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  <title><![CDATA[The Wild Things]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;I&gt;The Wild Things&lt;/I&gt; &#8212; based loosely on the storybook by Maurice Sendak and the screenplay cowritten with Spike Jonze &#8212; is about the confusions of a boy, Max, making his way in a world he can&#8217;t control. His father is gone, his mother is spending time with a younger boyfriend, his sister is becoming a teenager and no longer has interest in him. At the same time, Max finds himself capable of startling acts of wildness: he wears a wolf suit, bites his mom, and can&#8217;t always control his outbursts. During a fight at home, Max flees and runs away into the woods. He finds a boat there, jumps in, and ends up on the open sea, destination unknown. He lands on the island of the Wild Things, and soon he becomes their king. But things get complicated when Max realizes that the Wild Things want as much from him as he wants from them. Funny, dark, and alive, &lt;I&gt;The Wild Things&lt;/I&gt; is a timeless and time-tested tale for all ages.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">2009</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>The Wild Things</original_title>
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  <read_at>Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[My dad has this really uneven track record when it comes to presents. You always know he's going to get at least one book, and he writes just achingly beautiful inscriptions in even the ill-considered stuff, the stuff that makes you think, &quot;Dad, seriously, do you have any idea with whom you're ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75698979">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[i'd actually give this closer to 3.5 stars.  like some other reviews i've read, this starts off sooo strong.  max is this wonderful, young, spontaneous, imaginative, creative, emotional creature that kind of awakens the child in you when you open up the book.  <br/><br/>the reason this is not a 4 ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76149311">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I know many people think the whole Wild Things revival is an abomination, that Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers should have left well enough alone and never messed with what was already a perfect children's book.  This is a very valid argument coming from people who loved the book as a kid themselves and...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76652587">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Really enjoyed this, but I was surprised that I actually didn't enjoy it as much as the movie (how often do you say that - that the movie was actually better?). <br/><br/>While I loved the additional imaginative elements that were impossible to capture in the film - some of the physical descriptio...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78337776">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[How do you take a classic children's story that's only 9 sentences and just over 300 words long, and turn it into a full-length novel and movie? Well, you just fill in LOTS of blanks, infer a lot from the illustrations, and try to be very creative.<br/><br/>I read the book before I saw the movie (wh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76335219">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Oct 15 13:06:16 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Oct 22 23:31:51 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[If the movie didn't exist, this would be an exciting book. But given the movie, this book becomes entirely unnecessary. My hope in reading Eggers' novel, based on the script he wrote with Jonze for the film, was that it would have some additional insight into character motivations, backstories, etc....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74644402">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="75781146">
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  <read_at>Sun Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[All I could think about while reading this book was my own childhood.  The author perfectly captures the feelings, confusion and wonder of being a small boy.  I literally felt like the long-gone little boy that I used to be who was confused by the world but so happy and energetic to explore and  eng...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75781146">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="74681628">
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  <read_at>Sat Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I suspect the only reason I finished this book was because I loved the movie so much that it haunted me.  I found myself picturing the film while reading the book which is possible for a good portion of the book.  However, Dave Eggers admittedly departed from the movie at times and added his own spi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74681628">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Well, here's the thing.  If you're in the camp that believes that the Original WWWTA should remain untouched, in its pristine, double-digit-word count form, then obviously you're going to be upset by the book (and the movie), because obviously, you can't make a movie or a novel out of that tiny work...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76929352">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="76623253">
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  <read_at>Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ah, the beauty and menace of youth in revolt! Eggers fleshes out Sendak's ode to childhood confusion in this angst filled, bittersweet parable. Max's confusion, selfishness, sensitivity, and frustrations are represented during his imaginary journey by the wonderfully rambunctious monsters (I've been...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76623253">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="76132627">
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Oct 29 12:14:56 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I grabbed this on impulse last night at the library. Mostly because the cover is beautiful.<br/><br/>I saw the movie when it came out and while it wasn't what I expected, I really did like it. I think it's kind of awesome to portray troubled kids in a way that doesn't make them look like they are ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76132627">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've basically been consuming the wild things for the last month. I bought the soundtrack (which I love) a week before the film came out. Then I went to the film (which I loved) on opening day. And now I just finished reading Eggers book (which falls somewhere between the screenplay Eggers co-wrote ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74843652">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[this is an excellent &quot;adaptation&quot; of the book and the movie where the wild things are.  maurice sendak (original author) approached spike jonze and dave eggers to write the screenplay and then later convinced dave eggers to use that screenplay to write a novelization, and this is what came...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77407862">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Book Page Buzz Girl August 2009<br/><br/>There has been a last-minute addition to the McSweeney's fall list: an adult novel based on Where the Wild Things Are, titled simply, Wild Things (October). The author? Dave Eggers, who adapted the children's hook into the screenplay for the anticipated mov...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70603096">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an amazing book! Eggers took Sendak's masterpiece and slipped it under the microscope. He takes us deep inside the pages to all of the unseen moments between Sendak's words. Eggers completely captures the essence of Max, which to me, is the essence of boyhood. The excitement and confusion th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74349687">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an amazing book! Eggers took Sendak's masterpiece and slipped it under the microscope. He takes us deep inside the pages to all of the unseen moments between Sendak's words. Eggers completely captures the essence of Max, which to me, is the essence of boyhood. The excitement and confusion th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74349483">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I want to like this book more than I do.  I absolutely adored the movie, though that could be what is preventing me from liking the book.  Eggers made some big changes to the story.  That, in and of itself, wouldn't be so bad except that I think his changes diminished the emotional impact that the s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75020761">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It took me a while to decide what I felt about this book, and reading reviews didn't help.  I read two - one loved it and the other hated it.  After thinking about it for a while, I decided that I liked it, but I didn't love it.  I haven't yet seen the film (screenplay also written by Eggers), so I ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74770304">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you enjoyed the movie then you'll probably love this book. However, if you were one of &quot;those&quot; that found the film somewhat meandering and &quot;naval-gazing&quot; then you'd best stay away from Eggers not quite direct adaptation of he and Spike Jonze's screenplay of Maurice Sendak's &quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77739686">more...</a>]]></body>
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