Very faithful novelization of the movie. Nearly every scene is written and about 90% of the dialogue is preserved.If you want more depth to the story with insightful previously unknown details then you’ll be disappointed. The paragraphs are a simple-yet-well-written scenes with typical-but-well-chosen words. As such, this book will seem somewhat superficial to anyone who knows the movie well enough. However, it is fun to basically ‘watch’ this movie in your head as you read.Some things which may be unavoidable, but forgivable, are (1) the lack of music (2) difference of characterisation.(1) Those meaningful and engrossing musical scenes are near-trivially summarized into underwhelming-even-forgetful paragraphs. As this is a book and not the movie, this is obviously unavoidable but it really surprised me how much was missing. As such, I would almost recommend reading the book until any musical number, watch the musical number, and then return to the book... btw, there are no lyrics so maybe printing them out and folding them inside?(2) Some characterisation and scene description will not coincide with your fan interpretation. However, as how I said before the writing is simple and typical, this will only a few sentences/words so nothing major. It's nothing that will cause major disagreement as the book is safe (read 'faithful') way; if you like the movie you'll be virtually guaranteed to like the book-So, should you buy?If it’s for a child who likes The Little Mermaid, I can see the appeal. It’s a fun way to ‘watch’ the movie without actually having the movie and I suppose it’s a great way to introduce a child to reading by having them read something familiar and that they are bound to like. If TLM is a favourite, this book might be too?If it’s for an adult who is merely interested, then maybe pass on this book because reading the script online is about the same experience. If it’s for an adult fan then it’s fun to see how someone has put your movie into words and it’s kinda cool for the novelty.4/5 stars.
