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Driven by Emotions
This unique chapter book reveals unseen stories from Inside Out. Each chapter offers a different retelling of the film from one of Riley’s Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger, and Disgust.
240 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2015
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January 4, 2025
Great book for a kid or an adult (like me) on the autistic spectrum. Tells the same story from five different points of view. Really fun to read together.
July 5, 2015
This is a cute companion book to this great movie. It has the perspective of each emotion telling the same story. Some parts were a bit...meh. Like, writers, do not write "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" he screamed. But this was only in Joy's section. Joy is a bit too perky, but she learns to value Sadness as her counterpart. Can't appreciate Joy without Sadness.
Am I the only one who keeps picturing my headquarters and my colourful emotion personifications? I see a room that is blue, full of clockwork, Dir en grey posters, every band I love's poster. My personifications would all wear Dir en grey T shirts, except for Disgust who wears a Victorian Men's suit with several shades of green and I'm sure my Anger is a dude with horns with fire between them. http://wegeekgirls.files.wordpress.co... like a chibi Hellboy. My Islands of Personality would include Dir en grey Island. Music Island. Animal Island. Animals I think are Cute that Most People Think are Scary Island. Awesome Book Island. Harry Potter Island. Friend Island, Family Island. (but that could be bigger) Tori Amos Island.
Am I the only one who keeps picturing my headquarters and my colourful emotion personifications? I see a room that is blue, full of clockwork, Dir en grey posters, every band I love's poster. My personifications would all wear Dir en grey T shirts, except for Disgust who wears a Victorian Men's suit with several shades of green and I'm sure my Anger is a dude with horns with fire between them. http://wegeekgirls.files.wordpress.co... like a chibi Hellboy. My Islands of Personality would include Dir en grey Island. Music Island. Animal Island. Animals I think are Cute that Most People Think are Scary Island. Awesome Book Island. Harry Potter Island. Friend Island, Family Island. (but that could be bigger) Tori Amos Island.
July 22, 2016
Really cute, super quick paced read. The writing was quite simplistic but in this case, it didn't really bother me since I was expecting that.
Loooved the movie and found it to be a very faithful adaptation of Joy's chapter. The nice thing about this book though, is that the story is told from the perspectives of all the other emotions as well. Because of this, we get a handful of stuff that wasn't included in the movie!
Loooved the movie and found it to be a very faithful adaptation of Joy's chapter. The nice thing about this book though, is that the story is told from the perspectives of all the other emotions as well. Because of this, we get a handful of stuff that wasn't included in the movie!
June 29, 2016
Ever wondered what all five of the Emotions thought during Riley's move with her family from Minnesota to San Fransisco, California? Well know you'll know. Fans of the movie Inside Out will enjoy getting a different look into the movie, as each of the Emotions, Joy, Anger, Disgust, Fear and Sadness, tell their side of the story of the events that took place during the movie. Driven by Emotions features a chapter dedicated to each Emotion, allowing the particular Emotion to tell the story without interruption. While this chapter book is a fun read, I think some readers will find it lacks illustrations. The only illustrations found through out the book are featured on the select character's new chapter. Overall, we thought this was an okay read, though we liked getting to read the story from each Emotions's point of view.
January 9, 2019
I love Inside Out and I’ve been meaning to read this book for ages. The writing is pretty simple but considering Riley is 11 and the five Emotions are hers, I was fine with that. I really enjoyed it but for such a nicely made Disney book, I wanted some illustrations! That is why I gave four stars instead of five. I think the nice glossy paper and setup of the book called for some cute concept art, and there really isn’t except for the very first page of each Emotion’s telling of the movie, and then it’s just the eyes of each character. Still highly recommended if you enjoyed Inside Out!
February 9, 2017
No big surprises after seeing the movie.
Good effort on capturing the perspectives of the different emotions, which will be eye-opening for the target audience (chapter-book readers).
Good effort on capturing the perspectives of the different emotions, which will be eye-opening for the target audience (chapter-book readers).
June 18, 2024
I rewatched the movie since Inside Out 2 is coming out and it's been a while since I watched it, I fell in love all over again with the characters, the story, and was ugly-crying by the end. I forgot how much of an impact this had on 8-year-old me and this is now my hyperfixation of the month. I was scouring for more content since the second movie isn't out in my country yet. Imagine my surprise and excitement when I discovered this book!
A short story retelling the events of the first movie through the eyes of the emotions themselves!
Since this book was written for kids, I'll be more lenient on the writing, it's simple and easy for children to understand, it was also in character and I had a pretty fun time reading it. It does read a bit like a fanfiction and I feel like the chapters of Anger, Fear, and Disgust could be expanded on, but again it's for kids so I won't be too harsh.
Overall a fun companion book if you're craving more from the Inside Out universe!
A short story retelling the events of the first movie through the eyes of the emotions themselves!
Since this book was written for kids, I'll be more lenient on the writing, it's simple and easy for children to understand, it was also in character and I had a pretty fun time reading it. It does read a bit like a fanfiction and I feel like the chapters of Anger, Fear, and Disgust could be expanded on, but again it's for kids so I won't be too harsh.
Overall a fun companion book if you're craving more from the Inside Out universe!
May 30, 2015
It is bad to say but I think my rating could change once I see the movie. Since this is a book written after the movie I feel like there are components that won't fully make sense until I have seen the movie. There aren't a lot of solid visual descriptions in this book because I think the assumption is made that people have the images in their heads already.
It was interesting to read this story from different perspectives. I liked fear and anger the most. There takes on the story were the most unique.
Over all I hope that the movie lives up to the potential. Again, I feel like there are things missing from this book that will come to light in the movie and I just hope that it does justice to the changing/mixed up emotions of a pre-teen.
It was interesting to read this story from different perspectives. I liked fear and anger the most. There takes on the story were the most unique.
Over all I hope that the movie lives up to the potential. Again, I feel like there are things missing from this book that will come to light in the movie and I just hope that it does justice to the changing/mixed up emotions of a pre-teen.
February 8, 2018
Written before the movie came out.
If you want to know what the movie is about before seeing it, read this first. It's told from the viewpoint of Joy, Disgust, Fear, Anger, and Sadness. If you want a more condensed version, read the junior novelization.
Our emotions tend to rule us and this is a mostly funny, yet poignant story about what it's like to experience changes, especially when we're growing and our personality is developing from infant to toddler to our early years to our burgeoning teenage years.
I enjoyed this so much and am glad my nephew talked me into reading it. Now we need to watch the movie.
If you want to know what the movie is about before seeing it, read this first. It's told from the viewpoint of Joy, Disgust, Fear, Anger, and Sadness. If you want a more condensed version, read the junior novelization.
Our emotions tend to rule us and this is a mostly funny, yet poignant story about what it's like to experience changes, especially when we're growing and our personality is developing from infant to toddler to our early years to our burgeoning teenage years.
I enjoyed this so much and am glad my nephew talked me into reading it. Now we need to watch the movie.
July 23, 2015
Good but, could have been better
This book was good but, it could have been better. To me it was exactly the same thing that happens in the movie but, not just from joy's perspective. Which I likened how each emotion told their side of the story so you could tell what was happening back in headquarters, and when sadness was alone.
This book was good but, it could have been better. To me it was exactly the same thing that happens in the movie but, not just from joy's perspective. Which I likened how each emotion told their side of the story so you could tell what was happening back in headquarters, and when sadness was alone.
May 23, 2015
This is a gorgeous hard-cover book my kids like looking at. It's a bit above their age range, but would be the perfect gift for a school-age child working to sort out all the emotions they are dealing with!
January 29, 2024
Heads up! For anyone who's considering reading this book, I would suggest you to watch the movie first before getting started so you'll have a better grasp of the context.
The book is written in a simple theme so it's nice for a bit of light reading. As it progresses, it can get a little repetitive as they're all recounting the same incident but in different perspectives. Sadly to say, I'm kinda disappointed as I was hoping for it to be more detailed. But nevertheless, the ending gets to me every time.
I hope this helped!
The book is written in a simple theme so it's nice for a bit of light reading. As it progresses, it can get a little repetitive as they're all recounting the same incident but in different perspectives. Sadly to say, I'm kinda disappointed as I was hoping for it to be more detailed. But nevertheless, the ending gets to me every time.
I hope this helped!
August 19, 2017
I love this book!! It's exactly like the movie, but there's something different. All the emotions tell the story if the movie in each of their point of view. It's very interesting because it's like hearing the story from different people. It really teaches a lot about minds and different personalities.
(This book obviously tells things that you didn't see in the movie)
(This book obviously tells things that you didn't see in the movie)
February 28, 2019
Very cute
I read this book to my 9 year old daughter and she loved it. It was quite an adventure, but in the end, all of Riley's emotions realized that they needed to work together.
I read this book to my 9 year old daughter and she loved it. It was quite an adventure, but in the end, all of Riley's emotions realized that they needed to work together.
June 3, 2025
This was cute! I don’t know if could read it cover to cover. But maybe could highlight & read different parts. I really liked the sadness chapter. Cute to see the different perspectives of the emotions.
August 11, 2018
En mi ocación yo lo leí porque quería ver la peli, pero no me gusto que estuviera contada por diferentes personajes, creo que podian ir narrandolo mientras transcurria la historia
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June 23, 2019
I don't know why the description is in Spanish, but it's basically a book version of Inside Out, told by each character's point of view.
January 27, 2020
It’s a Rashomon version of the movie. One movie, told from five perspectives.
I was hoping for more, but I didn’t get it. Solid read, just nothing remarkable.
I was hoping for more, but I didn’t get it. Solid read, just nothing remarkable.
June 18, 2020
I loved the movie, and I really enjoyed reading the story of “Inside Out” from all five emotions’ perspectives.
December 31, 2020
Nossa quem inventou que contar a mesma história 5x ia ser legal? Chegou na terceira emoção eu ja tava fazendo leitura dinâmica! Amo o filme, amei o capítulo da Joy e devia parar aí!
April 2, 2021
This book is amazing it’s just like the movie but with everyone’s view of how it went
April 30, 2022
CuTte book
December 28, 2022
Cute companion book to the movie, but in a junior fiction format. Perfect for kids who are a little older.
August 31, 2023
Cute story and cool retelling if the movie from all perspectives. A little repetitive though.
February 13, 2024
This is the movie in book form. What I really enjoyed about it though was we get to see the entire events of the movie from each emotions side. So we get to see how everyone felt about everything.
December 25, 2024
A bit repetitive but the author got the characters personality right.
March 10, 2025
I have been reading this to my girls at night and love that this story was told from each of the emotions point of view.
February 25, 2019
I really, truly, deeply, loved this story. The book went a little speedy, considering the movie. The book was basically the movie, just told from every Emotions point of view. I got this book at Target a couple weeks ago, and I've had my eye on it for quite a while. I loved the movie. So, I guess this review is more of the movie than anything else. I'm not quite sure I mentioned this, but I loooooove this story. Okay, so basically it teaches this really great lesson that Sadness is a big part of of your life. All of your Emotions are. You need everything single one of them. Together, they are good, even if the situation isn't. I wish that it wasn't a move that made Riley's world go topsy-turvy, but ya can't have everything. I think my favorite Emotion is Sadness. I mean, Riley being sad kind of is not so great, but that's kind of like my default status, personally. I can probably relate more to Sadness than to any other Emotion. She also makes a lot of sense, like when she said she couldn't walk and needed a few hours. Totally me. The only bad thing is that this is Riley, so she should be sad sometimes, but mostly happy. And she totally started the whole thing that ended up with Joy and Sadness lost in the Mind World. (At least she read the mind manuals. That came in handy.) But, they made it back to headquarters just in time. And the console got expanded, the Emotions share memories, the Islands of Personality got rebuilt, everything was better than it was before in a way. The only thing I'm worried about is that PUBERTY button. Poor Riley. (She has no idea what she's in for.) Being 11 was probably really hard for her. Especially with only Fear, Anger, and Disgust running the show at one point. But honestly, there should have been a better way to get back to Headquarters. Two Emotions are not in Headquarters! Every Mind Worker should be put on alert and make it their mission to bring them back. Also, another thing that got me confused in the movie was that Riley's Emotions were boys and girls, when everyone else's was either only boys or girls. Huh? One really funny part that always had me laughing though was the dream. When Fear was on duty and Joy and Sadness tried to excite Riley awake. Ugh, a dog split in half!!! ;^D Oh my god, that was hilarious. A really good moment though was the end or the time when Joy finally realized that Riley needed Sadness. They get me every time, just spilling tears. Ah, the movie was probably better though. No offense, but the whole book was based upon the movie. I recommend this book to Disney readers.
September 24, 2015
Entretenido y educativo si sabes manejarlo.
Cada película que la casa Disney estrena es acompañada por diversos libros didácticos y una novelización. "Intensamente" de Pixar no fue la excepción, pero ésta versión tiene una característica interesante.
En este libro se cuenta la historia de la película cinco veces, cada una contada desde el punto de vista de las emociones protagonistas: Alegría, Desagrado, Temor, Furia y Tristeza. Y esto es lo que hace de este libro una gran oportunidad didáctica.
Tuve varias charlas y discusiones con mis chicos respecto a cada narración: ¿En qué fue diferente la narración de Desagrado de la de Temor?¿Porqué Furia pone menos atención a los detalles?¿Porqué Temor inventa tantas cosas?¿Porqué Tristeza piensa que Alegría está equivocada y porqué no se lo dice?.
Por lo que, además de divertirnos, porque hay varios chistes y exageraciones muy bien pensados, pudimos aprender muchas cosas.
Quizás mi única queja sea que la contraportada hace pensar que la narración será una parte de la historia no vista en la película (el viaje de Minnesota a San Francisco) lo cual hubiese sido más interesante, pero termina siendo la trama de la película tal cual. Por otro lado, si no has visto la película hay muchas partes que difícilmente se entenderían (puesto que las descripciones y detalles son mínimos), pero este escenario no sólo es difícil sino poco recomendable (en este caso, la película va primero).
Ojo: La editorial sacó otros dos libros, pero esos son sólo pedazos de este.
Cada película que la casa Disney estrena es acompañada por diversos libros didácticos y una novelización. "Intensamente" de Pixar no fue la excepción, pero ésta versión tiene una característica interesante.
En este libro se cuenta la historia de la película cinco veces, cada una contada desde el punto de vista de las emociones protagonistas: Alegría, Desagrado, Temor, Furia y Tristeza. Y esto es lo que hace de este libro una gran oportunidad didáctica.
Tuve varias charlas y discusiones con mis chicos respecto a cada narración: ¿En qué fue diferente la narración de Desagrado de la de Temor?¿Porqué Furia pone menos atención a los detalles?¿Porqué Temor inventa tantas cosas?¿Porqué Tristeza piensa que Alegría está equivocada y porqué no se lo dice?.
Por lo que, además de divertirnos, porque hay varios chistes y exageraciones muy bien pensados, pudimos aprender muchas cosas.
Quizás mi única queja sea que la contraportada hace pensar que la narración será una parte de la historia no vista en la película (el viaje de Minnesota a San Francisco) lo cual hubiese sido más interesante, pero termina siendo la trama de la película tal cual. Por otro lado, si no has visto la película hay muchas partes que difícilmente se entenderían (puesto que las descripciones y detalles son mínimos), pero este escenario no sólo es difícil sino poco recomendable (en este caso, la película va primero).
Ojo: La editorial sacó otros dos libros, pero esos son sólo pedazos de este.
August 19, 2016
1. Like most people, eleven-year-old. Riley is guided by her Emotions: Joy, Disgust, Fear, Anger, and Sadness. With Joy as the lead Emotion, Riley has always been an happy relationships with her mom and dad, and lives for playing hockey with her best friend.But when Riley and her parents move across the country to San Francisco, her world is turned upside down and her Emotions are sent reeling.Relive the film Inside Out through the unique perspectives of Joy, Disgust, Fear, Anger, and Sadness. They share their sides of the story as well as never-before-told memories. Riley's world has never been so full of excitement and turmoil-both inside and out.
2. My favorite thing about the book is the characters in the book especially Disgust and Joy because I think Disgust do not like broccoli like me and I also like her own characteristic, and Joy is the other on because she has a good characteristic like being a good leadership.
3. I wonder if in my head there is 4 emotions like in Riley's head?
2. My favorite thing about the book is the characters in the book especially Disgust and Joy because I think Disgust do not like broccoli like me and I also like her own characteristic, and Joy is the other on because she has a good characteristic like being a good leadership.
3. I wonder if in my head there is 4 emotions like in Riley's head?
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