Suicide Squad: The Official Movie Novelization Mass Market Paperback – August 9, 2016

If you went to Suicide Squad hopping for a good movie and walked out disappointed, then you may read this book because it has things that were cut out of the movie and re edited for the theactural version.It has a new beginning which would have been in the movie, the flow is a lot more better because the movie was poorly edited due to studio interference, and the scenes more extended for you as the reader to take time on what is happening. Everything you got from the trailer that was not in the movie, is in the novel.Marv Wolfman is a comic book legend and writing in this book proves it.Suicide Squad was the movie we were hopping to save us from our summer disappointent season. But Waner Brothers tryed to make this into Guardians of The Galaxy with reshoots to add more levity, but ended up letting movie goers and comic book fans down through a troubled production. This is version that should have been in theaters.I am hoping to see an extended version of movie when it comes out on Blu Ray because I really wanted it to be good. And it ended up disappointing me deep inside.Highly recommend to comic book fans and readers all alike.10/10

As we all know, the Suicide Squad film had some serious issues. And going by what was onscreen alone, there was really no way to figure out how much of this had to do with studio interference, and how much was intrinsic to factors such as the script being written in six weeks (!) Does the novelization clear up the question one way or the other? Well... yes and no. Spoilers ahead...The Good: The characterizations are, for the most part, much more in depth. Their interactions are more believable. The narrative is clearly from the hard-R script that David Ayer almost certainly originally came up with, so it feels more authentic. The book begins with Dr. June Moone finding the Enchantress statue in a cave, which would make so much more sense as an opening scene. It's ridiculous to have June Moone/Enchantress as such a central part of the plot onscreen when she's essentially suddenly stuck in halfway through with no buildup. The Joker/Harley relationship is portrayed so much more realistically-- this is basically where they were back in the day, before Harley struck out on her own. If she's going to grow as a character, which she certainly did in the graphic novels, then she has to start here. It was much more offensive (IMHO) to see the abusive nature of the early relationship played down on film, because then we don't see what she eventually rejects (especially in her new series.) Overall, there's just so much more depth. BUT...The Bad:The book DOES NOT contain everything that was in the original script, or everything that was filmed. After the extended edition of the film came out, it's especially easy to see that a lot was still missing in the book. There are many scenes both in the extended edition and also glimpsed in the trailers that don't show up in the book at all. Yes, I know, other reviewers are saying that it's all there, but it isn't. Just go through all the added extended scenes in the movie-- a lot of that is not in the book, including the scene where Harley chases Joker on the motorcycle and then confronts him. Count up all the material that was teased in the trailer-- mostly not in the book. For instance, we still don't really see the "I can't wait to show you my toys" scene-- it's *kind of* hinted at in the book... maybe? But not actually there. We don't see the deleted scenes that were written about in that Reddit article, and while there's no way to know for sure if any of that was ever actually shot or even in the shooting script... potential readers should know not to expect any of that when they buy the book. Basically, there's extra material in the book for sure. But there's still a lot, a LOT of stuff that either certainly or probably existed in the original movie and then got cut out... and it's not here either. So we still don't know what was really in the original version of the narrative.Just as in the movie, a lot of the narrative sags and drags about 2/3 of the way through for a looooong time.It still does not seem believable at all that this group of ragtag killer misfits suddenly bonds and becomes one big happy family.It isn't any easier to believe that they suddenly became besties with Flag, or didn't just shoot him and run away when he disabled the neck bombs.The Enchantress is still a basically silly villain, although she at least makes more sense in the novelization. I suspect-- and I think you will too-- that her role was cut down on film because Cara Delevinge is a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad actress. But even if she'd had the onscreen charisma of Margot Robbie, the character would still feel unconnected to everything else in the story-- and in the book, she does too.In a lot of ways, the book does illustrate the issues with the movie, both good and bad. I think that through reading it, you do see that the film could have been much better... but you also understand that it had fundamental problems from the start. Overall, this is more than worth reading, and the author is certainly great. So if you're interested in getting a much more in-depth feel for what the director wanted Suicide Squad to be... I would recommend the book.

The best movie tie in book ever ! a must read if you were miffed at the movie. Expands the movie( loved it by the way) adds depth to all the characters they didn't have time for in the restricted movie length. Also has most of the joker/harley scenes that D.C., had the director cut out to keep the PG 13 rating. Yes the pair will be getting their own rated R movie , but it was nice to see read if not see a joker/ Harley me in tune with comics.

Seriously. This was what the Suicide Squad movie should've been before the cut, chopped, and diced it up for theaters and ditching all the good scenes. It explores into the depths of the characters and gives us more background to the story in general. Must read.

Some novelizations just give you the bare framework of the movie. Sometimes they add a heck of a lot more - extended backgrounds on some of the characters and more insight into their thought process. This novelization seems to follow the movie closely, with a few changes here or there. It is what it says on the tin - this is a novelization of the movie. No more, no less. I loved the movie and was looking forward to reading the book. In the end it added nothing to the story, really. If you watched the movie may I suggest getting Suicide Squad: Behind the Scenes with the Worst Heroes Ever instead?

It's such a book read. I was entirely waiting to be disappointed but that didn't happen. For any fan of DC who didn't think Suicide Squad was everything it could be? Or that there were just too many plot holes? The book fills in a lot of them. I might not agree with everything but that being said.. It was an amazing read.