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The Prestige
The Prestige | Christopher Priest
In 1878, two young stage magicians clash in a darkened salon during the course of a fraudulent seance, and from this moment they try to expose and outwit each other at every turn
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IndianBookworm
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A super rare occurrence for me, where the movie was actually done better than the book. Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Scarlett Johansson, Christopher Nolan, etc. What do you expect from a movie that has them all - you're right, absolute magic.
One of my all time favourite movies to watch and I've shamelessly done that quite a lot of times.
Coming to the book, everything was great, the premise, the characters, the rivalry, the secrets, ⬇️

IndianBookworm ↪️the narrative style, the language and finally the story itself. The first person narratives make you have different perspectives for the same event. But, that is the beauty of it and ultimately that is what keeps you hooked.
A great book but lacked something to be a 'mind blowingly amazing' one for me.
4/5🌟
11mo
Parvez Felt the same with Ted Chiang's book, “Story of your life“. The movie (Arrival)adaptation was far superior to the book. 11mo
IndianBookworm @Parvez never heard of the book or the movie, but I did my research after your comment. Will definitely try the movie first.😊 11mo
Parvez @IndianBookworm Denis Villeneuve's (Director of Arrival) filmography is amazing.

I would recommend

Prisoners

Enemy

Sicario
11mo
IndianBookworm @Parvez Noted! Would definitely give them a try. 11mo
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anushareflects
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Wow! This was a rollercoaster of a ride! If you‘ve watched the film, the book is just as good - with way more details and many more micro narratives. The writing is gripping, the story insanely creative. The whole experience is pretty great. Listened on Audible which was really good!

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Blueberry
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Eggs Loved the movie!! 2y
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vivastory
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Still TBR, the Christopher Nolan movie remains a personal favorite. Rival magicians in late 19th century, their feud escalates as they try to out perform one another with illusions. I've heard great things about Priest, & about this book.
#magic #maycharacters @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Palimpsest The movie is great. Embarrassed I didn‘t know that it was a book. 3y
vivastory @Palimpsest It seems to be pretty under the radar 3y
Eggs Love this film/didn‘t know there‘s a book 📖👏🏻📚 3y
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Centique @Palimpsest me too! I will have to read it. What a great movie though - and I find lots of people haven‘t seen it too. 3y
Palimpsest @Centique The movie The Illusionist came out the same year in 2006 which I feel have similar themes. I just looked it up and see that it‘s part of a story collection as well! 3y
vivastory @Palimpsest @centique I remember enjoying The Illusionist. I had no idea that it was based off of a short story! I have a Millhauser collection on one of my TBR shelves. I've heard great things about him. 3y
Palimpsest @vivastory Thanks to you for posting I‘m going to check out both! 3y
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Dogearedcopy
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🎧 First, I have to say that Simon Vance did an outstanding job of voicing characters of different genders, ages and backgrounds;
💥 Second, the story about dueling magicians was intriguing, surprising, nuanced and, a bit horrifying;
🚮 But lastly, the framing story was garbage.

👍 For the meat of the story and the audiobook narrator‘s performance, definitely a Pick— overriding the disgruntlement I have over that ending.

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Dogearedcopy
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I saw the Christopher Nolan movie so long ago, that everything is now all new-to-me! Two Belle Époque magicians mess with electricity and each other‘s minds! Simon Vance narrates and, so far I‘m enjoying this multi-unreliable-POV1 tale ?

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twohectobooks
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Got a bingo last night when I finished The Prestige! #tbrbingo

So I honestly think the movie improves on the source material and I wouldn‘t‘ve enjoyed this as much if I hadn‘t seen the movie first. Of course, without magic, there‘s no way of knowing for sure.

A story of two rival magicians in the late 19th century. They‘re both willing to go too far in order to be at the top of their fields. I liked some of the verbal and narrative antics.

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twohectobooks
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Next #bookclub book! I just started and it‘s so intriguing to read after already seeing the movie version! I‘ve always heard that this is a rare case of the movie being better, but as usual book club gets me to pick things up that I wouldn‘t bother with otherwise.

Jacques making an appearance as well #catsoflitsy

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WildQuibble
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#adventrecommends day 10!

I read this because of the movie, and - I know this goes without saying - #thebookisbetter

Kimberlone How did I not know this was based on a book?! Love the movie 4y
WildQuibble @Kimberlone such a good movie! I picked up the book because of it and wasn‘t disappointed. 4y
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bluetheatregirl
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Mehso-so

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I‘m rather disappointed in The Prestige, considering I love the movie. This may be the first time I prefer the movie over the book.
This book is difficult to read, hence why I took to Audible. Yet I still found myself zoning out numerous times.
It didn‘t get sitting-on-the-edge-of-your-seat interesting until the last 3 chapters. Then it suddenly ended. I would‘ve liked a bit more explanation.
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#ThePrestige #ChristopherPriest

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mspixieears
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I‘m producing a show and part of my self-designated research is to read the actual novel Christopher Nolan‘s film was based on. The show will debut for Melb Fringe 2018 and is creatrixtiara.com‘s baby :)

Chrissyreadit Fun!!! 6y
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bookishtory
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I have been waiting forever to read this book!

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MrBook
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GeekGrl82 I liked Nefertiti quite a bit. 6y
Andrew65 @GeekGrl82 I‘ve got Nefertiti down for my #MountTBRChallenge , loved The Second Empress. Also love Sharon Penman and her book 6y
Andrew65 Thanks for the tag and larger picture @MrBook 👍 6y
Fantasyfan I loved Snowflower and the Secret Fan. Such a great book of friendship, secrets, betrayal, forgiveness, and family. (edited) 6y
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Blueberry
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I don't usually read books or watch magician on TV but I did read and watch this one last year for #moviebookclub. The other partipant liked it more than I did.
#Nuyear #magic
@Cinfhen @TrishB

TrishB Not heard of this one! 👍🏻 6y
MeganAnn I enjoyed this movie but I didn't realize it was based on a book! 6y
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JessReads
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Snow day = wine and a good book. Loving this one so far.

JoeStalksBeck Love this 6y
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MaleficentBookDragon
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I couldn‘t take it any longer! 🤣 I decided to do a 12 Days of Christmas thingy with the box you sent me @JoeStalksBeck I‘m opening one book a day for the next four days. First up, The Prestige. The movie confused the hell out of me, so I‘m thrilled to get this audiobook. Thank you!🎅

ElyssaReads Somehow I had no idea that movie was based on a book. 6y
JoeStalksBeck Yay!! I hope you love your stuff! I resent the other package. You are an awesome lady! Merry Christmas 🎄! 6y
LauraJ I have the book hiding in the corner of the picture. Fun projects in 6y
MaleficentBookDragon @LauraJ I ❤️ the book. I‘m learning to make them. 6y
LauraJ @MaleficentBookDragon After you make a few, the patterns are easy to customize. 6y
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MommyWantsToReadHerBook
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Found this among free Kindle books on my laptop and was very excited! Oddly I could really understand why certain things were changed in the movie and didn't even really get annoyed. But I loved the book at least as much as the movie.

Izai.Amorim Welcome back! 6y
MommyWantsToReadHerBook @Izai.Amorim thank you, lovely to be back! 6y
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kgriffith
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Man, I love Simon Vance, but this book is a tough one to follow on audio. I think formatting likely helps in print. (I think I've got it so far, but it's reminiscent of The Complete Sherlock Holmes in that it feels like I've switched books partway through)

CharissaWeaksAuthor The movie is one of my very favorites. The book...I'm only about 15% into the audio so I dunno how I feel yet. I agree though. I already feel like I need to see the words. 7y
kgriffith @CharissaWeaksAuthor It's your fault I'm listening to it, ya know 😋 I've not seen the movie but when I came to Litsy to post about it I looked through others' posts and it seems pretty clear that the film is the best way to experience this particular story! 7y
CharissaWeaksAuthor @GlitterFemme Definitely watch the movie!!! I will have to finish the listen so I can see what all they changed for the film. It's absolutely brilliant. I had to watch it a second time and read breakdowns of the story lines to make sure I saw all the good stuff. Sooooo good. 7y
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CharissaWeaksAuthor
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Because I LOVE the movie, and because this audiobook is FREE on Audible if you have Prime. See my previous post about free audible books for Amazon Prime members.

aurora.dawn This is one book where I actually liked the movie better. 😅 7y
CharissaWeaksAuthor @thenamesbondvagabond HAHA! Yeah, after listening for an hour, I can see that. The movie is brilliant. 7y
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vivastory
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#riotgrams
I love Nolan's adaptation of this story of feuding magicians. I really need to read the novel.

TobeyTheScavengerMonk Totally different yet equally insane ending! 7y
kalinichta This story has been on my mental TBR since I diary saw the film in the theater. 7y
vivastory @TobeyTheScavengerMonk I found Nolan's ending so disturbing it took me hours to fall asleep. I have a few Christopher Priest books, haven't read them yet but I have the suspicion he'll rapidly be a new favorite 7y
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saresmoore I loved the film, didn't know it was a book! 7y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk I've read this one by Priest too and it was trippy as well 7y
vivastory @TobeyTheScavengerMonk That's on my tbr too. 7y
vivastory @saresmoore A couple of his books are nyrb classics 7y
saresmoore @vivastory Now you're talkin'. 7y
CrowCAH Great movie!!! 7y
shawnmooney Now that I've stumbled upon Jenny's (@readingenvy ) 5-star review and all of these comments, I might have to read this too! 7y
vivastory @shawnmooney I wasn't aware of her high rating, that makes me anticipate it even more! 7y
readordierachel I didn't realize this was a book either! Thanks for bringing it to my attention. Great film. 7y
ReadingEnvy Definitely a good one to compare book vs movie. 7y
vivastory @ReadOrDieRachel I hope you enjoy 7y
diovival One of the rare times I liked the movie much more than the book. 7y
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Blueberry
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I think this would have been a really good book had I read it instead of listening to it. I think it was diary entries between 2 magicians and then the ending got wierd. I read it for movie/book club and the movie has a really good rating.
Hugh Jackman♡

@NataliePatalie #moviebookclub

jhod I liked the film a lot! 7y
Blueberry @jhod Good to know. Thanks. 7y
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JoeStalksBeck
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Ok I seen this movie and I loved it but have never found the book. I'm excited to read it and see how much better it is than the movie!

LittleWonder Nice find! I just downloaded the audiable app and saw The Prestige was a free audiobook! Coincidence? 7y
AshHisson I'll be interested to see what you think of it. I found it overall pretty middling, if I'm remembering correctly. 7y
BookBoggart This is my favorite magician movie! At the time you were an Illusionist or Prestige fan. Lol. I never knew there was even a book! 😍 7y
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CrowCAH OMG that movie was mind blowing! Love love loved it! 7y
JoeStalksBeck @AshHisson I'm gonna start it tonight! I'll let you know! 7y
JoeStalksBeck @LittleWonder awesome! I need to check that out! 7y
JoeStalksBeck @BookBoggart i love that Tesla is in it! Def a fantastic movie! I know the book will be just as amazing! 7y
BookBoggart @GoodallBookHaul Extra love that Bowie plays Tesla! 7y
quirkyreader The book is even better that the film. Granted I watch the film to get my David Bowie and Andy Serkis fix. 7y
JoeStalksBeck @quirkyreader I can't wait to start it!! 7y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk I will say that most of the twists are the same, but one in the book is very VERY different from the movie. 7y
JoeStalksBeck @TobeyTheScavengerMonk from my experience the book is always better 7y
tournevis The book is better than the movie in that it doesn't try to be historical. 7y
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thelibraryofmars
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Easily the ugliest book I own.

I'm a long time fan of the movie, and the book met and exceeded my expectations--although it was long enough ago I don't remember many specifics.

Perhaps someday I'll replace it, but this unimaginative cover is going to the donate pile. (I'm moving so it's time to cull the library!)

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BarbaraJean
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This was fantastic. I'm fascinated by unreliable narrators, and this provided a whole set of them. I couldn't help comparing the book to the movie, and enjoyed how both Borden and Angier were presented more sympathetically here... yet this was done through first-person accounts given by each, so... what can the reader really trust?! I'm still questioning the multiple narratives- for me, a sign of a great story.

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BarbaraJean
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Learned a new word: "horripilation." AKA: goosebumps!

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BarbaraJean
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Starting this month's book club pick- my husband's choice this time!

MrBook Oh, nice choice! 8y
BarbaraJean @MrBook - I'm really enjoying it so far! Multiple narrators, which works well. I have to keep stopping myself from trying to match it up with the movie, though! 8y
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