Mickey7
September 11, 2026
Mickey7
Edward Ashton
Golden Bough
2022-07-22
9791170521730
Review
Knowing that it is the original novel behind director Bong Joon-ho's movie Mickey 17, I deliberately held off on watching the film and read the book first.
Whenever a story is slated to be adapted for the screen, I tend to try and read the original work first.
This is because once I see scenes already realized through a director's interpretation, those visuals keep popping into my head while reading, leaving no room for my own imagination to take shape.
So I try to come to the book with a blank slate whenever possible.
With this book, too, I felt glad that I read it first.
Whenever a story is slated to be adapted for the screen, I tend to try and read the original work first.
This is because once I see scenes already realized through a director's interpretation, those visuals keep popping into my head while reading, leaving no room for my own imagination to take shape.
So I try to come to the book with a blank slate whenever possible.
With this book, too, I felt glad that I read it first.
Before reading the book, I already had a rough idea of the premise from the movie trailer.
Yet seeing the situations unfold step by step in vivid detail on the page made it even more engaging to read, even though I already knew the general story.
Yet seeing the situations unfold step by step in vivid detail on the page made it even more engaging to read, even though I already knew the general story.
Rather than dumping the entire backstory all at once, I really liked the narrative style of piecing it together bit by bit as the story progressed.
Project Hail Mary also expanded its narrative as the protagonist gradually pieced together his lost memories, and it seems I personally have a soft spot for this type of narrative structure.
Project Hail Mary also expanded its narrative as the protagonist gradually pieced together his lost memories, and it seems I personally have a soft spot for this type of narrative structure.
I've been reading quite a lot of space sci-fi lately, and since I have almost no background in space science, it wasn't easy to get through at first.
Still, as I continued reading more works, familiar terms began to crop up, and the bigger picture slowly began to come into focus, which was enjoyable in its own right.
Still, as I continued reading more works, familiar terms began to crop up, and the bigger picture slowly began to come into focus, which was enjoyable in its own right.
In the past, reading Lemon (Minor Changes) had led me to deeply contemplate the question
Throughout the book, I kept asking myself whether I could have ever become an Expendable if I were in the protagonist's shoes.
What am I?, and this book likewise prompted me to dwell on the philosophical question: Where does 'I' end?Throughout the book, I kept asking myself whether I could have ever become an Expendable if I were in the protagonist's shoes.
In Scythe, I think I actually viewed eternal life rather positively; seeing that I feel averse to the Expendables in this story, it seems I had subconsciously judged that the Mickeys here are not the same identical being.
Ultimately, it was quite a meaningful work that reminded me once again that who 'I' am consists of something far beyond just the sum of memory, body, and personality.
Ultimately, it was quite a meaningful work that reminded me once again that who 'I' am consists of something far beyond just the sum of memory, body, and personality.