However, in the case of Slugs, the book and the movie almost feel like they've been body swapped. The filmed version of Shaun Hutson's 1982 novel is fairly faithful, with the biggest change probably being the change of location - the book was set in England, while the movie takes place in upstate New York. I can always go back and read it after and get the fuller picture, and usually walk away enjoying both things despite whatever changed along the way. So it just makes more sense to me to experience it in a form where I won't be aware that anything is "missing", or if someone makes a different choice than their novel counterpart as I won't know them as well, anyway. Disagreeing with this or that choice the screenwriters opted to make is natural, of course, but that's also why I prefer to see a movie/show before reading the book - the filmed version will naturally be scaled down, and we won't be privy to the characters' inner thoughts. Thanks to that one TV show, the old argument about how to adapt a book into a movie or show is going around again, and as always I roll my eyes at the people who believe an adaptation should be translated word for word, as I don't think anything could be less interesting.
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