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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I received a free copy of “Remain” by Nicholas Sparks and M Night Shyamalan. The quality of writing is what one would expect. It exists just to be adopted into a film (and I believe the film is already scheduled for release next year). Lots of exposition, obvious prose, and so on. I’m reading it because it was free, so. We will see if it ends up grabbing me! [/quote]

Update: My expectations were very low and were met. Plot points were not so much foreshadowed as glaringly advertised from miles away. The “twist” is the only obvious conclusion. The writing is basically, “This thing happened. And then another thing happened.”Overall, not a good book, and will make a B or C level movie. [/quote]

Often it's the mediocre books make better movies. The best books are so multi-layered and complex that no film can ever truly do them justice because so much has to be cut out for the movie to be produced. And I say this as someone who has read books for adaptation for producers as well as worked as a writer's agent in the film and TV industry. It's not just a random opinion, I've seen it. [/quote]

I believe this. Often I’m reading a mediocre book that almost screams, “I was written solely because my author hoped someone would want to adapt this.”[/quote]

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