Two stars seems really low, but "it was okay" about sums up my feelings on it. It's really just the movie, more or less. I was curious if this would lend any more insight or depth into it. It doesn't. It's not bad, but if you seen the movie you're covered.

A tough book to review: on the one hand, I enjoyed reading it; on the other, I can't think of anyone I'd recommend it to.Writers of novelizations have a tough job: they need to be faithful to the film, not skip too much or add too much that isn't needed, while accepting that there's a limited market for horrow novelizations [I still own a copy of the combined noveliztion of "A Nightmare On Elm Street Parts 4 & 5" - I suspect few others do].The movie of Cabin in the Woods seemed to divide audienc...

After some initial trepidation I quite enjoyed this book. Trepidation because I found the characters annoying haha. I liked how it kept you guessing...was it a slasher movie type book? Backwoods horror? Zombie horror? Well, I suppose all of the above to some degree but it was a whole lot more, some interesting revelations and twists! The payoff at the end was great. I did watch the first 40 minutes or so of the movie in tandem with reading but now I look forward to watching the rest :)

The best horror novel I've read in forever!I've been looking forward to this movie for way over a year now and when I heard there was a novelization, I knew I just had to read it. And I was not disappointed. At first when I heard about The Cabin in the Woods I thought, yeah, okay. Teens going into the woods and getting hacked up by some killer. I'm sure that's what a lot of people thought. But fuck, everyone was far from the truth!This is one of the most fucked up and crazy books I've read! I th...

I remember liking the movie quite a bit. The twists and plays on horror movie tropes were fun and I picked up the novelization because I’d hoped to get to explore it in more detail. Now I figure if I were a character, the audience would be shouting at my poor, poor decision. This turned out to be a hate read. I’m happy I completed it so I can pan it with knowledge.It begins with gross casual sexism and a solid thread of racism. It was off-putting, for sure, but I told myself it was probably just...

I picked this book up from an used book sale and read the back:Five friends go to a remote cabin in the woods.Bad things happen.If you think you know the story, think again. Sounds interesting. I'm always up for a good mystery that has a twist ending. I should of read the Movie to Novelization part. This was a horror movie starring Chris Hemsworth and Jesse Williams that was rewritten as a novel. This was not the novel for me. Yes, 5 friends do go to a cabin in the woods, but then they get attac...

I love this film, so even though I knew what was going to happen I still enjoyed this novelisation of Cabin In The Woods!

Never saw the movie, but this was pretty good. Much more of a story line than I thought there would be.

For other reviews and bookish things go to http://youmaysayimareader.blogspot.com3.75/5"An army of nightmares, huh? Let's get this party started."This book was a reread for me and I've seen the movie more times that I'm comfortable acknowledging so I knew where I was getting into.But... I don't know. The first time I read it I gave it five stars on Goodreads. Ok, maybe it was more like a 4.75, but the thing is that I really liked it.So what happened this time? Maybe my love for the movie clouded...

I watched the film quite a while ago and must say that I don't remember a great deal about it, just that it was weird, wacky, out there and pretty difficult to follow. I had no idea there was a book, so when I found it at the library I followed my faith that the book is always better than the film and decided to borrow it. Now, I really enjoyed this! Straight after I finished the book the film was on TV (weird...I had no idea) so I compared. Others may find it weird as the film and book are pret...

This book was scary and was interesting to read at the same time. And also i was excited to read the book because i had saw the movie and it had took me back to when i did see the movie. That's why i said that i was scary. But other then that i will be reading this book again if i have a chance to get the book from the library again.

While this is a faithful adaptation of the film and provided us with some additional insight into some of the characters, overall it was disappointing. The pacing is much too slow with the result that much of the humor & horror of the screen doesn't translate to the page. It's also (at least the nook edition) riddled with typos and poorly attributed dialogue that threw me right out of the story. The final straw for me was when "Judah" suddenly became "Jonah." There's no excuse for that lack of/p...

Cabin In the Woods I recently took the time to read the movie novelization of the same tilted film which was written by best selling author Tim Lebbon. Of course as a movie this was advertised as something new and something fresh. The book also takes this approach with little detail of what the book is about on the rear cover. Which is always refreshing to see something want to do something different especially when this item has something to do with the one and only Joss Whedon. This novel sta...

Warning : This isn't really a review, just a whole bunch of movie gifs and such. My love for this movie might just have something to do with me rating this book so high. I mean come on, the movie is so fucking good. How can you not like a movie that has:scary ass monsterskiller unicornsredneck zombies!some sexy dancing1 fucking hot foolFuck that man is beautiful ^_____^Don't mind me drooling....And don't forget evil gods!!Seriously, it feels like this movie was made for ME. It has basically ever...

It was a fun read, but there were some things that could have been tweaked. You could tell the author was from the UK, Americans don't usually say things like windscreen and torch. There were some missed opportunities when it came to the POV changes. Like, why would he write Dana watching her friends explore the basement? There should have been quick paragraphs from the differing POVs.I wonder what they would have had to use to summon the vagina dentata woman.

As a kid I collected tie-in novels because they were a fun way to get into reading, I could re-live the film whilst waiting for the video tape to grace the Irish stores (This was in the 80's) and sometimes you'd get extra stuff not featured in the film.And then there are the exception to the rule when the book was well written, compulsive reading and just a joyous experience; I could bore you with a list of those that fall into this category but I'll save you the Arnold Rimmer rant and just say

It's an all-too-familiar story: five friends - the jock, the slut, the nice girl, the brain, and the clown - go for vacation to a cabin in the Middle of Nowhere, and then...well, you know. Only in this case, you don't. This one's different. Really. No, I can't tell you why. Only that there's much more beneath the surface.I don't normally read movie novelizations but this one's by Tim Lebbon, one of the current greats, and though I've been very excited to see the film I don't know when I'll get t...

4 stars out of 5I loved this movie, it is in fact one of my all time favorites. So instead of delving into the sheer genius of the movie, I will stick to the book. I knew the second I saw it at B&N that I had to read it. The novelization is true to the movie as you'd expect, reflecting its success. I was hoping for a closer look at the monsters, but instead was surprised by getting to know each character intimately. The book is brutal. I found myself unnerved by the violence, not because it was

Went to see the movie in the cinema loved it and I'm just finished reading this it's a great read.

This is fine. And I find that so disappointing. The movie is incredible and groundbreaking, yielding a love that I spell with a capital 'L'. It's so great.And this? It's just... fine.Almost worth 1 star, but bumped up due to my appreciation of the source material.