El Curioso Caso de Benjamin Button / The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paperback)

from ChristineEllei

Having recently gotten around to seeing the movie I wanted to read the original story. I am glad I did. The movie romanticizes the story beautifully, but the short story tells us a little more of the gritty truth behind what would happen if a man were to age backwards. Regardless of the fact that...

from BoundTogetherForGood

I enjoyed the book. I haven't seen the film yet. I am quite surprised that the reaction of the mother, to the baby, was ignored. I would have been interested in what the author thought the reaction of a mother, in this circumstance, would have been. Otherwise, the story was intriguing and interes...

from AlisonY

This book was like a masterclass on how to write the perfect short story - I'd forgotten just how genius Fitzgerald is with words on a page. Some of the main threads of the stories were utterly bonkers yet totally brilliant. He manages to combine crazy plots with wry humour, and then interweaves ...

from varwenea

I stumbled on this little book at my local used book store. Immediately, I was surprised that this little illustrated 63 pages book can turn into a 2 hr, 48 min movie. Well, not quite. The movie is loosely based on the book, and the book took some creative conveniences to walk a fairly straight l...

from SashaM

Having seen the movie I guess I was expecting a longer book this is more of a sketch of an idea than a novella. It wasn't a bad little read but the 30 odd pages only took me about 20 minutes and I can't say that in those 30 pages I gained any emotional investment what so ever.