Psycho
by Robert Bloch
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Author: Robert BlochEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1984-04
ISBN: 088411077X
Number of pages: 223
Publisher: Amereon Ltd
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Book Review: Excellent page-turner, bested by the film
Summary: 4 Stars
I read this book through in a few short sessions, and I could certainly see reading it in full in one longer sitting. It's an American classic in horror as we all know, but having seen the film I could not help but make continuous comparisons to the film.
Often I prefer the book to the film, "The Shining" comes to mind, but here it's the opposite, I think anything left out of the film that was in the book was almost always the right thing to do. Some of the slower parts in the book helped to add proper atmosphere I suppose, but I still feel they could have been left out. Furthermore, the character of Norman Bates is more interesting as the tall, thin, shifty Anthony Perkins than the fat, be-speckled fellow we meet in the book.
Let me just brag a bit and say that when I first saw the film, the ending was unknown to me, I'm probably one of the few people still around who can say that, and it did make the film a lot more frightening at the time. That being said, if you're like I was, I'd recommend the movie first, read the book later, it will be a much more memorable experience. I did enjoy how Bloch subtly handled Normans interactions with mother, and that's all I will say.
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