Arielle answers “So, i watched the TV series and love it,...”

Leonardo Capuano asked this question about The Awakening (The Vampire Diaries, #1):

So, i watched the TV series and love it, so as i did with Buffy and Vampire Academy(kinda related), but i still feel insecure about this book. Is it really good and captivating? Is it boring? Should i read it even thought i disliked Twilight?

Arielle I am currently on the first season of TVD TV show, which encompasses the first book. About 48% through it. The characters are completely different in …moreI am currently on the first season of TVD TV show, which encompasses the first book. About 48% through it. The characters are completely different in the TV show compared to the book. Elena has blonde hair and blue eyes, some of her friends were cut from the TV show. Bonnie McCollough was a redhead instead of African American as portrayed in the show. So it's little things like that. As I'm starting to watch the show, a line here or there from the book will be picked up in the TV show, so the producers do reference it. What I'm noticing as I read further is how outdated 'The Awakening' is. L.J. Smith published 'The Vampire Diaries' in 1989, 1990, or thereabouts. My copy, the updated TV show version, was apparently published in 1991. A lot of the slang terms and such would make sense to an audience growing up around that time. Therefore, it would make sense for the producers to update the TV show for a new audience, in the current generation. 'The Awakening' is a lot more of a 'paranormal thriller' feel in the book as opposed to the TV show. Things are constantly happening, whereas the show has to cut some material in order to fill the episode time-frame. So far I'm only partway through book one and not finished with the first season of the TV show yet, but everything does seem pretty similar. I'd say give it a shot. (less)

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