What is that single most important characteristic of a book adaptation? For me the answer is simply that it should captivate you with its storyline in the same magnetic way like the original book. There are various screen adaptations which vary a degree or two from this basic rule, in turn becoming less effective than…
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A Gentleman In Moscow By Amor Towles
The storyline is quite simple and without much plot twists; but what makes it engrossing is how the story is told. On face of it, it seems like it’s confined within the four walls of the Hotel Metropol just like it’s leading man Alexander Ilyich Rostov. Oh, the charms of getting pleasantly surprised!!!