SPECIAL Films Books SIBLING Comparison Reviews

Flicka Lives Up to My Friend Flicka

2006-10-24T19:13:43Z

East–Book: My Friend FLicka

Review: MUST READ CLASSIC

Snapshot: “If you haven’t read this story of a boy who can’t do anything right, then you’re probably in the minority. This is more the classic coming-of-age story than a “horse story” and has always been a MUST READ.”

ISBN: 0060845953

West–Film: Flicka

Review: EXCELLENT SEE

Snapshot: “Ken becomes Katy in this movie which does nearly everything just right.”

OVERALL: Book 10 out of 10, Film 9 out of 10

THE PRESTIGE: Film or Book, West or East

2006-10-24T12:18:43Z

EAST–Book: The Prestige

Review: EXCELLENT READ

Snapshot: “A clever, gothic and original read focused on shame and obsession.”

SIBLING CONNECTION: The movie captures the spectacle and gothic flavor of this special and original book, but fails to bring alive the complex characters and themes of Priest’s novel. The book is memorable. The movie is stimulating but will likely be forgotten.

ISBN: 0312858868

WEST–Film: The Prestige

Review: GOOD SEE

Snapshot: “A trip into obsession that fails to possess audiences and doesn’t live up to the uniquely gothic novel that inpsired the journey.” Full Review.

OVERALL: Book 9 out of 10, Film 7 out of 10.

Features on Books and Films

2006-06-05T16:24:15Z

Sites of Interest

2006-02-07T02:12:47Z

Magazine Links

• Kunati Books
• Deadly Prose Magazine, the “authority in fiction.”
• Wise Tarot Magazine
• The Last Trobuadour, a novel described as “brilliance…genuinely innovative… the tarot characters are inspired…” Booklist