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I’ve read the first book of the series after watching the whole show, but I found it less interesting than the show - does it get better with the next ones?
Absolutely. You're forced through a slower burn in the books that is hard to appreciate until you're many more books down.
The show packed in the political intrigue and other elements earlier because it better fit the format, whereas on the books you first go through Holden and Miller's PoV and throughout their different perceptions get introduced to the setting.
Then the 2nd and 3rd books bring in a deeper view of those other political points of view. It then pats you for now having all of the info you need.
Then it straps you into a jump seat and hits the juice with a few random stops and sudden decelerations before boosting off again for the remainder of the 8 books and novellas.
Yeah, I don't you'd like the rest of the series then. I was completely hooked, but I listened to the audio books first and ended up not liking the show as much as the books. I think it's more about what you experienced first. My big issue with the show is, they changed a bunch of characters, took some characters and combined them into one. A good example is Bobby wasn't amazonian in stature, and I missed some of the technical details like needing crash couches in order to account for changing directions.
Yes. I watched the whole series before starting the books and I found the books to be much, much better once I got to the part that the series hadn't touched.
The problem is that the plot is close enough to the books that you know what's coming, but the characters and details are enough that it's still worth reading the books. But it is a slog if you've seen the series first.
Absolutely. You're forced through a slower burn in the books that is hard to appreciate until you're many more books down.
The show packed in the political intrigue and other elements earlier because it better fit the format, whereas on the books you first go through Holden and Miller's PoV and throughout their different perceptions get introduced to the setting.
Then the 2nd and 3rd books bring in a deeper view of those other political points of view. It then pats you for now having all of the info you need.
Then it straps you into a jump seat and hits the juice with a few random stops and sudden decelerations before boosting off again for the remainder of the 8 books and novellas.