Review: Jumanji

Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

If you have already seen the original Jumanji movie with Bonnie Hunt and Robin Williams, I do not recommend reading this book. I have always enjoyed the movie and have wanted to read the book for the longest time, but the images from the movie were in my head when I tried reading this. While it was the inspiration for the movie, reading the book after the fact is like reading basic plot line notes. I understand it is a children's book, but it was not at all what I was expecting.

I did give it three stars because the concept was original and the illustrations were fantastic.

I read this book as part of the PopSugar Reading Challenge 2018 - A Book By a Local Author.

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