Finished first book of 2009. Forrest Gump was light and easy reading. I liked it okay. I gave it 2 out of 5 stars on my goodreads account. Some interesting differences between book and movie.
– He becomes a professional wrestler in the book, called The Dunce
– He and Jenny have substantial relationship in the book. He screwed it up twice. HIM not Jenny.
– He smokes pot in the book.
– Goes to space in the book.
– Befriends an orangutan in book.
– Jenny does not get sick and die.
– She gets married to someone else while pregnant with Forrest’s baby.
– He met Bubba in college on football team.
– Forrest never says “Stupid is as Stupid does.”
– Never says “Life is a box of chocolates….”
– Does say “I got to pee.” 9320532095 times in the book.
– Plays chess in book.
– Football got him into school, not his mom whoring herself out.
– Jenny does not get molested by her father. You never meet her father. Her mother is as far as we know, a wholesome figure in both Jenny’s and Forrest’s life.