Election - Tom Perrotta
by Zia ~ August 27th, 2005. Filed under: Books.
Until I checked out Little Children, I didn’t know the movie with Reese Witherspoon was originally a book. I remember liking the movie, so I placed it on hold.
Let me just interject a note here. I’m one of those people who goes to movies based on books solely so I can say how bad it was. All the Harry Potters? The movies sucked. Any Hollywood adaptation of Jane Austen? Eeeuuww. Even Must Love Dogs? The movie REEKED and the book was pretty cute. The list goes on and on. But for Election, the story works better as a movie.
I never thought in a million years I would say that.
For those of you who encountered neither, Election is about a high school election gone awry. Overachiever Tracy Flick feels she’s assured of the election. Teacher Jim McAllister hates Tracy and urges Paul Warren to run. Then Paul’s sister decides to run because her girlfriend starts dating her brother. Tracy sleeps with a teacher. Jim cheats on his wife and fixes the election. Drama, angst, drama.
A fun read. But it makes me want to see the movie again.