Well maybe not better, but perhaps just as good.
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I have always read the book before watching the movie, and if for some reason I missed the fact the movie was based on a book, then I will proceed to read it. And, in my opinion, the book most always beats the movie. In recent times, I have simply read the book and if I was happy about it, I did not watch the movie, as I didn't want to be disappointed and upset that the movie did not capture the characters I had come to feel for.
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There are a few exceptions and one that comes to mind is
Chuck Hogan's The Town (M), originally published as
The Prince of Thieves (M). I read the book and loved every single word of it! I think I wanted to see the movie as Ben Afflick was to be the main character and direct the film. I was curious to know if they could create what Hogan so passionately wrote. Well, for anyone who have watched the movie, they did a really good job! They couldn't possibly put everything into the movie, but as I watched, I was reliving what I had read.
Television too is taking book series and creating “real-life”
characters. For all us readers out there I am sure its both awesome,
and on times, disappointing. I have wanted to watch
Bones (M) for
quite some time now (remember, I don't have cable!), but was wary of
starting it without ever reading a book from the series. Thus, I
requested the very first book,
Deja Dead (M) by
Kathy Reichs, published in 1997. Yes, it has been that long – I was in grade 9!
I read the book in less than a week and promptly requested the second,
Death du Jour (M). I loved the first and the second proved to be just as mysterious, nail biting, and involved. I am eager to continue the series, swapping for some young adult fiction in between to keep up on the all the books I want to read, and then to finally watch the television show!
Other popular television shows that follow a book series are:
Rizzoli & Isles (M) from
Tess Gerritsen's Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles Series (M)
True Blood (M) from
Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse Series (M)
Dexter (M) from
Jeff Lindsay's Dexter novels (M)
~ Doreen
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