The book is one of my favorites; so plausible and freaky. The characters in the show were all wrong to me. In the book Joe is totally full of himself and confident in his every move and thought. Everything he did was fluid and natural. The show didn't do a great job of delivering in his over-confidence, at least in my opinion. The movie/tv show never does a book justice, a prime example of that is this show. The sequel is also kickass, fyi. ;)