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Showerthought: People keep saying 'the book is always better' without reading the book first
In my club, we read 'The Power' and then watched the show. Three people said the book was better before we even met, but they admitted they hadn't finished it. I checked the Goodreads group for the show, and over 40% of the top comments said the same thing without giving book details. This matters because it shuts down real talk about what each version does well. How can you compare if you only know one side? Has your club run into this with an adaptation?
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julia_fisher281mo ago
My book club did the exact same thing with The Handmaid's Tale, and I was one of those people who said the book was better before I even picked it up again. I was like "oh yeah, the book is so much darker" but I hadn't read it in 10 years. Then I actually reread it before we watched season 2 and realized I had totally forgotten how much the show added to the backstory. Now I won't even voice an opinion on a book vs show unless I've literally finished both that week. It taught me to shut up and actually compare instead of just repeating what everyone else says.
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