High-Rise Book & Film Review + Tom Hiddleston Reading.

[@saoirsejoubert5749]

tbh i would listen to tom hiddleston reading the dictionary bloody hell

[@Einzelkinddas]

I want Tom Hiddleston to read me bedtime stories.

[@chockycake1]

sold the film for me... and yes if there is an audio book with him reading it, it's mine ! ;-)

[@fabienneadriana944]

+chockycake1 there is, actually! It's called The Red Necklace. (If you search it on youtube, you can listen to it :) ) Enjoy!

[@chockycake1]

+Fabienne Baas oooh thank you. :-)

[@sophiethefairy]

+chockycake1 He's also done the audiobook reading for High-Rise too now! I'm planning on downloading it ^_^

[@sk8terac]

I have the audioboook of this read by Tom and it's heaven.

[@AccioReviews]

They could make terms and conditions being read by him and I would definitely sit through the whole think and never have to tick that box as a lie again

[@laurenmiller149]

I'm so glad to hear your thoughts Sanne! I'm a strict book-before-movie person, so I've been meaning to read the book for a while now. I'm definitely going to pick it up soon!

[@JenTheEllis1]

After watching this video this morning, I got the audiobook from audible (read by Tom Hiddleston, swoon) and managed to listen to the whole thing in one day! Looking forward to watching the movie now and getting more Tom Hiddleston!!

[@amyamyamy17]

I would listen to him read absolutely anything oh my god that voice

[@alef_19]

i forgot how much i love tom hiddleston

[@SwirlyGirlyReads]

Well this sounds interesting!!! Thanks for the Tom Hiddelston (ver nice!) This book sounds seriously messed up - I have to HAVE it immediately!

[@sarajackson3198]

Reading other film/book reviews tended to sound more complicated but you make it a lot more easier to understand! Thank you for that! Also I enjoyed the little surprise at the end too ;)

[@raindropscallme]

have you seen the night manager mini serues, based on the novel....tom hiddleston plays the main character amazingly...

[@booksandquills]

+Ingrid Kiss I haven't! But I think it will make for some excellent Easter weekend watching.

[@chockycake1]

+booksandquills you must watch the night manager....really enjoyed your book to film review and have just ordered the book. :-)

[@LadyofLetters]

I got to go to the premier of "High Rise" at London Film Festival, which was amazing! Tom Hiddleston did a Q & A - he's so clever and charming *sigh* I found the film interesting, though I wouldn't say I particularly enjoyed it. xoxo

[@bea9631]

I saw the film on monday, it was very weird and slightly disturbing but I kinda liked it. I'm still considering whether to read the book or not

[@timberebersole356]

I think Tom needs to take up a second career recording audio books.

[@maimunagulfam809]

awwwww Tom Hiddleston 😍😍😍 loved the last part

[@sophieherondale3343]

omg the end of this video wow wow wow tom hiddlestons voice is so beautiful help

[@BaileeWalsh]

I watching this like 4 months late but I hope Tom Hiddleston narrated an audiobook for this because I just realized how much I really love his voice! I knew before that I liked it, but wow

[@Jana-wc7jr]

Bailee Walsh acctuallt he did for this book.Just search up tom hiddleston reading and you should find it.It is six hours!

[@BaileeWalsh]

Yeah, I don't remember which booktuber it was but someone talked about it when it was released.

[@anne6318]

Oh, his voice just does things to me. Anyway, really enjoyed your review! Not sure if it's the book/movie for me, but might give it a try. Also can't wait to meet you next month! Kinda really excited :)

[@BlackSNSmoke]

And thank you for a Tom clip😍

[@Mrphy52]

I work in a cinema and I've never seen a film divide an audience so strongly. It really is either love it or hate it!

[@Loopyloualways]

I saw the film without reading the book it was a very strange experience my friend and I were in the back row with an older couple a few chairs down halfway through the film the older couple walked out and turned to my friend and said "you have to be high on LSD to understand this film"

[@WhatKamilReads]

Sounds quite good. It's interesting you went with the book after seeing a movie. 1970 swinger party - wasn't expecting that, and the couple of last sentence made me very curious about seeing the movie.

[@SoulStainedInk]

I thought it sounded interesting before you said "Tom Hiddleston" and then you mentioned the balcony. I'm excited now! lol

[@itsmarialifestyle4355]

The nature of the story had me drawn in. I watched it because the trailer looked creepy, weird and intriguing. And it has stellar cast.I enjoyed the film though at times didn't know what to make of it. I certainly need to read the book to understand what the heck was going on :-)

[@MadisonAnneH]

Where did the get the bit of him reading?

[@booksandquills]

I got it from the PR company who are promoting the film!

[@lucyrutherford]

This video has helped me decide what I'm going to put forward for my next bookclub book! I've always meant to read JG Ballard because Empire of the Sun is one of my all time favourite films, but I've only read the Empire of the Sun book which I didn't really enjoy so it kind of put me off.

[@chuck22jcma]

omg this man voice does he has a audio book.

[@quietlywandering]

Hi Sanne! I have a question about buying books on bookdepository.com. I wanted to buy three paperbacks (The Mortal Instruments part four through six) but I looked at the size measurements of the book, and it's a size smaller than "normal" paperbacks, including the first three books I already own. Is this the case with all paperbacks on bookdepository.com or just that one? Because I couldn't find the books I wanted in the correct size at all. 😞

[@sophiethefairy]

I watched the film the day it came out and I was SO excited, I think I do slightly regret not reading the book first though! I would've been slightly more prepared for the mayhem!

[@meagan4605]

Hey, would you mind if I asked what... questionable content is *in the novel*? I'm aware of what the movie has (I've seen the rating on IMDb). I'm just wondering if there is any explicit birds and bees stuff and language?

[@chboskyy]

I haven't read the book yet, but I did enjoy the film. However, I thought the script wasn't very good - not sure if that's similar to the original text but I didn't think much of the J.G. Ballard book I have read, Crash. Cinematography, acting and soundtrack were fab though.

[@HeleanFuentes-vc3hf]

I love this move i love tom hiddleston

[@alybay4210]

Does anyone know if Sanne has done a video giving advice for creating book reviews?

[@elizabethbennett101]

starting looking into seeing and realized it doesn't come out here for another month and a half ... oh

[@carriethatgirl8679]

ugh! I want so badly to go see the movie, but it isn't released in the US until May... And the Night Manager Series doesn't come until April. Why are they holding out on me with this beautiful angel of a man??

[@FantasyIsUnderrated]

For this particular book and movie, would you recommend reading the book first and then seeing the movie? Or does it work well with the book adding more detail to the story after you've seen the movie?

[@booksandquills]

I would probably say book first!

[@riverthoughts2400]

JG Ballard. if im not mistaken he wrote Empire of the Sun!

[@mabusestestament]

Yes! But mostly science fiction/ weird dystopian stories.

[@stefaniecallista5027]

Sanne, I recommend Billenium by J.G. Ballard. It's a dystopian short story that I had to read for my literature class and I think it has a very important moral message x

[@mabusestestament]

Yeah, Ballard has written some great dystopian stories, including some novels.

[@zo2301]

Hey Sanne, heb jij (of iemand anders in de comments) Nederlandse boeken die je kan aanraden? Ik ben Engels en woon nu weer terug in Engeland en mijn Nederlands is zo slecht geworden dat ik wil oefenen met lezen. I would really appreciate any recommendations! ik ben 24 trouwens en hou eigenlijk van alle soorten genres! Dankjewel! xoxo

[@braincabbage]

I wonder if he'd narrate an audio book

[@MeredithWhitfield]

SO happy to hear the film allows women some more agency. The environment Ballard creates is so interesting, but I did get that squicky vibe of misogyny throughout. Jealous of you UK folks; we don't get the film in the States until May! :(

[@MeredithWhitfield]

+Meredith Whitfield Also, this book has one of the BEST opening lines of all time.

[@RachaelTodddoesbeauty]

I really like your glasses. Oh I've never heard of this book before sounds interesting. =] I posted my first book review on my channel yesterday lol it has 3 views and I think 1 one of them was me haha

[@clarelinton6562]

I loved this film but can't believe it's not an 18!...

[@Indietrix]

The film definitely gives the women in High-Rise stronger roles and more defined presences in the story's action than the book- better than Ballard at any point. Ballard's writing is really interesting to me because he has such a unique style- but his life experiences obviously damaged him a lot and it shows in his work.

[@jamieos6409]

How old are you ? You look like your about 74 years and 27 months old and you read books for a living but your pretty neat keep up the content ❤️💚

[@ImmortalElfchild]

I agree with you about the abuse in this film; the treatment of women, children and animals were extremely uncomfortable for me, and the fact that everyone who isn't being abused are the abusers and really horrible human beings. So I had no connection to most of the characters and those that I did were treated the worst. I'm a fan of Tom Hiddleston but this is the first thing he's done that I felt so uncomfortable with that i dont know why he wanted to be involved. And one thing that needs to be said; if there 'needs' to be content like that in a film (namely abuse and rape) it really should come with a clear warning so people affected by these things dont have to be subjected, like 'contains sexual violence and abuse'. Because from all I've seen and heard about it, apart from the book which could differ a lot from the film, and a few rare reviews there was nothing to indicate what the film would contain.

[@mabusestestament]

I guess he wanted to be involved because uncomfortable stuff is part of the human psyche and can be highly fascinating to explore.

[@rachaelharrison7302]

Do you think there is any connection between Laing and Dr R D Laing the psychiatrist? I also thought the treatment of women was much better in the film than in the book. I can't imagine the film would have had a good reception it if had completely copied the book!

[@izakshuvo8434]

Interesting to some people 😉 😉

[@sindyk2719]

Finaallyyy!!

[@racheljordan2020]

Tom Hiddleston is so beautiful, i'd love to see the movie, but I just can't bring myself to support a misogynistic author in anyway, despite how interesting the premise seems :/

[@Dortevl]

Ikea bedding 😘

[@Switch2itz]

Tom Hiddleston, so hot right now!

[@JoyPhilpp44]

this ended way too soon

[@misanthropyandpuppers2691]

I found the film to be a complete and utter mess, honestly. It was clearly set out to shock, baffle and disorientate the viewer but it didn't make me want to figure out for myself what was going on and more isolated and made me want to leave my screening several times. Cinematography was A+ though.

[@Indietrix]

I thought the disorientation & violence/sex was quite in keeping with Ballard's book- his authorial advice is all about distancing you from action and talking about horrible violent stuff. I think in that sense Wheatley's got quite a good handle on the material- although it doesn't make it an enjoyable (or even bearable) watching experience.

[@misanthropyandpuppers2691]

Indietrix I wouldn't know about the book as I haven't read it. All I got from the film was there's a class divide and as the building starts to fall apart so does its inhabitants. Which summarised, seems fantastic and really my kind of thing. But its portrayal could of used some work imo.

[@Indietrix]

Emma Tomlinson I think the book's better than the film, but then Ballard's a favourite writer of mine so I would say that! If the film has one major flaw, it's that it over-focuses on class/materialism. I think that's an important, major theme, but it ignores something really subversive about the story, which is the notion that actually all the characters are at their happiest getting to murder/abuse each other. Horrifying! But interesting! (Like all Ballard's work)

[@misanthropyandpuppers2691]

Indietrix You're definitely selling the book to me, which isn't something I thought I'd ever say after watching the movie.

[@Indietrix]

Ballard's life was a bit tragic- he spent a lot of his childhood in an internment camp and his wife died very suddenly in the mid-60s, leaving him on his own with three kids in suburban England. So all of his work becomes about these isolated, strange people who are disgusted with humanity, but he always takes a keen edge of humour to it, and he never wrote anything like the 'set the world to rights' genre that sci-fi can sometimes be. He was a very experimental writer, prefigured cyberpunk, and academics loved him. He does have a relatively mixed legacy due to his views on women (he treats them like people, but usually horrible people) and his later novels being quite right-wing. Similar to H.P. Lovecraft in the sense that his writing is important but somewhat problematic. I would also check out the director, Ben Wheatley, and his other films- they all deal with alienation and isolation in one way or another, and have some amazing imagery in them, but they're all very uncomfortable watches, which IMHO is why he's a good Ballard director.

[@nicoleevangelista9798]

First yay lol

[@JSA683]

Love love love Tom Hiddleston, but will not be watching or reading this! Can't handle sexual abuse or animal abuse scenes!!!

[@jamieos6409]

Get some friends

[@runbabyrun05]

Said the person who spends time commenting on videos they don't like LOL