Anonymous wrote:Loved the book, but so far I'm unsure how I feel about the show. I don't like the main deviation of the relationship that continued in lockdown with Kirsten and Seevan. I don't understand how Clark comes to the conclusion that there's something wrong with Tyler when all he'd done to that point was care about bringing someone back alive from the doomed plane on the runway. I don't like the Clark actor, either. I miss the religious zealotry angle with Miranda and Tyler.

I’m the PP that read the book and I’m having issues with the TV series. I went back and read the parts at the airport. They’ve made Clark into a scheming a-hole, which he most definitely was not in the book. He was a kind and gentle man. I don’t think there was a weird German dude inviting people to The Museum of Civilization.

Agree on the religious angle with Elizabeth and Tyler.

I don’t mind the deviation with Jeevan and Kirsten. That’s the one adaptation I kind of like.

I remain disturbed about the children as suicide/homicide bombers.

I really dig the lead woman's hairy pits, but am not sure about the rest of the show.

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Anonymous wrote:I remember reading the book and liking it a lot but now watching the show I can't recall the major plot elements at all, except that it was about a traveling Shakespearean troupe and there was some scary cult-like figure with his supporters on the road up ahead.

Anyone else slightly jealous because the plague has dissipated and these people's lives are hard but they don't have to worry about wearing masks and getting sick? Feels weird but that keeps crossing my mind.

I haven’t seen the show yet (it’s on my list), but in the book the flu’s fatality rate was 99%. There was a vivid description of a character dying from it. So, I’d rather take masks.

Oh no question about that! But watching the players travel around the lake not having to worry about getting sick from a pandemic is really something. Of course they're worrying about a lot of other things in a world where civilization has collapsed but they don't have to worry about getting too close to each other. I know it's crazy but it makes me a little jealous.

Anonymous wrote:I remember reading the book and liking it a lot but now watching the show I can't recall the major plot elements at all, except that it was about a traveling Shakespearean troupe and there was some scary cult-like figure with his supporters on the road up ahead.

Anyone else slightly jealous because the plague has dissipated and these people's lives are hard but they don't have to worry about wearing masks and getting sick? Feels weird but that keeps crossing my mind.

I haven’t seen the show yet (it’s on my list), but in the book the flu’s fatality rate was 99%. There was a vivid description of a character dying from it. So, I’d rather take masks.

I remember reading the book and liking it a lot but now watching the show I can't recall the major plot elements at all, except that it was about a traveling Shakespearean troupe and there was some scary cult-like figure with his supporters on the road up ahead.

Anyone else slightly jealous because the plague has dissipated and these people's lives are hard but they don't have to worry about wearing masks and getting sick? Feels weird but that keeps crossing my mind.

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Anonymous wrote:What?!?! One of my favorite books! I don't have HBO or HBO Max, so I guess I'm screwed until it streams on Amazon.

You could wait until they all finish and do a 7-day feee trial to binge it (along with any other HBO series you or anyone else in your household may be interested in).

Watchmen. Best thing on TV in years. Don’t miss it when you do the trial.

Man, i watched one episode of that and it suked.

I think you may be in the minority thinking it sucked.

Anonymous wrote:I have watched all 5 episodes out so far, aaaanndddd I'm pretty torn. I'll see if anyone else posts before I post spoilers. It's been a long time since I've read the book and I feel like the storyline is deviating pretty substantially, and in ways I'm not sure I like.

Anyone else all caught up?

The series deviates a bit from the book I think. I don’t remember the minefield scene, for example, in the book? But I too read it years ago.

I love this show! I hadn’t heard of the book.

Loved the book, but so far I'm unsure how I feel about the show. I don't like the main deviation of the relationship that continued in lockdown with Kirsten and Seevan. I don't understand how Clark comes to the conclusion that there's something wrong with Tyler when all he'd done to that point was care about bringing someone back alive from the doomed plane on the runway. I don't like the Clark actor, either. I miss the religious zealotry angle with Miranda and Tyler.

Two episodes in, and I'm kind of bored.
What am I missing? What other shows are comparable?

Anonymous wrote:I have not read the book and I've watched all the episodes so far. It's incredibly creepy and unsettling. I don't understand why people describe this series as life affirming. I want to see how it ends but I find most of the characters terribly flawed/unlikeable/scary.

I haven’t seen the show but the author spends a lot of time on the idea that survival alone is not enough. You still need beauty, art, music, culture, friendship,etc. etc. Otherwise, you might as well have died in the pandemic too.

LOVED this book, had no idea it was a tv show!

Love this show. Amaze-balls. Amazing.

Anonymous wrote:I have not read the book and I've watched all the episodes so far. It's incredibly creepy and unsettling. I don't understand why people describe this series as life affirming. I want to see how it ends but I find most of the characters terribly flawed/unlikeable/scary.

I am the PP - and SPOILERS ahead:

-This is very spot on as a major difference between the book and the series, especially the last two episodes, which have been bleak. I really couldn't believe I was watching two very young children that had been kidnapped and traumatized deployed back against their family of origin as homicide/suicide bombers. In the book David is definitely evil, but not like that.

And the airport episode was a real disappointment. The airport was kind of a bright spot in the book as the people did form a community. I don't remember Clark being such a jerk in the book. I was going to go back and re-read that part.

Agree it’s disconcerting- I’m on edge the whole time.
I read the book and agree it’s quite different.