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The book that the film based on the book was based on.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

So I liked the Martian so much I bought the book.

Utter crap.

The chapter where he drills 720 holes was the nadir. But you have to finish don't you? So on I struggled like a Mark Watney of this boring and punishing paper landscape.

Then I read the Hunger Games Now reading Fight Club.

Both utterly brilliant, and added somethings the films missed out.

What other book off of a film should I read next? Looking fir something of a page turner, or at least we'll written enough to keep me interested.

Thanks lovely fabbers.

Marc x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Book Thief is one of the best novels I've read in ages. Not that I've seen the film.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Wuthering Heights....

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By *riggler90Couple
over a year ago

Essex and Dublin

Slumdog millionaire. The book is so much better

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Arrival based on Story of your life.

Absolutely loved the movie and bought the book, haven't read it yet.

Nocturnal Animals, loved the book and the movie.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"The Book Thief is one of the best novels I've read in ages. Not that I've seen the film."

Bought it for my ex and always intrigued. Good suggestion.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I thought life of pi was a great read, much better than the film. And an age old classic is the godfather, so well written

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Shutter Island is a good read too. I enjoyed that one more than the film.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I thought life of pi was a great read, much better than the film. And an age old classic is the godfather, so well written"

Not seen the film but loved the book. I can't imagine how they would make a film out of it, the whole story is so internalised.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Wuthering Heights...."

My all time fave. And The Picture of Dorian Gray - couldn’t get into the film version at all

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Arrival based on Story of your life.

Absolutely loved the movie and bought the book, haven't read it yet.

Nocturnal Animals, loved the book and the movie. "

OK here's where you and I fall out.

I hated the Arrival film.

I guessed the "twist" from the first line of ADR. It's Contact with A levels.

Heard nothing but good about Nocturnal Animals. Will give film a go and then maybe the book.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Shutter Island is a good read too. I enjoyed that one more than the film. "

Love the film. Can imagine it would work great as a book.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I thought life of pi was a great read, much better than the film. And an age old classic is the godfather, so well written"

Great call on the Godfather

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Wuthering Heights...."

Prefer the song myself.

x

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By *a Fee VerteWoman
over a year ago

Limbo

The book 'Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children' was so much better than the film - which took liberties with the story, and not for the better. There are also two further books if you like the fantasy genre.

Not film, but TV, the series of books on which Game of Thrones is based are very enjoyable - not that the TV show isn't fantastic, but the books provide a load more detail. Though the on screen storyline has now gone beyond the books!

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By *a Fee VerteWoman
over a year ago

Limbo

Oh, and I've not yet seen the film but I thought the Red Sparrow book was excellent, a real page turner.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bringing down the house. The film 21 is based on it but barely scratches the surface of an amazing scam

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By *riefcase_WankerMan
over a year ago

Milton Keynes


"I thought life of pi was a great read, much better than the film. And an age old classic is the godfather, so well written

Great call on the Godfather "

Oh huh, I was gonna say that's one example where the film is actually better than the book...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've been reading Wuthering Heights since forever. Gods it doesn't half go on

Love this cover of the song

https://youtu.be/OBviQXfuu3c

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By *ogistical NightmaresCouple
over a year ago

Manchester Area


"The Book Thief is one of the best novels I've read in ages. Not that I've seen the film."

Not read the book, but thoroughly enjoyed the film, (F)

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By *ushandkittyCouple
over a year ago

Gloucester

After reading the shining the film is average, like most stephen king novel based films. Shawshank redemption is possibly the only film based on a king book that does it justice. The running man film is tripe compared to the book hardly even the same story.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Trilogy

Though the original films were very good, think the books are way better than the Daniel Craig version of the first one

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By *ooby birdWoman
over a year ago

North West


"So I liked the Martian so much I bought the book.

Utter crap.

The chapter where he drills 720 holes was the nadir. But you have to finish don't you? So on I struggled like a Mark Watney of this boring and punishing paper landscape.

Then I read the Hunger Games Now reading Fight Club.

Both utterly brilliant, and added somethings the films missed out.

What other book off of a film should I read next? Looking fir something of a page turner, or at least we'll written enough to keep me interested.

Thanks lovely fabbers.

Marc x

"

We need to talk about Kevin - the book was brilliant! The film was good.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"After reading the shining the film is average, like most stephen king novel based films. Shawshank redemption is possibly the only film based on a king book that does it justice. The running man film is tripe compared to the book hardly even the same story."

I was going to say The Running Man but given the ending, they’d never make it now

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By *oxy_minxWoman
over a year ago

Scotland - Aberdeen

Silence of the Lambs

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Arrival based on Story of your life.

Absolutely loved the movie and bought the book, haven't read it yet.

Nocturnal Animals, loved the book and the movie.

OK here's where you and I fall out.

I hated the Arrival film.

I guessed the "twist" from the first line of ADR. It's Contact with A levels.

Heard nothing but good about Nocturnal Animals. Will give film a go and then maybe the book. "

I loved the linguistic symbolism behind the movie.

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By *hatYorkLadMan
over a year ago

York

Stephen Kings "IT", it's a very creepy and unsettling book, way better than both versions of the film. Same with The Shining, Salems Lot, Pet Sematary and The Stand.

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

Hannibal is a good read

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Dexter novels are great. The telly series got off to a good start, but the novels have a whole different level of black humour and twisted weirdness that was never going to make it onto TV

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Stephen Kings "IT", it's a very creepy and unsettling book, way better than both versions of the film. Same with The Shining, Salems Lot, Pet Sematary and The Stand."

I loved the Bachman stories. Dark and unsettling af.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Slumdog millionaire. The book is so much better "

One of the best books I have read... much more violent and graphic than the movie..

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By *lanPartridgeMan
over a year ago

nottingham


"Silence of the Lambs"

Completely agree. Miiiiiiiles better than the film. And Mr Lecter is so much scarier in the book

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By *oxy_minxWoman
over a year ago

Scotland - Aberdeen


"Silence of the Lambs

Completely agree. Miiiiiiiles better than the film. And Mr Lecter is so much scarier in the book "

He is indeed

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I hate this happy endings (not that kind of happy ending) Hollywood bullshit. The Witches was a wonderful film of a wonderful book, but why the fuck couldn't they leave the ending as Dahl wrote it? Hurrumph.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Shipping News (Annie Proulx). The film was a massive anti-climax, and poorly cast. I've read the book 7 times and love it. I agree that Life of Pi is a better book than film, too.

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

The James Bond books are better than the films. Almost all of them. Except ‘The Spy who loved me’ - the book was shite but I quite liked the film.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sleepers...loved the film so read the book, then watched the film again and it was average in comparison

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By *ohntwoMan
over a year ago

wigan

The count of monte cristo , I don't like the films but love the book

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Sleepers...loved the film so read the book, then watched the film again and it was average in comparison"

Agreed and the rest of his books are well worth a read as well

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Battlefield Earth fantastic book.

One really bad film

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Player one. I have the book but not started it yet but it's on my next read list

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By *ushandkittyCouple
over a year ago

Gloucester

Alive was another fantastic book, never got round to watching the film.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

American Psycho.

It's much darker than the film & doesn't have the ambiguous ending.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

LA Confidential. Great film, even better book!

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By *riefcase_WankerMan
over a year ago

Milton Keynes


"American Psycho.

It's much darker than the film & doesn't have the ambiguous ending. "

Yeah, I wondered massively about that. Saw the film in my 20s but read the book when I was 12 - and I didn't remember there being the sort of "did he just imagine it all" subtext being in there at all.

He *did* do that with the coat hangar, and the rats *were* starving...

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By *riefcase_WankerMan
over a year ago

Milton Keynes


"Player one. I have the book but not started it yet but it's on my next read list "

The film just pissed me off...they changed so much.

This is why I'd much rather watch the film first. I rarely enjoy it if I've already read the book

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By *riefcase_WankerMan
over a year ago

Milton Keynes


" The count of monte cristo , I don't like the films but love the book "

Best book ever!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Player one. I have the book but not started it yet but it's on my next read list

The film just pissed me off...they changed so much.

This is why I'd much rather watch the film first. I rarely enjoy it if I've already read the book "

I loved the film but it's the reason I'm leaving it a while to read the book

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"American Psycho.

It's much darker than the film & doesn't have the ambiguous ending. "

I thought they did a top job of the film, but yes the novel is essential reading.

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

I remember reading Jaws by Peter Benchley many years ago having loved Spielberg’s classic movie.

The book was utter shite(!), concerning itself far less with the shark than it did regarding Brody’s wife playing away with Hooper!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I remember reading Jaws by Peter Benchley many years ago having loved Spielberg’s classic movie.

The book was utter shite(!), concerning itself far less with the shark than it did regarding Brody’s wife playing away with Hooper! "

I love the book : ) So much more sub plot, and (spoiler alert!) the shark doesn't die! What's not to like there?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dan Brown's book are page turners

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By *witch4Fun24Couple
over a year ago

Leicester

All of the Harry Potter books are loads better than the films; they have the best characters in that the films don't and don't get me started on Goblet of fire film...the best book but half the story was taken out of the film

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"All of the Harry Potter books are loads better than the films; they have the best characters in that the films don't and don't get me started on Goblet of fire film...the best book but half the story was taken out of the film "

Those books are my guilty pleasure. I love them

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By *av_55Man
over a year ago

NE

Red dragon by Thomas Harris , the original move man hunter was brilliant

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By *lanPartridgeMan
over a year ago

nottingham

Not a film, but the first season of Dexter had far more depth and characterisation than the books I felt.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"So I liked the Martian so much I bought the book.

Utter crap.

The chapter where he drills 720 holes was the nadir. But you have to finish don't you? So on I struggled like a Mark Watney of this boring and punishing paper landscape.

Then I read the Hunger Games Now reading Fight Club.

Both utterly brilliant, and added somethings the films missed out.

What other book off of a film should I read next? Looking fir something of a page turner, or at least we'll written enough to keep me interested.

Thanks lovely fabbers.

Marc x

"

Read The Wolf of Wall Street, best book I ever read.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not films but Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose is what the series was based on.

Also Helmet for my pillow by Robert Leckie and With the Old Breed by Eugene Sledge were both used for the basis of The Pacific.

All brilliant reading.

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By *adylaceWoman
over a year ago

Waterford City


"The Book Thief is one of the best novels I've read in ages. Not that I've seen the film."

I’m so glad you said this. It’s one of the best books I’ve ever read. The film is sweet. But doesn’t quite get the same feeling across.

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