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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think Kelley wrote Madeline darker, deeper, more complex so she wasn't just all rom com fluff and to keep her in the running as potential victim or murderer.  [/quote]

Also because Kelley seems to always write women in a negative light. IMO.[/quote]
Actually he wrote a beautiful women-coming-together-for-women story. Maybe you missed the ending. [/quote]

But it was lazy story-telling.  A couple of pretty scenes from which we are to infer that they are all now friends. There was a much better way to show the same message, but he didn't do it.

Yes, I am a huge fan of the book and thought that she show was awful.  in just about every way.  [/quote]
What was the much better way that Kelley ignored?

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The story in the book seemed more thorough, complex, and nuanced to me.  Kelley seems to rely on visual story telling, which may be arty but makes the view assume information not really  presented.  For example, Bonnie's reaction seems entirely based on the fact that she seems Perry beating on Celeste.  So she shoves him off her, he falls down a flight of steps and dies (hard to believe).  In the book the push was intentional, but the result was rather unpredictable.  There was a better set up to that scene; IIRC the women were becoming more friendly before the school event and they knew more about what was going on.  The Saxon Banks issue was more believable and played into the ending.  In the show, I don't think Bonnie knew about Jane's story (maybe she did, I don't remember) so I think she's really just protecting Celeste, but in the book there's more to it.  The book also deals with the aftermath more deliberately; IIRC more people are protecting Bonnie and there's a sense it is the community, not just the women.

That's not all -- I like that Jane's family was involved in her life in the book, she came out of her shell (granted with a makeover, which I get can be controversial), and the romance with Tom happened after the event.  Madeline was a busybody, but not a cheater.  There's so much more but I have stuff to do...

I think the book was much, much better than the show.  Doesn't mean I am right.  [/quote]

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