| Rocky II |  | Author: Sylvester Stallone
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 2958115
Media: Mass Market Paperback
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ISBN: 0345335740
EAN: 9780345335746
ASIN: 0345335740
Publication Date: March 12, 1987
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Rocky II, fails to intrest this reader March 12, 2002
Steve (Monroe, CT USA)
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When I recently read the book Rocky II, by Sylvester Stallone, based on the sequel to the popular movie, I had high hopes. Now that I finished reading it, I'll tell you what I think of it. In my personal opinion, I didn't enjoy the book. You would think that a book based on the movie would be just as good, but that simply is not the case here. To be fair, Sylvester Stallone is a very good actor, but he isn't a good enough writter. Stallone writes short, choppy chapters and uses the same dialogue as the movie. For example, he says: "Adrian c'mere, I wanna talk honest with ya. I know the Rock-what-fifteen, sixteen years? An' him I just wouldn't expect a change." I didn't like reading the story liked that. It gets quite frustrating and a little annoying. He(Stallone) should have written it better, using regular words without writing the same accent(c'mere) and used fewer longer chapters.
The plot of Rocky II is about the same as the first one. Rocky is beginning to settle down with his wife Adrian, while one day Apollo Creed starts taunting him on TV. Well they plan to fight again. Rocky trains to fight Apollo thoughout the book and he is fighting for his love, Adrian. The Main confict was mostly Rocky vs. himself. Rocky has some issues inside himself and tries(and succeeds) to work them out. One character that stands out in my mind was Micky, Rocky's trainer. He always helps Rocky thoughout the story. At the end, Rocky is getting beaten by Creed and Micky offers to get him out of the fight. Micky says, "Call it off-you can't win unless you knock him out! You're getting killed out there!" He's always there when Rocky need him. I wish there was more people like that. The message the writer wants to get across is to believe in yourself. The Rocky series is the ultamite underdog movie.
In conclusion, I didn't enjoy reading Rocky II. The writting and the short chapters are some of the reasons. I don't recommend this book. It is a fine movie to watch, but skip reading the book.
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