Jeanne's review
Wonder Boys
by Michael Chabon
Jeanne's review
Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon
Jeanne's review
rating:
Movie was amazingly close to the book, except for the soon-to-be ex-wife part, and some of teh editor/new boy relationship. Grady Tripp's life is much more fully. . . well, developed isn't the right term, actually it's almost the complete opposite. It unravels quickly throughout the book. He is completely unable to control his life. He is merely reacting. Like a kid sitting in the back seat of a car rolling backwards down the hill, he has no control and makes no real attempt to gain control, or idea how to start, it seems. His novel, leviathan that it is, represents this most clearly. He doesn't steer it to any particular path. It just keeps going.
James Leer is a little more ambiguous in the book than the movie. He plays so innocent on the screen, but it comes through better in the book, his attempts to maneuver, his lies, his stealing, his consumption with movies, his escapist attitudes. He seems to actively participate in the editor's seduction of him.
James Leer is a little more ambiguous in the book than the movie. He plays so innocent on the screen, but it comes through better in the book, his attempts to maneuver, his lies, his stealing, his consumption with movies, his escapist attitudes. He seems to actively participate in the editor's seduction of him.
