The Adventures of Tintin by Alexander C. Irvine

The Adventures of Tintin Reviews

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  Laura Verret

  A fun novelization of Spielberg's 2011 feature film adaptation of the classic Tintin comics books originally written by Herge in the 1920s-40s, The Adventures of Tintin follows the adventures of Tintin, an intrepid young Belgian journalist, as he tracks down a story which involves piracy on the high seas, hidden treasure, abduction, exotic palaces, and a centuries-old family feud.
  
  In writing this novel, Alex Irvine basically expanded the screenplay - he used the film's dialogue almost word for word and allowed the story to follow the film's scene for scene. This created an interesting dynamic - on one hand it was exhilarating to relive the film's action as conjured up by the novel's descriptions, but on the other hand it often felt as though Irvine was trying to pack too much visual description into each scene (those of you who have seen The Adventures of Tintin (2011) will remember just how much of the story was communicated visually and how rich the visuals were). Sections of the prose fell flat in the face of the visual grandeur of the film, but on the other hand the novel was able to clarify a few aspects of the story which had fallen through the cracks in the midst of the film's action packed sequences.
  
  All in all, a rioutously fun story.
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  Nilay

  Exciting twist and turns and seemingly impossible tasks and fabulous writing of Georges Remi makes this book my favourite.
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  Laura Karina

  4.5⭐
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  Paul Lunger

  What do you get when you mix a little bit of Indiana Jones in with a mystery - you end up with a very entertaining book in "The Adventures of Tintin" which is now a motion picture. The story follows Tintin who is investigating a message in a bottle in search of the missing ship Unicorn. What he finds is an adventure that spans the globe & has just about everything anyone could want in a story. There's a bit of mystery as to where the ship is & why you need 3 clues to find it. We have our resident bad guy in Sahkarine who will stop at nothing to make sure Tintin doesn't find all 3 clues. There's also Captain Haddock who is from a long line of people in that family who may hold the key to finding the ship & our hero's loyal sidekick Snowy a dog with more agility than a lot of people would think. Irvine keeps this tale moving in a way as to not confuse the reader with details & keeps us interested with enough details & wonder to make this plot definitely enjoyable. The story is also written on a level that youngest readers who'll likely be the ones to see the movie can follow along w/out issue although adults will enjoy this homage to the past just as well.
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  A

  A too simple read for an adult but a recommended reading for young people who like adventures.
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  Mia

  [3.5 stars] this book was a novelisation of the 2011 film the adventures of tintin (christ, that seems FOREVER ago) and it was basically written with completely identical dialogue, plot etc. i have no problem with this, but sometimes things didn't translate from film to page that well. it often felt choppy. but kudos to alex irving for trying to write this book as closely to the film as possible.
  
  all the characters seemed consistent with their comic book character, except for, well, tintin. he was so much SASSIER and sarcastic than he is in the comics, a little more grown up, but he still retains his thirst for adventure. don't get me wrong, i loved this version of tintin, but i felt it wasn't consistent with comic book tintin.
  
  generally, it was a fun middle grade read, but of course i'll pick the comics over it any day.
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  Janice

  A children's book and very good. I'd seen the movie, but I like the book best. Tintin with his dog, Snowy, go to a street market and buys a model ship. Later he accidentally finds it contains a piece to a puzzle that leads to a pirate treasure. The problem is that there are also dangerous treasure seekers looking for the treasure, too. Tintin and Snowy must find it first while staying alive.
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  Sean Harding

  I never saw the movie, but I grew up reading the Tin Tin books (I think you were either an Asterix fan or a Tin Tin fan in those days, and I was on team Tin Tin)
  It did bring back some memories, but it was clearly a novel of a script, and it lacked something of the spirit of the original books by Herge.
  It was OK but mainly because of what had gone before than what was there now.
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  Tran Dien

  Đây là một cuốn sách cho mình khá nhiều kỷ niệm, mình lấy nó bằng việc đổi một cuốn tiếng sách tiếng anh khác ở Sing.
  
  Cuốn sách này nhìn có vẻ là sách dành cho những bạn nhỏ cấp 1 cấp 2, nhưng thực ra cuốn sách chứa rất nhiều tự vừng fiction khá khó, không có từ điển không thể đoán được mạch truyện. Dù khó, nhưng cách dùng từ của tác giả rất hay.
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  Michelle

  I read this book aloud to my boys. We were all laughing at numerous parts within the book as the Captain just could not keep it together or the moments of what could possibly happen next for poor Tintin. My eyes will always shoot to the next line as I read and a couple spots, I couldn’t read it without laughing too hard before causing the suspense to grow for the boys. Great family book!
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  Wendy Wong Schirmer

  It was...okay. But older readers who are Tintin fans and younger readers who are being introduced to Tintin would be better off going straight to the books themselves. It's a novelization of the recent Spielberg film, and novelizations of films tend to either work well or they don't. And one of the real reasons this one doesn't is the pacing: the original charm of Herge's work gets lost in the shuffle, just as it sometimes does in the film's 3-D bells and whistles.
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  Izzy

  As a kid, it was a fun read. Enjoyed every page. Although I speculate reading the original series (if I'm correct) is much more rewarding, this book may provide enough justice to immerse the readers into Tintin's adventures and world.
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  Karen

  This was a novelization of the 2011 movie. In this case I can honestly say: The movie was better.
  
  Still this was a rather fun read for a nine-year-old boy.
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  Victoria

  So short, I wouldn't mind reading the actual series it's based on!
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  Justine Oh

  It's combining some the comics, change some plots and make into one. I am not impressed.
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  John Peel

  The novelization of the movie. It's okay, but hardly inspired, with rather flat writing.
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  Olivia Mcormond

  It's honestly not bad, just not for me.