Forrest Gump

I love the film, but hate this dang book! RUN, READER, RUN! There are very few books that I really hate, and definitely this is one of those few books that I truly hate and even I regret the time invested to read it. There are several books that I didn't enjoy to read them or I thought that the

I loved the movie. Don't get me wrong, the film adaption is one of my favorite movies of all time- that's precisely why I wanted to give the book a try, because the book's always better than the movie, right? Well, this was the exception. Because 'Forrest Gump' is manipulative, outrageous, poorly ch Leggi tutto

This one is tough to rate. Forrest Gump is a favorite movie of mine that has contributed a lot to pop culture for the past almost three decades. Pretty much everyone knows and has used quotes from this movie. Often the mantra is "read the book first" or "the book is better than the movie". But, with Leggi tutto

This is one of those cases where the movie is better than the book. It happens. I bought this book, which inspired the Forrest Gump movie, because my hubby and I loved the movie so much. Public Service Alert: The book's plot has almost nothing to do with the movie's plot, except on the most basic lev Leggi tutto

As I read the Forrest Gump novel, my biggest disappointment was that the voice I heard within my head was my own, not Tom Hanks. There's a fair amount difference between the book and movie, so if you have seen the movie, you won't feel like you're rehashing scenes you've already experienced. For exam Leggi tutto

I had heard so many fantastic things about the movie, but I didn’t know that it was based on a book. I was pleasantly surprised when I came across the book during one of my book hunts. The story is narrated by the eponymous protagonist of the book, who introduces himself as an idiot but also says tha Leggi tutto

In a way it's a real shame that this book will forever be connected (and usurped in the minds of most) by the iconic Tom Hanks movie. I found this book on my father's shelf and the cover- featuring a mongoloid-looking face- grabbed me almost instantly. When I started to read, I wasn't disappointed.