staff, his father notes his son "was a poor excuse for a first family baby." (pg. 18). To cope his father ignores the idiosyncrasies and tries to force his son into chronological age appropriate behavior to which the younger Button attemtps to conform. Benjamin eventually marries, fathers a child, becomes a successful business man, and has a successful military career. However, his reverse aging causes great difficulty as he loses interest in his wife and eventually needs the care of his son as a father figure.
It is a solid read providing food for thought for a culture that yearns to capture a forever young attitude.
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“Since this was recently a major motion picture I was surprised to find this was a book of only 60 pages.
Regina L wrote this review Friday, September 25 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Inspired by a Mark Twain's observation that the best things in life happen at the beginning and the worst at the end Fitzgerald explores the ramifications of "aging" in reverse. Benjamin, or Methuselah as we was first named, makes his entrance into the world as an old man of 70 with a long gray beard and talking. His father notes his son "was a poor excuse for a first family baby." (pg. 18). To cope his father ignores the idiosyncrasies and tries to force him into chronological age appropriate behavior to which the younger Button attemtps to conform. Benjamin eventually marries, fathers a child, becomes a successful business man, and has a successful military career. However, his reverse aging causes great difficulty as he loses interest in his wife and eventually needs the care of his son as a father figure.
It is a solid read providing food for thought for a culture that yearns to capture a forever young attitude.”
“This is one of the rare cases when the movie was so much better! Whereas the usual complaint is that with a movie, there are only 3 hours to weave and complete the story, I found the movie version much richer in depth. The story's plot was given more emphasis in the movie, and the characterizations were developed well in the movie's screenplay. Supposedly in reading a novel, it is much "richer" compared to a movie, since the reader's imagination is at play, but here the opposite is true.
a.k.a. SHY... I'm the real deal wrote this review Tuesday, September 8 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Seamless storyline, which I found lacking in the book. The movie deviated from the story and improved on it. Creatively and beautifully executed. Never was a fan of Brad Pitt, until I saw this movie.
Rating: 1/4 bookmarks (for the book)
4/5 stars (for the movie)
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