Sarah then plunges into a whirlwind adventure. If she cannot reach the center of the mysterious Labyrinth within thirteen hours, Jareth -- King of the Goblins -- will keep Toby forever. In the twists and turns of her dangerous journey to Jareth's castle, she meets an extraordinary variety of strange characters, some more friendly than others. But none of them will be able to help her unless she musters the courage to challenge Jareth -- no matter what the odds. Now, I don't own this book; I've looked and looked and looked and nothing. So, I did what any other King Jareth obsessed fan would do: 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. I have The Lost Boys movie novelization and it's one of the most skeletal, sterile books I own and the only reason I own it is because it's Lost Boys. The author claims that he was basically given the script and told to turn it into a book. He didn't have any insight into the characters, nothing, so he had to work with what he was given. I haven't read any of his other books but, really, that writing doesn't make me want to, either. Sarah is an imaginative girl with hopes of becoming an actress like her mother. She feels her stepmother constantly interferes with her goals – especially when she is made to look after her younger stepbrother, Toby. Life is not fair and Sarah knows to complain about it; one night she decides to give into her frustration and to give her baby brother a fright by calling upon her fantasies to save her. Much to her surprise, the Goblin King does appear and takes Toby away. Nothing Sarah says can sway the King to return the baby – not unless she solves his Labyrinth within thirteen hours.

Jareth also crated a beautiful place for his Sarah, one where she'd be treated like the Queen she was.I've been Labyrinth obsessed since I was a little kid, David Bowie obsessed even longer, and a Jim Henson obsessed since birth, basically. Movie novelizations rarely interest me, but Labyrinth was such an odd, offbeat little film that it ought to have been based on a novel. No screenwriter in Hollywood is this good at tapping into the dusky eeriness at the heart of every good myth. Turns out there is no original book, but this novelization does, in some ways, serve the same function.

Como personajes el libro no nos añade ninguno nuevo, salvo a la madre. Tenemos a Sarah, nuestra protagonista. Protagonista que nos parece un poco egocéntrica, pero que luego se redime al darse cuenta del error que ha cometido pidiendo a Jareth que se lleve a su hermano. Toby, el renacuajo que mete en problemas a su hermana y cuya especialidad es llorar, y llorar y llorar, además de robarla sus peluches. Y luego muchos de los variopintos habitantes del laberinto, siendo los más destacados Hoggle el goblin, Ludo el peluche gigante peludo (era el mote que le puse de niña) y Sir Didymus. De todos ellos el personaje estrella es el rey de los goblin Jareth. De pequeña vivía enamorada de este personaje encarnado por Bowie, del que he sido fan desde que tengo memoria. Realmente si te paras a pensarlo en cierto modo es el villano de la historia, el que aleja al bebé Toby de su hermana, pero como deja claro en el libro, y en el film con la canción de Within You, todo lo que hizo fue por ella, por darla todo lo que quería, a pesar de que todo esto pueda verse como malo. Una pena la verdad como termina el libro y la peli, que lo hace casi de la misma manera. Que juntaran a Sarah y Jareth como pareja me habría hecho más que feliz (bueno, los shippearé en mi cabeza como he hecho toda mi vida). It was junk like everything else there, the litter of a time of her life that she now passionately wanted to leave behind. She knew what the gray despair had been. This room was a prison, and she was her own jailer. And so she had the key to release herself, to go and do the thing that mattered.

But just because a guy is super powerful, and hot, and offers to place the sky within your eyes, the moon within your heart, paint you mornings of gold, and promises he'll be there for you as the world falls down... doesn't mean you should take him up on it if he's a creep. So a GoodReads friend told me a few months ago they were re-releasing The Labyrinth. I couldn't believe it. After finding out years ago it was out of print, searching, finding it for hundreds of dollars I had given up the hope of reading it. In fairness to Smith, he clearly enjoys writing about the odd fauna and flora of the Labyrinth. Hoggle, Ludo, Sir Didymus and the rest are so tangible that you'll love them even if you haven't seen the film. The expanded battle sequence in the Goblin City is hilarious, and the bromance between Ludo and Didymus will melt your heart. There's also a handful of scenes of weird creatures being weird in weird places that didn't make it into the movie that are very fun. One gets in the impression that the Underground, like Middle-earth and Narnia, is a place stuffed with too many potential adventures for just one story. There's something interesting around every corner.

Labyrinth is such a guilty pleasure, but the story and characters are actually quite fantastic. It was one of my favorite movies as a kid, and at the beginning of this year, I kind of went down a spiral of all content related to it. We're talking fanart. We're talking documentaries. We're talking FANFICTION. Emily, I sincerely thank you for letting me rant during that one WhatsApp call. This is why when the most recent Sarah introduces herself to Hoggle, his response is the cryptic "That's what I thought." 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 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: She smiled up at him. She thought how handsome he was, but one didn’t tell a man such things, did one? ”Our first character met on our journey. She hasn't even gotten into the Labyrinth and she is learning lesson two: Not everything is as it seems. I love the added dialogue and getting to know Hoggle a little better. I went to the internet, using my wonderful laptop, Ace (It's an Acer. Ace, Acer , get it? Haha, I is funny).

It was spot on. I like how A.C.H. Smith went the extra mile and included dialogue in scenes where it's David Bowie singing(for those who don't know, David Bowie is in the movie. If you didn't know...well...where were you?). We even learn a little bit more about Sarah's mother, where the movie didn't touch on. Sadly, time moved differently in the fairy world than the mortal one. By the time Jareth believed his new realm worthy of his love, his Sarah was long since dead. David Bowie IS Jareth, no questions about that. The suaveness, the flirty line delivery, the effortless eyeshadow; all those features just don't come out as clear in the novelization. I mean, look at that hair!! I want to be him. Bruh, I aspire to achieve this level of fabulousness so badly. Not many people can pull off that look. While not quite as crazy, many of the creatures in the Labyrinth are as contrary and nonsensical as those in the style of Alice in Wonderland. There are many traps and trials which the characters must face. A lot of the creatures are actually rather loveable despite their often evil and simple nature. It also seems as though the ultimate fear within the Labyrinth is that of the Bog of Eternal Stench; a stench so bad that none can put it into words and where people would rather endure physical pain than come too close to it. 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?

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Penned by the TUMBLR writer Glamdamnit, here is a detailed guess about what happened to the Goblin King that made him want to steal a little girl. Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets and directory of Labyrinth, has joined with executive producer George Lucas to take us once again on a fascinating journey into a fantastic world. Labyrinth has been produced by Eric Rattray; the executive supervising producer is David Lazer, illustrator Brian Froud is the conceptual designer, and the screenplay by Terry Jones is based on a story by Jim Henson and Dennis Lee. A Henson Associates Inc. / Lucasfilm Ltd. production, the movie is distributed by Tri-Star pictures. Anyway, just explaining why I was hesitant to read this one. The person who recommended it promised a proper novel, not just a written description of what happened in the movie. 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.