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Has anybody else read the novel?

posted 12 years ago by GroovyDoom
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There's a movie tie-in paperback for "Grizzly". It's a quick read as it's very short, but the thing that always sticks with me about the book is how vivid the descriptions are of the victims' deaths. It's extremely gory, much more so than the film. For instance, the very first victim has her arm ripped off like in the movie, and then the bear shreds her chest, ripping the flesh out and breaking open her ribcage. She's still alive for a few seconds after it happens, and she screams for the bear to leave her alone because she's dead. The second victim has her back ripped out, but the narrative makes her even more sympathetic by revealing that she was in terrible shock and was imagining herself back in her home waking up to the smell of fresh coffee.

It's still a cheap movie tie-in novel, but it's fairly well written, and worth the short time it takes to read.

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[–] jawsfan 12 years ago

I have it, read it twice. Grizzly's one of my favorite movies, and I had to search for the novel for quite a few years before I finally got it....

I think it's a great novel, and you're definitely right about the death scenes being much gorier than the movie. Pretty solid read, I say.

[–] bloodcuda 12 years ago

I own it and have read it as well.... I bought for a bargain on amazon.com I forgot for how much but it was under $10 ..... I loved the novel and I would listen to the soundtrack on my I pod while I read it. It was gory and fun.

*Semi-Spoilers* .....I prefer the ending in the book than in the movie *survivor wise*

[–] lm362 10 years ago

I know this is an old post, but I had to reply that I didn't know there was a novelization of the movie. I found a site that showed page 100 of the novel and I wish that information had been in the movie. It has changed how I feel about the bear. I'm still scared, but also very sad for it. I'm going to get the novel. Can you tell me if the author gave any reason as to why the bear grew to such a massive size?