I could go about the many connections and mythemes in this movie, but that would bore you all. Most of you like the movie anyway. We came here to talk about the book. So, is it worth the read? While I was reading, and after finishing the book even, I wanted to withhold my nostalgia from giving this book an automatic five stars because some adaptations don't really capture the world and experience as the original format; with the traditional book-to-movie adaptation, this is a movie-to-book adaptation. Finding it (pure happiness running off of me in waves), I settled into my bed, mindful of my sleeping nephew, and read.

What happens when you wish for something terrible ... and your wish comes true? Young Sarah is about to find out. Left at home to mind her baby brother, Toby, she finds herself trying to comfort a screaming infant as a wild storm rages about the house. In a fit of temper, she wishes that the goblins would come and take the child away. Unfortunately, they do. Dentro del laberinto es uno de esos libros que todo niño entrando hacia la adolescencia debería leer. Me recuerda a La princesa prometida y solo con eso muero de amor. Han pasado muchísimos años desde el estreno de la película (28, ahí es nada) y a muchos su estreno nos pillo sin siquiera haber nacido, es más, mi madre recuerda esta peli como peli de su infancia, y bueno, posteriormente de la mía cuando la echaban en televisión (¿llevan demasiado tiempo sin emitirla o soy yo que no me he dado cuenta?).The book can be read independently of the movie - I don't recommend that, but it's possible. So for those of you who haven't watched the film: I've been Labyrinth obsessed since I was a little kid, David Bowie obsessed even longer, and a Jim Henson obsessed since birth, basically. Although these are my thoughts on the book, let me say that this is one of the most wonderful movies I have ever seen. It always seems to me that The Labyrinth is not as well known as it should be. Those who know it love it, and those who do not are missing out! Anyway, as Hollywood is wont to do now, because, apparently, they've smoked their creativity away, and adapt movies from books, it used to be heavily the other way around. I'm not sure how many movie novelizations have been made recently but they used to be very common. Labyrinth was one of them. The person writing the novelization really didn't have too much creative license with what they were given but if they were given enough information, and had the talent, they could write an amazing adaptation of a movie. The book is pretty straight forward, now in situations like this I would say that the book follows the film or visa versa - either way the story would be so mingled (or mangled) that I would not be able to separate them and it would feel one was interfering with the other (missing scenes, differing descriptions and the such like)

I really could go on but you must watch the movie and read the book or read the book and watch the movie. I went to the internet, using my wonderful laptop, Ace (It's an Acer. Ace, Acer , get it? Haha, I is funny). I recommend the movie itself to anyone with a high tolerance for eeriness. This is not some Tim Burton project where spooky visuals conceal dull characters and pedestrian concepts. We really have wandered into a strange new world here: it combines the spookiness of Victorian/Edwardian kid lit with an Inkling's sense of mystery and, barely concealed beneath, the passion and unbalanced power dynamic of Gothic romance. If you like Peter Pan (the book), you'll like this. If you like Narnia, you'll like this. If you like Jane Eyre or The Phantom Of The Opera or Wuthering Heights, you'll like this.This is the first movie novelization I have ever read. I was hesitant as the movie is one of my biggest childhood favourites and I was unsure as to how a book could improve that. This book covers every scene the movie has to offer and a few extras. I would say I love both equally much but they have their differences – or should I call them advantages? Ones with unfair step-mother and unwanted younger sibling. Unable to reason, Jareth kidnaps the babies and the cycle repeats. Only this time, the Sarahs follow. However, the main characters are curiously flat and blank in the novelization. The book emphasizes the adventure and the developing friendship among Sarah's three amigos. The movie is driven by the strong personalities of the man and the girl and the tension between them. I wonder if maybe Smith had to finish this before the leads were cast: he had the puppets ready to base the supporting cast off of, but needed to leave Jareth and Sarah vague to make room for their not-yet-cast actors. I loved the film, which made this book enjoyable, the archived artwork was also a bonus. I didn't much care for the notes at the end as they were A. unreadable and B. clearly someone's personal notes which perhaps interesting one would need to be Henderson himself to fully understand what he was saying. I have so much to say, but I'll keep it short (don't worry). One thing I didn't get from the movie is that Jareth wanted Sarah to look for him (and she doesn't know why). In the movie, I thought Sarah was looking for Jareth because she was in unfamiliar territory (ADULT WORLD) and then she saw him.