It was a good movie, but it wasn’t really an adaptation of the novel. It combined several scenes from two different novels in the series, and out of necessity imposed by the format, it wove them into a very straightforward plot with far less complex characters than in the books. I enjoyed the movie, but I enjoyed the books far far more.
Thanks! I’ll have to get hold of the first book and see how I like it—unless there’s a better place to begin reading the series? Does the publication order match the internal chronology?
Yeah, the order is the same. The novels typically include enough background, so you can start at something other than the first one if you particularly want to, but there’s no good reason to do that.
It was a good movie, but it wasn’t really an adaptation of the novel. It combined several scenes from two different novels in the series, and out of necessity imposed by the format, it wove them into a very straightforward plot with far less complex characters than in the books. I enjoyed the movie, but I enjoyed the books far far more.
Thanks! I’ll have to get hold of the first book and see how I like it—unless there’s a better place to begin reading the series? Does the publication order match the internal chronology?
Yeah, the order is the same. The novels typically include enough background, so you can start at something other than the first one if you particularly want to, but there’s no good reason to do that.