From the sha “It’s a terrible thing, isn’t it? To be dragged under?” When Jack raced ahead towards the Holland Transit Bridge, Jim quickly lost sight of him. Children weren’t allowed on the streets past sunset, but on the day of Jack Sturges birthday, he and his little brother Jim were having too much fun on their bicycles to notice the sun was slowly making its exit.
“It’s a terrible thing, isn’t it? To be dragged under?” In San Bernadino in the late 1960s, almost 200 hundred children went missing in what became known as The Milk Carton Epidemic. It was vile, heartwarming, intense, and funny. I've had these same feelings before while reading works from other directors, and while I enjoyed those books as well, it seems to be a common thought that nags at me.īUT overall, I'm really glad I decided to visit the slimey underbelly that is the novel version of Trollhunters. Also, some of the smaller scenes added in near the end felt as if pulled straight from film. Scenes that could be more powerful in fewer words are dragged out longer than they need to be, especially action scenes I felt that the strength of the fight scenes floundered under their own verbosity. My singular complaint, is that this novel does read like it was meant to be an ornamented movie script. The twists keep readers on the edges of their seats until the bittersweet end. You grow to know and love the characters. The writing is gorgeous - the prose feels wonderfully atypical at times even the simplest sentences can germinate from a place of pure originality, like a breath of fresh air. The descriptions in this book might actually be difficult for the faint-of-heart or queasy to power through. The trolls (especially the Gumm-Gumms) are absolutely disgusting, revolting monsters, illuminated in a way only del Toro could achieve. Reading Trollhunters is like taking a decadent, sobering trip into the 9th circle of Dante's Inferno. They are two different beasts that share a common blood. Because the differences are enormous, albeit well-reasoned on del Toro's part. WARNING: Do NOT read this book if all you want is the Trollhunters Netflix series in book form. The tro After watching the Netflix series and becoming somewhat obsessed, I grabbed this book at the earliest opportunity. After watching the Netflix series and becoming somewhat obsessed, I grabbed this book at the earliest opportunity.
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