book blather
Jul. 5th, 2018 06:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
impyI'm not sure how it happened that the only book I have left from the library is The Hate U Give but there we are. I cracked into it a few days ago and have been reading it at work ever since. Today I decided to treat myself to reading a bit more... and I finished the whole thing. I'll probably babble more about it later but it definitely earns its hype and consideration as a modern classic.
And as you do, particularly when the acknowledgement section for the book specifically reminds you that there is going to be a movie, you watch the trailer. Or re-watch it, as I'm pretty sure I at least saw the teaser.
I... have issues? One is simply that I'm not sure that's how I pictured Starr but y'know, that's a general book to movie issue and I'll deal. (It's also why I tend to watch the movie first these days.)
Nope, my big issue is with the hair brushing. That sounds so weird out of context, right? But in the book, it's a huge thing that Khalil was simply leaning into his car to check on Starr as he was shot. It's not until much, much later that Starr even finds out that the 'gun' the cop allegedly saw was his hairbrush in the driver side door. He sure as hell did not have it in hand. It's a callback to the shooting and trusts that the reader remembers that it was there in the first place and also shakes Starr because it's such a fucking stupid reason to die that she'd never even thought it.
It's one of those very small changes that is very, very big and I really hope it turns out that this is either a dream/what-if kind of scenario OR it's a case of the trailer showing one thing and the movie edit being completely different. Because it changes things so needlessly. And based on a very quick peek into the comments, it appears that it's the second biggest complaint people have with the trailer. Also, things get ugly really quick as comments tend to do so read at your own risk.
And as you do, particularly when the acknowledgement section for the book specifically reminds you that there is going to be a movie, you watch the trailer. Or re-watch it, as I'm pretty sure I at least saw the teaser.
I... have issues? One is simply that I'm not sure that's how I pictured Starr but y'know, that's a general book to movie issue and I'll deal. (It's also why I tend to watch the movie first these days.)
Nope, my big issue is with the hair brushing. That sounds so weird out of context, right? But in the book, it's a huge thing that Khalil was simply leaning into his car to check on Starr as he was shot. It's not until much, much later that Starr even finds out that the 'gun' the cop allegedly saw was his hairbrush in the driver side door. He sure as hell did not have it in hand. It's a callback to the shooting and trusts that the reader remembers that it was there in the first place and also shakes Starr because it's such a fucking stupid reason to die that she'd never even thought it.
It's one of those very small changes that is very, very big and I really hope it turns out that this is either a dream/what-if kind of scenario OR it's a case of the trailer showing one thing and the movie edit being completely different. Because it changes things so needlessly. And based on a very quick peek into the comments, it appears that it's the second biggest complaint people have with the trailer. Also, things get ugly really quick as comments tend to do so read at your own risk.