The Search for Spock is THE gold standard and it was the first thing I thought of before I read the second half of Zack& #39;s tweet.

I can think of a lot of GOOD ones, but few on that level. The Revenge of the Sith one was surprisingly good in how it handled Anakin& #39;s turn https://twitter.com/MuseZack/status/1310774124898205696">https://twitter.com/MuseZack/...

older novelizations were written under fewer restrictions and the writers had more of a free hand to expand on the screenplay. Now that& #39;s done less frequently AND when they can, the publishers clamp down on even including deleted scenes if they can be caught in time

B.B. Hiller& #39;s novelization of SUPERMAN IV: THE QUEST FOR PEACE was much improved over the film. Blew my mind the first time I read it and learned there was an entire other Nuclear Man AND a near-miss on WWIII. For years I was convinced those deleted scenes would have saved it

Alas... WB eventually included those Deleted Scenes on the bluray and they look like the work of a crazy person. Goes to show you how bad directing can really bone something that seems like it should work on the page