Forever Young

by Robert Tine

In 1939 Daniel McCormick, a test pilot, volunteers to be frozen for one year, but is accidentally revived more than fifty years later, and now, rapidly aging, must solve the mystery of what happened to the project

Genres: Fiction, Romance

208 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published December 1, 1992

Reviews

[Jenna D. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Such a crazy, ridiculous story. So out there, so many holes, not enough tension, especially given the emotional start. Bu I will say that it is a decently written novelization. Sadly, this does not save the story.

[Maria Stere · Rating 4 out of 5]

frumoasa cartea. n am ce comenta. nu ma dau in vant dupa cartile astea sf dar chiar mi a placut. 4 stele totusi ca n a fost atat de impresionanta.

[Bayezrue · Rating 1 out of 5]

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[Beverly Whitt · Rating 2 out of 5]

I remember watching this movie when I was little. I read this book more out of curiosity than anything. This book was ok. I liked the story line. I thought it was definitely good and believable. I also didn't mind the characters or the pace of the story itself. However, I'm not a big fan of the ending. In fact, I think the ending is flat out awful. It's too abrupt and doesn't tie the rest of the story together like its supposed to.

Up until he is rejoined with Helen at the end, the main character, Daniel, is pretty much dying at an extremely fast rate. However, once he finally gets back to Helen, the story abruptly ends. The closing lines, "...they held each other close, relieved and enthralled that they were together again after a lifetime-and with a lifetime ahead of them," completely flips one of the biggest problems (i.e. his fast rate of dying) of the story on its head. Both Daniel and Helen are in their mid 70s-early 80s; but yet they have "a lifetime ahead of them?" It just didn't add up to me at all.

[Irina Marin · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Matilde · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read in danish.
Didn't thought I would cry. It's so beautiful.

[Emmii · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wish I'd have read this before seeing the movie. Brilliant!

[Răzvan Ursuleanu · Rating 4 out of 5]

În 1992 a apărut și filmul “Forever Young”, și cartea lui Robert Tine care pleacă de la scenariul filmului. Mel Gibson era pe atunci mai tinerel, vindea orice, multe fete vedeau filmul în buclă, se emoționau și plângeau cu sinceritate de fiecare dată, apoi citeau și cartea, pentru a spori tragedia.

Această dramă la nivel personal a continuat până în 1995, când din fericire și din nefericire a apărut “Braveheart”. Din fericire pentru că pilotul american Mel Gibson a fost uitat și nu a mai putut să provoace suferință fetelor, și din nefericire pentru că războinicul scoțian Mel Gibson a preluat fără remușcări acest rol, călcând și el fără milă pe inimile inocente, aidoma predecesorului său.

Cred că această carte ar trebui citită, mai ales acum, și mai ales de către doamne și domnișoare. Va fi cea mai bună modalitate de răzbunare posibilă. Mel Gibson are circa 70 de ani, arată de vreo 170, și nici cu indulgență extremă imaginea sa nu mai poate fi suprapusă peste personajul central al cărții.

Răzbunați-vă, doamnelor. Citiți chiar acum această carte, pentru a-l scoate definitiv din schemă pe Mel. Meritați cu prisosință, la câte ați pătimit din cauza acestui hodorog, pe care nici măcar Hugh Grant (alt distrugător de inocență pe vremuri și actualmente pensionar anxios) nu l-a putut egala vreodată în indiferența față de sufletele cinefil-sensibile…

[Karschtl · Rating 3 out of 5]

Schmalzige Romantisch-Abenteuerliche Geschichte um einen draufgängerischen Piloten, der sich für ein Experiment unbekannten Ausgangs hergibt. Er soll 'auf Eis gelegt werden'. Ihm ist sowieso schon alles egal, hat er doch gerade seine große Liebe Helen bei einem Autounfall verloren.
Fatalerweise sterben auch alle Mitwisser des Experiments, und so wird Daniel erst 50 Jahre später eher zufällig wieder zum Leben erweckt. Ein Leben, dass sich gewaltig geändert hat. Eine Zeit, in der er sich überhaupt nicht auskennt. Und was er ebenfalls nicht weiß: Helen hat den Unfall damals doch überlebt!

Auf knapp 200 Seiten wird hier der Film aus den 90ern nacherzählt. Schön zu lesen, und würde ich Mel Gibson mittlerweile nicht so dermaßen doof finden könnte man ja eigentlich auch den Film mal wieder schauen.

[Grace · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a great story.

[Susanne]

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