Ghostbusters Movie Novelization

by Stacia Deutsch (Adapted by)

If there’s something strange in your neighborhood, who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!

Ghostbusters—starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, and Chris Hemsworth—glides into theaters on July 15, 2016 with a hilarious paranormal adventure!

Strange things have been happening in New York City. Mysterious ectoplasm has been oozing down walls, haunted figures are bursting out of locked rooms, and—rumor has it—a supernatural superfan wreaked havoc at a recent rock concert! Luckily there’s a group that’s ready to take the lead and rid the city of its ghostly infestation—the Ghostbusters! Grab your proton packs and join the Ghostbusters in this hilarious, action-packed retelling of the all-new movie that features an eight-page, full-color, glossy insert with images from the film!

Genres: Paranormal, Media Tie In, Fantasy

145 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 14, 2016

About the author

#1 New York Times Best Selling Author, Stacia Deutsch has written more than 300 books.

In addition to her award-winning creative chapter book series entitled Blast to the Past, Stacia has also ghostwritten for a popular girls' mystery series, published non-fiction texts, and penned a young adult romantic comedy called In the Stars. She has also penned popular titles for Girls who Code Books 1 & 2 and several Spirit: Riding Free books.

Additionally, Stacia has written junior movie tie-in novelizations for summer blockbuster films, including HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA, the New York Times Best Seller: CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS JR. MOVIE NOVEL, and THE SMURFS MOVIE NOVELS.

Check out Stacia's website for more titles!

A bit more about me:
✥ Lives on a Ranch with 4 horses, 2 cats, 2 dogs and a lot of lizards
✥ Has an Masters in Fine Arts from Western State Colorado in Genre Fiction
✥ Was recently awarded a Doctor of Divinity honorary degree from Hebrew Union College
✥ Grew up in Denver, lived in Cincinnati, and now lives in California

Find her at www.staciadeutsch.com.
Email: staciadeutsch.writes@gmail.com
Twitter: @staciadeutsch, www.facebook/staciadeutsch, and www.instagram.com/staciadeutsch_writes/
Stacia lives in Temecula, California.

Reviews

[Laura · Rating 1 out of 5]

1.5 stars, rounded down because the only good thing about this novelization was how it made me want to re-watch the movie.

[JimmyinGA · Rating 4 out of 5]

A pretty good new Ghostbusters origin story

I have had my doubts about the new Ghostbusters movie. Recent interviews with the original cast and there attitude towards the movie made me a little more open to this reboot. I bought and read this book to further investigate the new Ghostbusters. I liked this book which seems to line up very well with the trailers that have been released, so it seems faithful to the story of the film. I enjoyed the book, and now expect to enjoy the film.

[Ramblingsofabookworm · Rating 2 out of 5]

I absolutely loved the film. This book? Not so much. It was a little bland, and I had a hard time focusing on and, in turn, took longer than I should have to finish it. It was still enjoyable though, so there is that.

[Daniel · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book was better than the movie!

This book was a lot of fun to read. I seriously doubt it will be considered a classic but I enjoyed it nonetheless. The dialogue was funny and refreshing, the action was good and it was a fun read regardless of the movie itself stinking.

[Igy The Book Hermit · Rating 3 out of 5]

A new direction in the Ghostbusters series. A fun read, but I don't see it going up against the first two stories.

[Xian Keepsbuying Books · Rating 3 out of 5]

it was okay

[Perssis Namour · Rating 4 out of 5]

This brought back good memories of my childhood. I loved slimmer! and Casper albeit all together different story and cartoon. I picked up this book at HEB while waiting in line. I read 5 pages and was hooked. Easy read and admitting I am looking forward to seeing the movie remake with all the female cast. It is funny that this movie in the mid 80's was all intelligent men physicist and mathematicians while the female was the receptionist. Now the remake the male is cast as the beautiful handsome male receptionist with no clue what is going on while the female have the brains to understand and build the machines. How times have changed. I gotta say the male got the short end of the stick in this book/movie. At least in the 80's the female receptionist was smart and helped out with common sense matters when the brainy men needed help.

[Ethan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've just finished reading this book , it was very fascinating and pretty funny a lot of scary features I suppose.I have two flaws with the book.One of the flaws was really disappointing to me, if u saw the new ghost busters movie that was released in 2016, There is no difference to the book and the movie its basically the same thing .I mean its really disappointing because if theirs a movie about a book there will always be some kinda twist but for this book ,no same thing.The other flaw I had with this book is that the ending of the book was explained with just pictures and I find that really lazy for a author to do that.But anyway totailly recommend it to any movie fan of the series who just likes to collect merchindise.

[Jules · Rating 2 out of 5]

Was soll ich sagen?
Zuerst: Ich liebe den neuen Ghostbusters-Film!!

Warum bekommt diese "Novelization" dann nur zwei Sterne?
Weil sie einfach total balanglos und langweilig geschrieben ist. Sie liest sich, wie der Aufsatz eines Unterstufenschülers, der einen "Sachtext" (aka Drebuch) ein bisschen aufgepeppt als Fanfiction postet.

Außerdem fehlt alles an Persönlichkeit der vier Ladies, die den Film so großartig machen.

Zwei statt einem Sterne vergebe ich, weil einige "neuen Szenen" auftauchen, die teilweise noch etwas mehr Kobntext geben und die verfilmt bestimmt toll gewesen wären.

[Ashlaya · Rating 1 out of 5]

Il y a plusieurs erreurs, souvent grossières, d'orthographe et de traduction par chapitre et l'adaptation ne rend pas honneur au film.
J'aurais sans doute donné deux étoiles si les erreurs avaient été plus discrètes et n'interrompaient pas la lecture, mais là c'était trop déplaisant et empêchait d'entrer vraiment dans le livre. Dommage.
Il vaut mieux lire la version anglaise ou le script du film.

[Ari · Rating 3 out of 5]

Clearly it's a book made mostly for kids, but it's still quite enjoyable (not as much as the movie though). But I didn't like the fact that they gave Erin a boyfriend, who was in only one scene. I just think it wasn't necessary. If you're gonna develop the thing throughout the book it's okay, but don't just shove it in like that. Like the movie shows, a woman doesn't need a man to be happy/powerful/successful.

[Katie · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was...not great. It didn't capture what the new movie did at all. It was missing the truly hilarious parts that resonated in the movie. It added an unnecessary love interest to one of the characters. And overall, it wasn't well written. The lines are choppy and there's a certain expectation that you've seen the movie because the plot isn't explained well. I understand this is a kids novelization, but it was a poorly executed one.

[Rich · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not a terrible read. This is the kids version of the book so its a little watered down. A neat story idea. Now to read the other novelization.

[Evelyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is a good book can't wait to see the movie.
Good if you want a quick read
I liked that there was pictures from the movie in the middle of the book

[Calysta · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this version of the novelization better than the adult version.

[Indigo · Rating 2 out of 5]

Unfortunately added very little to the experience of watching the 2016 film. Which I enjoyed.