Kat L

I've read the books several times. I so far HATE the show. I have longed for a TV adaptation of this series for a very long time, and this is totally disappointing. I understand the need to edit and rewrite a little to make it fit the time slots, but this is totally hacked to pieces. Almost all the characters are different, some are missing completely, and the big ending reveal is kinda leaked already. It makes no sense at all in comparison to the books. And why does Rowan always have this deer in headlights look on her face? That is NOT the character she should be. The whole beginning of the story is hacked to pieces, and the TV version does not even make sense. Cortland is not the same character at all. No Michael. No Aaron (one of my faves). Carlotta is def not the same character. They sort of rewrote it all and did it badly. And, this is pretty nitpicky, but she wears tennis shoes to her mom's funeral? Seriously?

Wow. The level of vitriol in some of these reviews is astounding. I've read the book a few times, and I was happy to see a full length tv show that got to spread it out and really tell it. It is a pretty complicated story to tell, but I'm glad they didn't try to cram into a 110 minute movie. (Or worse, like the 90 minute movie of 10000 pages of dark tower) I downgraded a bit because I like the book ending better, but it wasn't intolerable. Also, my vision of the long boy was pretty different...way more frightening in the book. I didn't really get the whole, "here, take my shovel" bit. It is supposed to be a monster you're scared spitless of, and never want it to see you. But, it is often hard to translate into film. That said, I still really liked it. Though, if I hadn't already read the book, I'm not sure how i would react.