Excitedly I ripped open the packaging to find my glorious copy of The Labyrinth inside (can you tell I’m a big Labyrinth fan?). Jim Henson’s Labyrinth is written by A.C.H. Smith and illustrations by Brian Froud.
I wasn’t sure what to expect when I opened the first page of Labyrinth – The Novelization. Whilst most books are written first and foremost and the movies are made afterwards, it was the opposite in this instance. Most movies don’t live up to the book it was made from but would this book live up to the movie?
I have to say I was happily surprised when I started reading, not often do I read a book and hear the voices of the characters come forth, I could picture each landscape as the were in the film and the book did not venture at all from the story, keeping to the narrative as it was told. The description of each scene was smoothly told, really drawing you into the landscape that is The Labyrinth.
Once I had completed the book, towards the end were copies of Jim Henson’s handwritten words that were a part of his journal that he had wrote whilst coming up with the themes for Labyrinth. It will certainly be something that I can relate to while coming up with the background for The Cat and her Mistress.
All together I would have to say that this book receives 5/5 stars from me and well worth purchasing for your home library. I hope that my kids will one day treasure this classic like I did as a child!
