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READ BOOK FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


The book is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much better than the movie! The book captured the scenery better, the events were better put together, EVERYTHING about the book was better than the movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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If the book is so much better than the movie, why would I want to read it first? That would spoil the movie. Watch the movie first and then read the book to go into more detail.

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The movie was a brilliant adaptation.

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I agree.

I'm reading the book after first seeing the movie and maybe I should have done it the other way around. While it is a brilliant adaptation, I'm so glad they left out every little thought in Judd's head, from the way the stairway creaked to what Mike's urine was like when he pottied in the downstairs bathroom after he had been out drinking.

The book is overkill in my opinion, though. I'm on page 111 or so and they just found out what happened, however, I know how badly Mulvaney, Sr. wanted to be in the Country Club and how Patrick views the world basically as a huge question mark. Wow. That felt good. LOL.

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