The Pan’s Labyrinth movie is probably my absolute movie, one that I’ve watched about ten million times. So when I heard there was a BOOK coming out WITH Cornelia Funke, aka one of my favourite writers – I know I needed to get my hands on it. Luckily I was approved to read it and I was so excited because my favourite director plus my favourite children’s author – sounds like a recipe for YES PLEASE. 

I’m very glad to say that it delivered far beyond my expectations! It was literally like I was watching the movie but in book format – which was exactly what I wanted. Funke was definitely the right co-author for this. I could absolutely feel her influence in it. It felt like I was reading one of her books but with the added benefit of also being told it by my favorite director. Literally like a dream come true. 

I loved that they added little stories in between the normal (i.e. – what happened in the movie) – it added to the overall creepiness of the story and never felt out of place. Also The Pale Man? Just as creepy written down as he is in the movie, and I both loved and was once again, scared of that. It wa