By: Peter David Publisher: Del Rey Average Rating: Binding: Mass Market Paperback Label: Del Rey Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 320 Publication Date: May 25, 2004 Release Date: May 25, 2004
Product Description: The amazing adventures of one of the greatest superheroes of all time continue in Spider-Man 2.
Two years have passed, and Peter Parker struggles to cope with the demands of life as a college student, a Daily Bugle photographer, and a crime-fighting superhero. But it hasn’t gotten any easier. Condemned by the press, tormented by secrets he can never reveal, forced to give up the girl of his dreams—at times the lonely burden of Spider-Man seems almost too great to bear . . . and the temptation to give up grows stronger by the hour.
Enter the archfiend Doc Ock, armed with a lethal invention powerful enough to destroy half the city. If Spider-Man tries to stop Doc Ock, he’ll be placing the lives of those closest to him in mortal danger. If he doesn’t, it could be the end of the Big Apple. With millions of lives hanging in the balance, high about Manhattan’s glittering skyline, Spider-Man confronts his destiny, his fiercest enemy, and himself.
Just As Good As The First Spider-Man 2, more action & More Wise cracks from your favorite web-slinger, but this time there is a new villian in town. Doctor Octopus, Or Dock Ock. The best and baddest villian of them all. This book gives you more detail about Dock Ock and peter parker's strugle in life and being Spider-Man. If you read the first you gotta read this one
Sequel of adventures of the web-head The second part of the Spiderman trilogy introduces a refined Doc Ock. Storyline is action packed and entertaining. Thankfully there is more MJ!! Peter David lives up to his reputation with another well written Spider story.
A fine book that enhances a great film In my experience, books based on movies tend to be above average in terms of storytelling, and tend to be better then the movies themselves. Spider man 2 follows that trend, creating a rich and compelling story that hooked me within moments of reading.
We all know the plot of Spider man 2 by now. Peter continues his task of being spider man while trying to juggle being a super hero, a pizza delivery guy, and a college student. But the pressures of all three burdens beings to wiegh down on him, and the temptation to give up being a hero grows stronger by the minute. Will Peter succumb, or overcome the monumental difficulties that are in front of him?
Like the novel based on the first spider man movie, spider man 2 takes the basic plot of the movie and enriches it with material that can only be found in a book, such as being able to read what the charachters are thinking. Peter David has added some great ideas within the pages. My favorite is the idea that the tentacles actually "talk" to doctor octopus and address him as "father" while acting like children eager to please a parent. It works very well and adds a very interesting idea that's not in the movie.
The charachters are given a lot of enrichments and enhancments, furthur adding to the already great personalities that they already have. My favorite charchter has got to be doc ock, who is good at heart, but manipulated by forces outside his control into becoming something he's not. Aunt May continues to be the wise cornerstone that Peter needs to simply keep his sanity. Harry Osbourn is one of the most fascinating charachters in the storyline of the movies, being both the best friend of Peter and the biggest hater of Spider man. The passage where Harry discovers the truth behind Spider man was amazing (in addition, it's longer and more thought out then the movie version, which seemed to move a little too quickly). You can really feel his saddness and frustration over his fathers death, the continuing demise of Oscorp and how he slips dangerously close to being insane.
There are two problems I have with the story. The opening of the book has a scene thats not in the movie, where Doc Ock is kidnapped by an australian guy named Jack All (I'm serious!) in a giant robot thing. It's a cheesy scene that dosent add much except for a bit of foreshadowing of what's to come. And seriously, who calls themselves Jack All? (But to the authors credit, Jack All does say "So? You call yourself Spider Man").
The second, and biggest problem is with Uncle Ben. In the storylines, he's portrayed as a kind, caring and understanding father figure that Peter needs in life. In this book, he's transformed into a complete grouch. I was shocked to see that a kind old man became an uncaring grouch who bickers and scolds Peter all the time. Shouldent Ben know better? Shouldent he know that Peter is only human and can't do everything at once? I was very dissapointed at how Ben is treated. It's as if Ben decided to become a bully for his own amusement. Not funny, and a disapointment.
But beyond those two complaints, this is a great story that is extremly well written. When I first started reading it, I couldent put it down! Fans of Spider man, both book and movie, will probably love this novel. Highly recommended.
Very Good Book. Good book. Peter David does it again. Since the 2nd movie was the best of all of the Spider-Man movies so far, why can't the book be great?! It even has cut scenes that weren't shown in the movie. Read this book now. It is a good book! I mean great! Read it.
Excellent Movie Adaption I loved this book, it was a very pleasant read. Very well written and very entertaining with great characterization. It stayed true to the movie (didn't change the dialogue or scenes that were in the movie) and added a few scenes missing from the movie that added instead of detracted. Great companion to the movie. If only other movie books were as excellently done.
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