While we often hear that the books are always better than the movie, when it comes to TV shows, they often have more time to develop their characters.
It's a common belief that the book is usually better than the movie it's based on, but many forget that there is an abundance of TV shows based on books as well. Most recently, the newly popular Netflix series Bridgerton was released, based on the book seriesof the same name by Julia Quinn. Both the books and shows are well-loved, but many fans have said that the books are problematic in comparison.
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There are many other shows that have been adapted from novels, and while some of them may not have been as good as the book, there's plentyof shows that surpass expectations and make the story, characters, and dramaeven better.
Gossip Girl became one of the most popular teen dramas on television, one that still gains so much attention to this day. It's not hard to notice that the show certainly outshines its source material in many ways.
For starters, the series evolved the characters and created relationships that were originally not even considered in the books, such as the beloved Chuck and Blair. These books are full of drama, but the TV series completely stepped it up and drew in viewers with its fashion and glamour.
Piper Kerman's story was originally an autobiography, and while her story of life in prison was already intriguing, the Netflix series added tons of drama to make the story even more interesting.
Similar to the show, the book tells the tale of all of the interesting people she met in prison, but without all of the spice that comes with the TV series. Many readers have said that the book was quite repetitive, and didn't leave them yearning for more of the story like the show did.
There are so many differences between The Vampire Diaries novels and the show, including the year in which the book series was actually released. Written in 1991, the book series followed nearly completely different characters from the series.
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Elena Gilbert was blonde, popular, and self-centered, her brother Jeremy didn't even exist, and the role of everyone's favorite villain Klaus Mikaelson was less significant. The TV show makes all of the characters more intriguing and digs much deeper into the vampire lore, giving plenty of backstory to Damon and Stefan, as well.
A Discovery of Witches is often compared to Twilight, except this story follows a love story between a witch and a vampire. Many readers of the book have complained that the book is too slow-paced, and there are too many chapters in which nothing eventful happens.
The series, on the other hand, benefits from having only eight episodes per season, meaning they were able to put all of the most exciting parts of the novels into the TV series without it suffering from dragging.
Following a large group of juvenile teenagers that were sent to another planet to discover whether it is habitable, The 100 has managed to bring in many viewers to The CW for the seven years it was on the air, for its drama, romance, and interesting sci-fi plot.
While the show manages to balance the many characters, the book falls flat following the multiple perspectives and fails at the character development. This series is one that worked out much better on-screen than on the pages.
True Blood is a story about a southern woman and herlove triangle with twovampires.According to many fans, the book series has many unnecessary descriptions of the boring events in Sookie Stackhouse's life, while the show has plenty of more action and gore.
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Also, many fans have mentioned that Bill is much more interesting in the TV series than in the books. While the TV series is titled "True Blood," the books are called "Sookie Stackhouse" and focus mostly on her character. On the show, some minor book charactershave more significance and are better developed.
Based on the classic series titled Anne of Green Gables, this show retells the adventures of Anne moving in with a new family and being as imaginative and adventurous as ever.
The TV series manages to be completely accurate to the books and truly brings the characters to life. But there's so much more depth added to each character, and it's more realistic, by adding some darkness to Anne's past, which the books never got into much. Not only that, but the show completely revamps Anne into a feminist who always fights for what she believes in.
The Haunting of Hill House is deemed a classic horror novel, and with multiple adaptations of the story, it's hard to not give respect to the original material. But despite the novel's success and popularity, the Netflix adaptation is viewed as the more superior telling of the story by many fans.
In comparison to the show, the novel moves at a much slower pace and has less shock value towards the end.The Netflix version also differs from the book, as it revolves around a family rather than a group of strangers like the book, which definitely gives more depth to the characters.
Often compared to Harry Potter, The Magicians follows Quentin Coldwater as he discovers Fillory, a magical world he often read about as a child, actually exists. As he enrolls in a university for students with magical abilities, he builds friendships and works on his craft in order to locateFillory.
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One complaint that many readers of The Magicians' book series have is that the characters are uncharismatic in comparison to the series. The books also try too hard to be like other novels, while the show benefits by embracing its weirdness and stops trying to be an adult Harry Potter series.
Candice Bushnell certainly had a great concept when she penned her Sex and the City novels, but many fans believethat her story worked so much better on-screen than it did on paper. The first title in this book series only comes in at 3.4/5 stars on Goodreads, and considering theTV series success, that's actually disappointing.
According to many fans, the show did a much better job at fleshing out the characters. In the books, they come off as snobby and one dimensional, whereas the TV show fills them with personality and gives them an unforgettable sense of humor.
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