The Dark Knight Rises: The Official Novelization (Movie Tie-In Edition) [Mass Market Paperback]

Greg Cox (Author)

Book Description

Release date: July 24, 2012

Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman and Morgan Freeman return in the thrilling and hotly anticipated conclusion to Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy.

The blockbuster movie will introduce new faces to the franchise as well, including Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway), Bane (Tom Hardy), John Blake (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), and Miranda Tate (Marion Cotillard).

From the team that brought you Inception, The Dark Knight Rises is guaranteed to be the blockbuster hit of 2012. This enthralling official novelization will transport fans into a Gotham City once again under threat.

BATMAN and all related characters and elements are TM and © DC Comics. (s12)

Editorial Reviews

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"I would recommend this to anyone who wants to delve a bit deeper into the story, and find out more about the characters and their motivations." – Comic Book Movie

"Cox fills in the visual gaps with rich descriptions of the landscape and characters." – Wired

" A great souvenir of a terrific film." – SciFi Bulletin

About the Author

Greg Cox is the New York Times bestselling author of several hugely popular Star Trek novels. He has also written successful novelizations and tie-ins for Countdown, Infinite Crisis and many more. Cox is a consulting editor for Tor Books and was nominated in 2008 for the Best Speculative Adapted Scribe Award for 52: The Novel.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 415 pages
• Publisher: Titan Books; Org Mti edition (July 24, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1781161062
• ISBN-13: 978-1781161067
• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 1.1 x 6.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #77,530 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 17 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Read!!!!! July 24, 2012

By Doug

Format:Mass Market Paperback

They released the book here the same night the movie came out. The book follows the movie very well with a few extra details they couldn't have captured on film. I recommend the book and the movie. If you are a Batman comic book fan, do not expect it to follow along the comic story arc. But it is fantastic all the same.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars More of a 4.5 to be exact, but still... August 2, 2012

By riffmatik82

Format:Mass Market Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

I enjoyed how the novel gave first-person detail of what the characters were thinking and feeling during particular scenes. I have seen the film twice before I finished the novel. When I watched it a 3rd time, it helped give a greater scope of the plot, events and especially the characters.

Especially since I didn't catch of all the dialogue in the film, the novel helped. I knew the Joker was not going to be mentioned in the film, but he didn't have to be because of his outcome in The Dark Knight film: He is stopped by Batman in the finale where he says Joker belongs in a padded cell (Arkham Asylum) to which a SWAT team arrests the Joker. In the Dark Knight Rises, Bane releases prisoners from Blackgate Prison, which is located on the main Gotham island where this story takes place, so Arkham has to be on a different island (The Narrows, I think).

Greg Cox's langauge tends to switch tones, making it feel like it was two writers were in charge of the novelization. One is high school-direct, the other is flowery-college, but it got the job done.

There are minor differences in some of the actions compared to how they actually unfold in the film. I assume this has to do with the fact that he did not see the film as he was finishing this project. Maybe it's based on the screenplay which would not contain the changes made during film's principal-photography. Who knows, maybe these minute differences work better for a novel then to a film.

This is why I give it a 4.5, but I enjoyed it overall. When people read this book or watch the Blu-Ray with subtitles, they'll understand the story a whole lot better and will enjoy the film a lot more than they do now, I believe.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Faithful but bland. February 2, 2013

By Nelly

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

While faithful to the movie movie in terms of the scenes, the writing quality is subpar and doesn't offer much in terms of character insight.