by: Rachel Cohn & David Levithan
I saw the Michael Cera/Kat Dennings Nick & Norah in theaters a couple years ago and I thought I should finally get around to reading the source material. Turns out there were quite a few liberties taken in the movie.
Remember how the whole film was a race to find the band Where's Fluffy?'s secret show? Well, in the book they just happen to randomly go to a club and it turns out the band is playing there that night. No race, no search, no anything.
And remember how half the movie was trying to find Norah's friend Caroline who Nick's friends were supposed to take home but they lost her? Well, in the book they just take her home and there is no mention of her again.
Also, the girl Tris who is supposed to be the antagonist in the movie is much more 50/50 in the book and she's written as someone who was looking out for Nick's best interests when she broke up with him. (Yeah, I know how that sounds but it's actually true.)
The book is written by 2 writers (Cohn & Levithan) each voicing one of the characters. The story moves back and forth with each chapter switching viewpoints from Nick's to Norah's. It's a pretty light read and is most definitely written with the "Young Adult" in mind.
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