The real Forest Gump emerges
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I read the book because I thought the movie was kind of ok but I disagreed with the hidden messages within the film e.g. doesn't matter how much of an idiot you are you can still prosper in America blah blah blah. Forest Gump the film is based loosely on the book.
Well read the book and read the real story. Forest has his trials and tribulations and falls in love. It will make you laugh (and cry. You will find yourself reading with an Alabhama drawl and wonder when someone will make the real Forest Gump film. Well worth the read.
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A great deal of fun
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Winston Groom's book Forrest Gump is a thoroughly enjoyable read, as long as you don't take it seriously and just accept it as an imaginative, far fetched farse. Forrest is a simple man who gets into a great deal of unorthodox scrapes through no fault of his own, leading to much hilarity and embarresment.
I found this book a joy to read (once I got used to it being written phonetically in an Alabama accent, most unusual)and I would recommend it to anyone looking for some light hearted fun!
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Sumptuous Gump!
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If you have seen the movie - read the book. You feel like you are meeting Forrest for the first time. The movie is so different from the book that it is practically a whole new life story, but with the same character we all know a love. The horizons are broader, although the world that Gump lives in is darker and he is more maligned than Tom Hanks' Forrest is. Still, when you read the book, you come to realise that there is a little Gump in all of us! Long Live Forrest Gump!
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Amazing, yet not as good as the movie
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The book Forrest Gump is a wonderful, original and dynamic story told entirely in first person by Forrest himself. The only drawback of Forrest telling the story is the grammatical errors, which can make it a little hard to understand properly. Other than this, the book tells of Forrest brushing past historical events and not really taking notice of them, yet all the while being taunted and teased about his stupidity. The book cleverly reveals how Forrest thinks cleverly and when he tries to explain or write something "it kinda come out like jello or somethin." I heartily recommend this book to anybody looking for a good read.
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great
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With comparisions to the great american novel huckleberry finn...this book is the modern day version with plenty of laughs.
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