I just finished reading it too. I guess we're a couple of years too lateJ.J. wrote:Well, I finally finished reading HTU and I agree with most of you that it's very good even though it can't be compared to LTROI. I found some passages a bit confused (Elvy & Flora's parts, especially...) but I solved all the doubts by reading these topics
And of course it's a very original twist to the classic "zombie story", so... I enjoyed it a lot ^__^
I kept waiting for Flora and Elvy to have some kind of reunion with Tore but it never happened. That whole storyline doesn't really seem to have an ending. It just stops. I mean, what happens to the reliving that are marching towards the city? It all starts sounding very ominous towards the end.
The idea of making this into a film also scares me a little. There are just so many things that could go wrong. One of the most touching scenes for me is the one with Mahler caring for Elias right after he first brings him home. Unfortunately, I could easily see where an audience might laugh at this if it weren't done right.
Things like telepathy, visions of death, and souls leaving the body are hard to pull off in a film. However, if you remove too many of the supernatural elements in order to accommodate a film you're also going to be removing a lot of the emotional impact of the story.
It's a minefield!..