Lee
Added to listShould Be Adapted To Film Tvwith 38 books.
SHORTS RANKED:
Paranoia
Louisa, Please Come Home
Home
All She Said Was Yes
The Possibility of Evil
The Story We Used to Tell (A24 ready)
The Bus
The Beautiful Stranger
Jack the Ripper
What a Thought
The Good Wife
The Summer People (Blumhouse ready)
The Man in the Woods (A24 ready)
A Visit
The Honeymoon of Mrs. Smith
Family Treasures
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (no relation to Disney)
SHORTS RANKED:
Paranoia
Louisa, Please Come Home
Home
All She Said Was Yes
The Possibility of Evil
The Story We Used to Tell (A24 ready)
The Bus
The Beautiful Stranger
Jack the Ripper
What a Thought
The Good Wife
The Summer People (Blumhouse ready)
The Man in the Woods (A24 ready)
A Visit
The Honeymoon of Mrs. Smith
Family Treasures
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (no relation to Disney)
A nostalgic feeling coming of age drama with hints of suspense. Reading this makes you feel like your own summer is coming to a close as the fair comes to town and your last chance to see some friends and shoot your shot at your crush arrive once more. I respect King for exploring different genres every once in a while, and I’m always pleasantly surprised when I read anything slightly raunchy coming from him—not to say Joyland is filled with it. This will definitely get picked up and adapted into a miniseries or film.
A nostalgic feeling coming of age drama with hints of suspense. Reading this makes you feel like your own summer is coming to a close as the fair comes to town and your last chance to see some friends and shoot your shot at your crush arrive once more. I respect King for exploring different genres every once in a while, and I’m always pleasantly surprised when I read anything slightly raunchy coming from him—not to say Joyland is filled with it. This will definitely get picked up and adapted into a miniseries or film.
“I'd never learned how to relate to people, much less how to speak up for myself. I preferred to sit and rage quietly.”
There’s an underlying uneasiness to this somewhat stream of consciousness tale; an almost haunting feeling like there could be a supernatural element introduced at some point, but it never arrives. I don’t know if that’s what Shirley Jackson embodies at times, as I have yet to read the heralded author. Eileen is certainly a slow-burner—emphasis on slowburn—with moments of meandering coming of age blended in, but I enjoyed my time with this complex character study. Due to its intricate narrative pacing I do think it begins to lose steam in the third act, but there was a consistently palpable comparison to the great film, Carol. A strong debut for Moshfegh, and you can easily see the fleshed out development from Eileen to the Narrator in her best book, My Year of Rest and Relaxation.
“I'd never learned how to relate to people, much less how to speak up for myself. I preferred to sit and rage quietly.”
There’s an underlying uneasiness to this somewhat stream of consciousness tale; an almost haunting feeling like there could be a supernatural element introduced at some point, but it never arrives. I don’t know if that’s what Shirley Jackson embodies at times, as I have yet to read the heralded author. Eileen is certainly a slow-burner—emphasis on slowburn—with moments of meandering coming of age blended in, but I enjoyed my time with this complex character study. Due to its intricate narrative pacing I do think it begins to lose steam in the third act, but there was a consistently palpable comparison to the great film, Carol. A strong debut for Moshfegh, and you can easily see the fleshed out development from Eileen to the Narrator in her best book, My Year of Rest and Relaxation.
