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Man I was let down. For QT's entire career I've been waiting for him to write prose, that is, something OTHER than screenplays because he's teased many times, the last time when Kill Bill came out, that he was going to transition one of his stories into prose form... But this book is written like a script (without the character names or the INT/EXT stuff of course)... For example, paraphrasing here: Instead of "Rick Dalton walked down the street" it's "Rick Dalton walks down the street" which is how scripts are written, for the moment you're in, the moment you are watching as a viewer what's going on on the screen, and that the writing is conveying for that very moment... which really isn't writing, but watching in written form... So the book just feels lazy, rushed. He even adds parts not in the film, like when Manson looks at Cliff when Cliff's on the roof. In the movie nothing happens between them and it's mysterious; in the book, Manson does what QT describes as his usual "Ooga Booga" dance... That is, QT, the author, doesn't describe Manson as a character/person in the book that we're learning about, but instead like someone from pop culture the reader should know about already... There are other changes, completely unnecessary... Rick doesn't meet the agent in the bar, but in his office, and a lot of other things just... well... In the case of Once Upon A Time in Hollywood, don't wait for the book... Rewatch the movie.