Whalefall

So I did watch the movie before I finished this book, so I can actually compare those two pretty well. The movie was good; it gave me every emotion, a great mix of horror, funny moments, sad backstory, and a nice ending. But the BOOK?? Brilliant, incredible, amazing, show-stopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique, completely not ever been done before. I really liked it! The book showed way more backstory and included, compared to the movie, more family lore (duh!). But first. We follow Jay on a dive where he's trying to recover his dad's remains. And because he's just that lucky of a guy, he gets swallowed by a sperm whale. And now the time is ticking down. He has about an hour left of air supply and the will to escape this whale/da at all costs. The story focuses pretty heavily on the father-son relationship and depicts Jay's difficult childhood and the wish to be seen and appreciated by his father. The book switches between the POV of inside the whale and the years before, giving us, as the reader and Jay, as the trapped one, hints of how to escape. What made the book sooooo much better than the movie is even besides the fact that Jay's daddy issues are the main plot, his sister and mother and their knowledge and qualities helped Jay escape. I just really liked the way Daniel Kraus wrote this story, the little whale facts, the gory parts, the emotions Jay went through, and so on. Not your typical horror book, but still amazing!