In Halloween Town the Pumpkin King, Jack Skellington, is growing tired of everything being Halloween everyday. Set in a magical world, where in an enchanted forest, doors are portal to different lands that home the kings of all holidays. The story follows the exact plot of the movie: ' The Nightmare Before Christmas' is a classic movie first directed by Tim Burton in 1993, and for it's 30th anniversary Megan Shepherd has adapted the screenplay into a novel that both adults and children will enjoy! Many Thanks to NetGalley and Bonnier Books UK for providing me with a review copy in exchange for an honest review! If you read it, let me know what you think! For me, at least, it was almost like watching it again for the first time. But whatever way you prefer, Nightmare fans will not want to miss this fresh experience of their favorite movie. Personally, I think audiobook is the way to go with this one. He definitely wasn't, being surely too young. It has a very '90s feel about it, and I had to look him up to see if he was somehow involved in the original movie. He has a miraculous ability to mimic all the film's original voice actors, from Jack to Sally to the witches to the Mayor. Speaking of the audiobook, the narrator (MacLeod Andrews) really goes out of his way to make this an experience. With the level of detail prose is able to provide, you can't help but experience the film in a new way through this medium. Again, that is with no scenes added or subtracted. ![]() Just how "slowed down" is the novelization? Well, the film clocks in at an hour and thirty-seven minutes. This is definitely in the movie, and told through song, but the novel spells it out better so even super fans will have new appreciation for character development told through subtext. There's also more clarity as to why Jack longs for something more than being Pumpkin King year after year. I, at least, didn't know that there was conflict between Oogie Boogie and Jack because many years prior Oogie had wanted to be the "Bug King" of Halloween. That said, Shepherd does an excellent job of replaying the film back in slow motion, taking care to analyze every frame so that you "see" the movie in a new light, despite there being no additions or subtractions.Īt times, her "close reading" of the film does work to reveal motivation of the characters, however. If you're hoping for vast internal monologues revealing deep motivations from Jack, Sally, Oogie Boogie, or other iconic characters, you may be disappointed. In consequence, the result is more external-based than internal, like a traditional novel. ![]() or is it destined to become an utter nightmare?Ĭomplete your Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas collection with these ghoulish reads!Ī new 2023 novelization of a 1993 classic, The Nightmare Before Christmas has been converted, frame-by-frame, into the impressive prose of bestselling novelist Megan Shepherd.įor those unfamiliar with the art of novelization, the mission is not to reimagine a film but to literally put it into words without too much disruption of the cinematic product. Will Jack’s dream of creating the perfect Christmas come true. Sally sees a terrible vision of Jack falling into danger, and the mysterious Oogie Boogie hides in the shadows. Reinvigorated, Jack returns to Halloween Town and recruits the citizens into his new to organize Christmas themselves! But even with aid from his loyal dog Zero and the resourceful rag doll Sally, challenges lurk around every corner. ![]() Then he stumbles upon a mysterious tree-shaped door deep in the Hinterlands and falls straight into Christmas Town-an enchanting place like no other, full of sparkling snow, merry elves, and twinkling lights. Jack Skellington is the beloved Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, but he has grown tired of leading the usual scares every year. ![]() Celebrate the 30th anniversary of the holiday classic Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas with this stunning collectible novelization, adapted by New York Times bestselling author Megan Shepherd.
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