The Addams Family

by Elizabeth Faucher

Faceți cunoștință cu familia Addams: Morticia, care îngrijește trandafirii retezându-le bobocii, Gomez, pentru care un aprig duel cu sabia înlocuiește o strângere călduroasă de mână. Apoi Boxișor și Miercuri, drăgălașii lor copii. Boxișor colecționeză indicatoare rutiere - gen "sens interzis" - iar jucăria preferată a lui Miercuri este o păpușă decapitată. Ultima, dar nu cea mai neînsemnată, este Cioacă, "mâna domestică" răsfățată de întreaga familie, gata întotdeauna să dea o mână de ajutor... Acum, de mult dispărutul unchi Buboi le-a căzut iarăși pe cap, încuiat ca orice bun spărgător. Arată ca unchiul Buboi. Vorbește ca unchiul Buboi. Dar este oare unchiul Buboi?

Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Media Tie In

141 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published November 17, 1991

Reviews

[Socrate · Rating 3 out of 5]

Casa nu avea ştergător de picioare. Nici be- culeţe de Crăciun viu colorate. Nici familie zâmbitoare în uşă, invitând pe toată lumea să poftească, să ia loc lângă foc şi să bea puţin lapte de pasăre proaspăt şi gustos.

Casa avea o poartă masivă de fier, trepte strâmbe la intrare, mai mult decât câteva găuri căscate şi ştirbe acolo unde ar fi trebuit să se afle ferestrele ― şi o cârpă mare, neagră, bătută în cuie pe uşa veche de lemn.

Era genial de casă vinde până şi dracii s-ar teme să pună piciorul.

Dar neînfricaţii colindători din vecini, de-o voioşie mai încăpăţânată decât a Micilor Cerce- taşe la paradă, îşi înălţau vocile în cântec, adunaţi într-un strâns semicerc de bună tovărăşie. Cântau ― sonor, mândru ― „Micul toboşar” şi întrucât nu primiră niciun răspuns de la locatarii casei întunecate, îl mai cântară o dată, mai inimoşi şi mai fericiţi ca oricând.

Şi încă o dată.

Şi încă o dată.

Sus pe acoperiş, familia Addams ― Gomez, Morticia, Mamaie, Boxişor, Miercuri şi Pândiş, credinciosul lor valet, priveau în jos la colindătorii cei radioşi pe când atacau încă un vers entuziast şi asurzitor din „Micul toboşar”. Încet, împinseră mai aproape de margine cazanul cu smoală aburindă şi plină de bulbuci, după care, cu un brânci voios, îl răsturnară peste colindătorii de jos.

Era tradiţionalul salut de sărbători al familiei Addams.

[Olivia · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was pretty funny, I really liked it. I have seen the movie, but I like the old shows better :)

[Susie-Q McLaren · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gothic hilarity and everyday morals and manners twisted up in this nostalgic read.

[Aimée · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wer den ersten Addams-Family-Film gesehen hat, kennt die Handlung: Die Addams, steinreich, werden von ihrem Anwalt und seinen Geldleihern ausgetrickst, zu glauben, der lang verschollene Fester Addams sei zurückgekehrt.

Doch die Handlung ist eigentlich irrelevant, denn den Reiz macht die Familie selbst aus: Die Addams sind nicht das, was man als normal definieren würde; sie fühlen sich in schauriger Umgebung wohl, sind der Inbegriff von Goths und BDSMern und dennoch gute Bürger, fantastische Eltern und liebende Ehepartner. Auch wenn die anderen guten Bürgern sie nicht verstehen und eher reißaus nehmen, hält das die Addams nicht davon ab, sich dafür einzusetzen, was sie für moralisch richtig erachten - was sich gar nicht so von den "guten Bürgern" unterscheidet, würden sie mal hinhören...

Der Text ist eine ziemlich genaue Umsetzung des Films, auch wenn immer wieder kleine Szenen auftauchen, die nicht im Film waren. Ich weiß jetzt nicht, ob die Autorin da kreative Ergänzungen vorgenommen hat oder die Szenen aus Zeitgründen aus dem Film geschnitten wurden, aber es ist ein nettes Plus. Ein weiteres nettes Plus sind die zahlreichen Fotos, die in drei Strecken im Buch verteilt sind. So kann man sich nochmal erinnern und die Details genau studieren, die im Film schnell untergehen.

Einziges Manko: wie bei "Nightmare before Christmas" hat sich das Übersetzerbüro auch hier nicht mit dem Filmstudio abgesprochen und so sind einige klassische Zitate nicht wörtlich dieselben wie im Film. Außerdem wurde Vetter Itt zu Cousin Es, der ja nun seit der klassischen Serie so hieß...


"Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc."



~ Lilith ~

13.10.2019

[Shin'itsirou Futono · Rating 5 out of 5]

Exellent!!

[Emil Călinescu]

N-am vazut ultimul film, din 2019, dar am vazut filmele vechi si am vazut si Musicalul teatral de la Excelsior.

Pe scurt: pe ecran ori pe scena Familia Addams e delicioasa. In varianta scrisa este seaca. Ii lipsesc ingredientele principale: fundalul sonor si culorile morbide. Plus zambetele malefice ale personajelor.

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[Eric · Rating 4 out of 5]

There's really no reason to read this novelization. It's basically just the screenplay translated into prose, down to the scant visual descriptors that feel like they were copied and pasted from the stage direction. Occasionally you get some insight into the complex psychological processes of the characters with a sentence like, "Fester was worried." But I still had heckuva fun with it. It's cozy, you know? Especially with the included pictures. Not every book needs to be Thomas Wolfe. (Then again, I've never read anything by Thomas Wolfe.)

I don't have a great memory for the first movie, having always been more of a Values man, but I believe there are a couple of gags included here that were probably present in the screenplay but cut from the final film. One of the more amusing ones is Pugsley eating motel soap like it's candy; later, Gomez, depressed after his brother has betrayed him and kicked him out of his own house, snacks on them from a bowl while watching daytime TV. This prefigures a similar joke in Netflix's Wednesday where Pugsley eats potpourri and shares the bowl with his father--probably the only instance in that miserable show where you actually feel like you're watching The Addams Family.

[sanda moga · Rating 3 out of 5]

Familia Addams e deja bine-cunoscuta.
Povestea este savuroasa, plina de umor, iar personajele sunt foarte originale transformand toate aspectele negative (dureri fizice, traume psihice) in valori de familie. Este cea mai functionala familie disfunctionala.
Fiind foarte scurta, este o lectura minunata pentru noaptea de Halloween.
Singurul aspect care nu mi-a placut a fost traducerea numelor. Mi-a fost destul de greu sa ma obisnuiesc cu numele romanesti si mi se pare ca asta a distrus o buna parte a savorii cartii.

[Bianca Dani Flores · Rating 5 out of 5]

I sat down to read the novelization of my favorite childhood movie. This book was published the year I was born. 26 years later it is just as funny and enjoyable. This book could have been released last week. It is still a relevant and amazingly cooky story. *snap snap

[Mona · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hat super Spaß gemacht zu lesen, total kurzweilig (eben auch weil die Story sehr schnell ist und schon bekannt und ich großer Fan des Films bin). Wenig bis keine zusätzlichen Infos und man merkt ob der Schnelle der Erzählungen schon sehr, dass es auf einem Film basiert, daher ein Stern Abzug.

[Damsel · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very good film novelization! It holds the usual charm that the Addams Family always has.
Personally, I found reading this made the dialogue even MORE memorable than the movie.
The inclusion of some screen captures from the movie was also fun to see!

[Flavia Elena · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nuvela filmului “Familia Addams” este exact cum ma asteptam, plina de umor negru! Am simtit lipsa sunetelor infricosatoare si efectelor speciale din film dar per total a fost o lectura relaxanta si amuzanta!

[Gabriela · Rating 3 out of 5]

Alta carte citita în 2022, alta carte pe care nu am adăugat o.
A fost ok, este scrisa după scenariul primului film urmându l fidel, este efectiv același lucru. Recomand totuși ecranizarea, cartea a fost doar o nevoie nevinovata :)

[Riyam Sabi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fav 😍

[Shanna Johnson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love the movie, love this book! Getting me in the mood for Halloween and it's only June. This was a great quick read, fun story, and fun and dreadful characters.

[Jenna D. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short, but cute.

[Mr. S · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was exactly a novelization of the uncut screenplay. Nothing more, nothing less.

[Scott Oliver · Rating 5 out of 5]

A good, quick, easy read. Maybe for younger readers but beggar's can't be choosers.

[Jennifer Bauer · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was the cutest!

[Paxton Holley · Rating 3 out of 5]

More of a 3.5 star read.

There’s not a lot of extra scenes, but it adapts the movie really well and this movie is just great anyway.

[Sofias Spooky Stuff · Rating 5 out of 5]

LOVED THIS! I’m a huge fan of the film and was a bit skeptical about it being novelised…. But it was done beautifully. It was so true to the film whilst adding some extra ‘fan fiction’!

[Jeremy Deibel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ah, the many movie novelizations I read as a child...I am giving this one a three-star review because I only vaguely remember the actual writing in it, aside from Cousin Itt's dialogue being rendered as "Oot-oot-oot." I remember it being entertaining, and it left me satisfied as a kid until I could see the actual movie. The book was constantly at my side during my "Addams Family" period, right around the time the film was released. Still love the movie and the comic strip and TV sitcom that inspired it!

[Mary Rose · Rating 2 out of 5]

If you're really into novelizations, this is about as standard as they come, but I wish the prose had been better. Really, though, nothing can replace the movie for me, so I have to give it fewer stars than I would have otherwise.

[Bunny · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this right after the movie came out, so I had to have been about 9 or 10. I didn't understand the concept of books-to-movies, or even books based on movies, so it mostly just confused me.

[Annika · Rating 1 out of 5]

What a disappointment. I don't expect movie novelizations to be some grand masterpieces, but this felt as if it was written by some unimaginative 10-year-old.

[Kelsey Zielke · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book! Watched the movie the next and it was good but I recommend the book for sure!

[Madalina Tilvan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyable and funny read: 3.5/5 stars.