I picked up the Transformers Novelization of the movie the other day and read it over the course of a couple of days. I must say that I am very happy with the story and how events take place. The character development, I think is great and a lot of other little details for those who would question the “reality” of the story. This next few sentences might be considered a spoiler to some, so I warned you.
For example, one might ask how the Transformers can speak English and talk to the people of Earth. To answer that, all the Transformers basically download the entire internet and every media possible to “learn” languages. Something else I thought was great is relationship between main human character(played by Shia LaBeouf) and Bumblebee. In the movie, Bumblebee is a mute from a previous battle not shown in the movie, so he communicate with Sam Witwicky(Shia LaBeouf) by playing music through the radio to express what he is thinking or feeling.
The only thing I didn’t like about the book is how the author wrote it. Here is the problem I had with author. When you are reading about a certain character(s) in a specific location and then in the next paragraph you start reading about a different character(s) and a different location, typically that break in characters and location is separated visibly by three centered dots or some other method to indicate that the next paragraph does not deal with the same setting as the last paragraph you read.
This author does not do that and I would get confused sometimes by this instant change from one paragraph to the next with no indication of such change in the setting. He wouldn’t even do a line break separation. I would have to say that this is the first time I haven’t fully enjoyed reading a book and I would also say its my first pet peeve when it comes to reading a novel. But with all that negative thoughts aside, it is still a good story and I hope that the movie can convey the same feelings.
