Hellboy

Hellboy Novels #Film Universe

by Yvonne Navarro

Brought into the world through a pagan ritual, Hellboy struggles to come to terms with the fantastic powers that have allowed him to benefit all humankind by transforming him into the world's greatest paranormal investigator, but that also have kept him forever isolated from society. Original. (A Columbia Pictures film, written & directed by Guillermo del Toro, starring Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, John Hurt, Jeffrey Tambor, Karel Roden, Doug Jones, Rupert Evans, & Victoria Smurfit) (Science Fiction & Fantasy)

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Comics, Media Tie In, Superheroes, Paranormal

304 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Yvonne Navarro is the author of Concrete Savior, Highborn, AfterAge, deadrush, Final Impact, Mirror Me and a bunch of other books, plus Buffy the Vampire Slayer novels and tie-in novels for Hellboy, Elektra, and others."

Reviews

[Craig · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a well written novelization of Guillermo Del Toro's screenplay for the first Hellboy film from 2004, which had been more loosely based on Mignola's Seed of Destruction. As one would expect, it's a pretty strict adaptation, with a little more background detail but nothing major added or excised. I liked the film and thought the book was enjoyable, too.

[Cord · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very good movie makes for a pretty good read! It's very faithful to the movie, which takes away just a little bit from the joy of reading a novelization that has some more authorial flourishes, but at least it was faithful to a great movie.

[Dragan · Rating 1 out of 5]

its based off the movie and just doesnt really do it for me. it could have gone so much deeper with character descriptions and the setting it self but it just touches on the surface level of the book

[Duffy Laudick · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty good for a novelization.

[Marissa_san121 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved both the movie and the book. I cried when professor Broom died.