[Ana]

So, I finished The Last Unicorn ^^ It was a lovely book and I'm glad I read it. The movie is actually extremely accurate. The only two semi-major things it left out were Shmendrick's backstory about his mentor and the town of Hagsgate, and neither of these things were really indispensable, they just gave a bit more depth to the story. Most of the dialog was even taken directly from the book with not a lot of changes.

I did notice that, while I found the story beautifully written it didn't have the same emotional impact on me that the movie did. Which is probably due to the slightly tighter pacing of the movie, especially the end. The movie, of course, pretty much ended immediately after the most dramatic and emotional part of the story, while the book continued on to wrap things up more. This isn't a bad thing, just a difference between books and movies.

The other thing I noticed in reading the story is that the two main characters, the Unicorn and Shmendrick, actually aren't that likable, lol. Again, nothing that wasn't in the movie, just more noticeable (especially with Shmendrick) in the book.

Overall it was really good and if you like fairytales, unicorns or the animated movie I highly recommend it ^^