If you read the book and loved it like I did, dont expect to love show. Joe Hill is an amazing writer. Why mess with a good thing? The show is only very loosely based on the book. It has some of the main characters and the general plot is the same, but it leaves out a lot of what gives the book and its characters depth and meaning. The show is like drinking orange juice from concentrate versus fresh squeezed. Its basically the same thing, just a processed version that doesnt taste as good.