Sunday 21 February 2010 at Ellie's place
Our next book is the 1995 Pulitzer Prize winning Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt. It was chosen from Leigha's shortlist of book/movie pairs. We'll each try to read the book and also watch Clint Eastwood's 1997 movie adaptation before coming to the next gathering.
Results - it was pretty much unanimous - book's great, movie not so much.
Ratings (out of 17) (book/movie):
Wendy: 16/10 beautifully written, great characters.
Emma: 15/- enjoyed it the most of any book recently.
Ellie: 15/7 Second half of the book not as good as the first, but still enjoyable. Movie made me angry - why change it? All the characters were shrunk!
Steve: 15/8 Characters brilliant; found the second half of the book a bit pedestrian. Move took 3 attempts to get through!
Leigha: 15/11 The sort of book you want to keep.
Tim:Book 16/4
Average: 15.3
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