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Mark Schlatter
I liked the book a fair bit better, but the tone of the movie matches the tone of the book. If you don't like the humor of the movie, you probably won't like the book.
Ami
The book is far far better. The book(s) have a sense of insanity and humor that the movie fails to create.
Alan Seeling
Immeasurably. The magic of this set of books, this story, is Adam's personality itself. His use of language and the foundational "British sense of Humor" is so angular to Americans', that every thought comes at you from a direction you didn't expect. You sometimes think the Babel Fish in your ear mistranslated something.
Lisa
Avid fans tend to pan both of the movie versions. There is a lot of love for the original radio series.
I enjoyed the movies, but they could have been better, just as the Harry Potter books could have been better, and to be honest, the Outlander series has been such a disappointment in how it veered from the books that I stopped even watching after season 2.
I enjoyed the movies, but they could have been better, just as the Harry Potter books could have been better, and to be honest, the Outlander series has been such a disappointment in how it veered from the books that I stopped even watching after season 2.
Pablo S
So I'am finally reading it and I must say that I am really enojoying it. The mood in the books works better than in the movie at least for me
OurLordOfTheUnderground
Sorry to sound weird but I like the movie too mostly because of the opening scene.
Adam Barnes
The movie is a pile of...
Yes the book is far superior!
Yes the book is far superior!
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