The book was far far better than the movie...
At least that s what I think. I wonder if there are other people here who have read the book too.
shareThe book is good, especially in Linda's showdown with Margarite. Also the character of Linda makes more sense as someone sent as a spy (older and better trained), then Linda in the movie. I really like both seperately, and the movie is a true guilty pleasure!
sharealthough i really enjoyed the book, i loved the movie. in the film, leland doesn't have a son that linda falls in love with. i felt like she didn't love leland till the end in the book, but in the movie, she loved him from the first since there was no other man in linda's life. and it seemed a little ick that linda loves both the father and son in the book.
shareHi! this is the first I´ve heard about the film being based on a book! I LOVE this film!!
Is the title "Shining through"? Who is the author??
Hope you can help me!!
Thanx
zavah
I think the writer is Susan Isacks and yes, the title is ''Shining through''...just one detail though - in the book there is no son of Leland, but a doughter, it's with her first husband that Linda falls in love )))
''Is there noone among them you could trust? No man of integrity?''
-''Not that I know of''
The book was way better - much much better plot and the characters are more thought out and have dimensions. In this their motivations are not really clear.
**Twenty Dollars? I wanted a peanut!**
The author's name is spelled Isaacs, Susan Isaacs. She is a famous novelist who lives on Long Island, NY, and wrote many other entertaining books, most of them taking place in todays world.
"Shining through" was her only WW II novel when I remember it right. But it's definitely her best book.
"The magic Hour" is nice, too.
The author of shining through is susan isaacs. Great book!
shareOh, NO!!....He wasn't Leeland's son, but his ex-son-in-law. So no ick-factor at all. Well, not a lot.
I loved the book and that particular plot twist because Linda joined up with the spies, in part, to get away from the memories of her previous love affair (with the son in law), not realizing that Leeland was in love with her all along! He even tried to to sabotage her work to prevent her from going to Germany at one point.
Not until the end of the book does she realize this, thus opening her eyes to the possibility of a true love with Leeland.
I seem to remember from first seeing this film that more is shown concerning Dietrich's feelings for Linda. When I rewatched it now, the last we see of him is his taking out a pistol, on which Linda flees the house in Potsdam. But he has been truly kind to her and seems to be falling in love with her, even though he susepcts her of being sent out by the Gestapo to check whether he is a devout Nazi or not.
So what does he intend to do with that pistol? Kill himself before the Gestapo comes, as he's let a spy come across secret documents? How is this relationship described in the novel? Is it the innate "goodness" of Liam Neeson that shines through, but with no foundation in the novel?
Elisabet