Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Scarlet Pimpernel
I try to read the book before I see the movie, but in this case I'm about 20 years too late. I chose Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy for Category #9 in this year's Classics Challenge: A classic with a color in the title.
I loved the movie and enjoyed the musical, so I felt it was high time I read the book. The only problem is that the suspense is completely ruined, because I obviously know Percy is the Scarlet Pimpernel. I hope I didn't ruin it for you, but seriously, is there anyone at this point, who isn't already aware of that fact? It slightly lessened my enjoyment of the book, but I still really liked it. It's a fun plot with interesting characters even if you already know what's going to happen.
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I read the book before seeing the movie and was seriously disappointed with the movie for giving away the secret at the very beginning. If it had kept the secret it would probably have been a great movie.
ReplyDeleteExactly! The movie would have been more fun if they hadn't given it away, but since I didn't know the book was like that I had no idea it could have involved more suspense.
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