Play Book Tag discussion

I've long been a fan of frontiersman literature since reading Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales in high school, so when the movie The Revenant starring Leonard DiCaprio came out, I was determined to read Michael Punke's novel upon which it was based.

For mere excitement, one doesn't get a much better read than theThe Revenant: A Novel of Revenge, in my opinion. Extreme action from one end to the other, including of course being mauled by a bear.

The history behind Hugh Glass is the hero of The Revenant is quite interesting as well. Glass is a man who certainly led an interesting life. I won't tell you any details, because that is also part of the story.

Now there are some disputes about what actually occurred in this story. Some parts of it may be the stuff of legends at a bit of a tall tale and that I will leave to the scholars to argue.

For a tale of frontiersman guts and glory this is quite a find.

I've never looked at this book before, but I half-saw the movie. How did they make a 272 page book into a 3 hour movie?!

Joi wrote: "I've never looked at this book before, but I half-saw the movie. How did they make a 272 page book into a 3 hour movie?!"

I expect they didn't put in the back story...Glass's life before the attack. Also he told about Bridger's back story.

Plus some things which happen quickly take a bit of explaining.

And in a surprise twist, our book club will be reading this next month. Surprise because we were supposed to be reading Everything I Never Told You. I thought it would be month off for me, since I just listened to that one in January, I believe. But, since the book club bag wasn't available, the suggestion was made to switch to this instead. Our book club may have an extra interesting discussion, as the movie (or at least parts of it) were filmed close to me (in Alberta, Canada).

LibraryCin wrote: "And in a surprise twist, our book club will be reading this next month. Surprise because we were supposed to be reading Everything I Never Told You. I thought it would be month off ..."

If you liked Tenderness of Wolves, I think you might like this. It is a much more macho book, but still it is a journey through rugged wilderness. It is a less complex, straight forward book, but some interesting historical info...though not Canadian.

Booknblues wrote: "LibraryCin wrote: "And in a surprise twist, our book club will be reading this next month. Surprise because we were supposed to be reading Everything I Never Told You. I thought it ..."

Hmmm, thank you. I guess we'll see. I can't remember if I rated The Tenderness of Wolves as "ok" or "good". Less complex, more straightforward might in its favour for me, though.

I read this book for my book club and we all enjoyed it very much. I think the movie is much different than the book.

Diane wrote: "I read this book for my book club and we all enjoyed it very much. I think the movie is much different than the book."

Good to know. I've been interested in the movie but don't know if I will watch it or not.

The book is much better than the movie. They made many changes to the movie that added nothing to the story and, in fact, took much away from it IMHO.

Denizen wrote: "The book is much better than the movie. They made many changes to the movie that added nothing to the story and, in fact, took much away from it IMHO."
That's a shame. I was looking forward to DiCaprio's Oscar winning performance. :(

Booknblues wrote: "Denizen wrote: "The book is much better than the movie. They made many changes to the movie that added nothing to the story and, in fact, took much away from it IMHO."
That's a shame. I was lookin..."

If I remember correctly, it said at the beginning of the movie based loosely on the book by Punke. Going in with that expectation might help.

I have just started this book and I like it a lot. I think it goes into detail about things very well. I think the characters are all really good. I like the setting they are in. I think so far the theme is, "Don't trust everyone." I say that because there are a few people in the group who are disrespectful and mean towards the others in the party.

1. Is the main character Hugh Glass or Andrew Henry?

2. Is Fitzgerald a good or bad guy?

3. Where are they going on this trapping mission?