Title: A terrible translation from screen to page
Product review: How does one go about taking a fast-paced, character-driven story and turning it into a barely readable work that almost requires a mental four-wheel-drive setting to slog through?I'm not exactly sure, either, but it seems that Keith R.A. DeCandido has mastered the technique. This novelization of Joss Whedon's Serenity falls far, far short of expectations. The characterization is poorly done, and becomes lost in DeCandido's attempts to cram every possible reference to Firefly around Whedon's brilliant script. It's like he obtained a copy of the script and spent an afternoon writing actions around the dialogue, all the while trying to emulate the tone of Whedon's script and get in the occasional "Look! I know Firefly!" or "See? I can be as clever as Whedon, too!" A good novelization should balance out the script with appropriate actions, not compete with it every step of the way.I also recommend the Visual Companion instead of the novelization.
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