I'm very happy I had not read the book, or known the book even existed before I saw the movie. If I had, I don't think I would have considered it good, because I struggle to appreciate movies that aren't near exact scene-for-scene adaptations of the book.
Since I got to see it from the other way around this time, I like different things from each story, because they're absolutely different beasts as you say. I see why they made the plot changing decisions they did for the movie. I liked most of them. Both versions of Marshall were useful and interesting in their own way, though.
However, the near-threesome scene in the movie was uncomfortable. And so was the scene between Mickey and Kai, which seemed to come out of nowhere. I like the way those were handled in the book way better. And I prefer the resolution of the book over the movie.
Yeah, it's been a long time since I read the first book, but I remember Kai and Mickey's relationship being very different, and also 7 and 8's relationship being a lot less fraught (I agree, that almost threesome was ugh in the movie, though to be honest, I found a lot of things in the movie just Too Much for me. I'm ok with satire, but it was hard for me to root for anyone at all.)
Marshall, oddly, gets more character development in the second book. I remember feeling like the second book was a bit more of a mixed bag for me than the first, but I do remember liking what it did with Marshall.
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Date: 2025-03-13 11:43 pm (UTC)Since I got to see it from the other way around this time, I like different things from each story, because they're absolutely different beasts as you say. I see why they made the plot changing decisions they did for the movie. I liked most of them. Both versions of Marshall were useful and interesting in their own way, though.
However, the near-threesome scene in the movie was uncomfortable. And so was the scene between Mickey and Kai, which seemed to come out of nowhere. I like the way those were handled in the book way better. And I prefer the resolution of the book over the movie.
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Date: 2025-03-14 01:15 am (UTC)Marshall, oddly, gets more character development in the second book. I remember feeling like the second book was a bit more of a mixed bag for me than the first, but I do remember liking what it did with Marshall.