Wonder Woman: The Official Movie Novelization

Anyone who knows me won’t be surprised that I chose to read and review the official movie novelization of the recent Wonder Woman movie. I have been a long-time Wonder Woman fan and have seen multiple versions of the character’s backstory, read and collected most of the Wonder Woman comic books, and collect just about anything related to the character that I can get my hands on. In other words, it was only a matter of time before I read this book.One of the things I do enjoy about movie novelizations is that, as with any book, you get to see inside the characters heads in a way that you aren’t able to when watching the movie. In this case, we are able to learn from Diana’s thoughts what she thinks when she first meets Steve Trevor. We see her first impression of him, of his world when she returns to London with him, and their opinions of each other in greater detail than can be seen by simply watching the movie. There is much more depth to the characters that can be picked up by reading what they are thinking rather than just by watching their actions.However one of the problems with movie novelizations is that often the book seems to have been rushed through the publishing process. In this case, it felt like the editing/proofreading did not receive as much attention as it needed to truly make the book great. A number of times typos and other errors made me pause in order to reread a passage or two. While the editing wasn’t too bad overall, I do wish more time and effort had been put into it. The book would have been much more enjoyable for me had there been fewer errors.Normally I would go into a bit more detail about what happens within this book, but as popular the as the movie was I expect that many people have already watched it by now. As such, the only detail I could add in here that most folks aren’t already aware of would include the thoughts that the characters were having, but doing so would give away more of the story than I prefer. Hopefully, if you enjoyed the movie and want to know more of the details that they were forced to leave out, you will seek out this book. Even with the errors that I found while reading, I did enjoy it and was glad that I had taken the opportunity to read it.

A friend of mine saw the movie and loved it, so I suspect I'm going to love the story in this. He and I usually agree on stories and movies.I'm only 27% of the way through the book, and I was SO annoyed that I just had to write this.Most of the writing so far is clear and well done. This looks like the work of a good writer without any polishing or proofing. Maybe a second draft. I'm all for authors making up words to express something, like Lewis Caroll made up the word chortle. That's expressive, and lends flavor. It's clear when you read it what the author is trying to express.But there are some made-up words that just make the reader go "Huh?" The sentence that made me write this was "As was her foreordinance." It makes the dictionary say "Huh?" too. Possibly she meant it was foreordained. Possibly she was talking about weapons, since that is what ordinance means, and intended to say she was forearmed? But making up words does not clarify things in this case. It just makes me confused and uncertain of what the author is trying to say.It wouldn't be as annoying if the author hadn't made a few small mistakes before I even got to that. I have to say that I used to be a proofreader, and things like this are really annoying to me, and this used to be rare in books, but self-publishing is starting to be synonymous with no editing or proofing. This was probably published through an agreement with the movie company, and not self-published, but it has all the hallmarks of a self-published book.How are children supposed to go from learning to read to truly literate?I'll add more to this review when I've finished the book.

After seeing and buying the movie I was wondering what was missing from the screen. This fills in a lot of the blanks. I enjoy seeing women being empowered. This novelization is fair, it seems to have scenes that were not in the movie. At least that I can remember. I gave it four stars because it was not a page turner as other books. That may have to do to the source material and not the author.

Despite the failure of Dawn of Justice, the successes of Man of Steel and Suicide Squad are giving the DC Extended Universe a much needed boost. So there is no need to fear from Wonder Woman, the boost continues.Wonder Woman has gone on as long as Superman and Batman but compared to her hero friends she has yet to get a movie, until now. In this case it is long overdue, and the story is impeccably well told. Different from the original comic, yet laced with original stuff that makes it interesting for both new and old generations.Its a traditional action adventure as good as Batman Begins. Its a great start for Wonder Woman and definitely feel that this is well worth it.Well Done. A-

Like other reviewers have said, this is simply the movie script converted into a novel, with little extra information. Perhaps the author wasn't allowed to do any more than that. I was hoping the book might clear up some questions I had about the movie, but it didn't. Well, there was one thing: how do the Amazons speak 20th century English? That's one of their abilities given to them by the gods, so they can fulfill their mission as emissaries of peace (which they...um, don't do. Well, it's like that in the comics, too.) Although if that's true, then Diana ought to have said "we speak all languages," instead of "we speak hundreds of languages."I don't have a Kindle, but based on the reviews by people reviewing the Kindle version, I assume that the Kindle version has more grammatical errors than the paperback.I loved the movie, by the way.

A good novelization of the hit film.It's a faithful retelling, with minimal fleshing out of scenes or dialogue that you sometimes get in movie novelizations. The director of the film, Patty Jenkins, is quoted as saying that there were no deleted scenes from film, and the fact that there's very little additional material in this novelization does kind of back that up.The book does add to the film however by expanding on the thoughts of Diana and of Steve Trevor when the POV is focused on them. You really get more of a sense of Diana's straightforwardness, and perhaps naivety, as she leaves her home of Themyscira on a quest that takes her to the world of man during the First World War to defeat Ares the God Of War. We're also able to read the thoughts of Steve Trevor, revealing that he's very much in love with Diana and although he may not believe in the whole Amazons and Gods scenario, he does still trust and believe in Diana completely.The book is split into three parts - essentially the three acts of the film - Amazon, Warrior and Wonder Woman, and I like the way each part starts with a quote that sums up what you're about to read.If you're a fan of the film then you'll enjoy reliving it again with this well written novelization by Nancy Holder.

If you liked the film you will like this novelisation.It is no classic but it does what it says on the tin ie tells the tale of Wonder Woman.

Seen the movie, love the book, after starting it I couldn't put it down.Would recommend to comic book lovers like myself.

Fantastic film, fantastic book. Love the story.

Good book, followes the film closely but no extra bits in the book