The
Silver Linings Playbook is a book that I'm glad I read even
though I found it a bit wrenching at times.
Thank you, Michelle from Jarrah
Jungle for linking this one in to Books
You Loved.
Some people say that the movie was better than the
book. I haven't seen the movie so can't
comment. If it is, it'll be an exception
to the general rule that the original book is usually better.
The main character in the book is certainly complex and
quirky. The whole book speaks from his
point of view – which is an adult suffering quite severe bi-polar – to pull
that one off is a tour de force in its own right.
There is also quite a lot of humour in the book. I wasn't sure what to make of all the
football fan references – maybe not so accessible to someone like me who has
never watched a single game of American football – which we call gridiron. I come from a rugby nation, after all.
There are some really quirky chapter titles like:
Break
Free of a Nimbostratus
Weathering
the Relative Squalor
I
Can Share Raisin Bran
There is some bad language in the book but no sex to
speak of.
This book had some similarities with The World's Strongest Librarian – a
book I have posted about before here.
I loved the movie but haven't read the book. Perhaps I should add it to my TBR list.
ReplyDeleteI thought this was a heart-breaking but beautiful book. I've also watched the film. I think it was equal to the book but not necessarily better.
ReplyDeleteInteresting - I've seen the movie but haven't read the book. Funny that you call football "gridiron," too, haven't heard that before!
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