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I think the TV series is a lot better too.
The books aren't bad...but I like the pace the Show is moving at, and I actually prefer the show's differences. I like Damon more (Good lord Ian Somerhalder is good looking!) I like the fact that Elena has a brother instead of a sister, and I like the way the Salvatore brothers turned better..just to name a few.
Now, I've only read The Awakening and The Struggle so far, but I can already tell I prefer the TV series by a long shot.



I COMPLETELY agree.
I was super excited to read the books because I absolutely love the show. I was highly highly disappointed after reading the first book, but I kept reading hoping it'd get better. When will I ever learn?
Twilight didn't get any better, neither did The Vampire Diaries.

Damon is my favorite Salvatore brother by far (and the last book is mostly about him)...just something about him!

I've read the first four, and they are VERY different. Basically, the same characters (mostly) that do different things.
I LOVE Damon in the show (then again, I think Ian Somerhalder is a total hottie), but in the books he feels a little different.

i read them before the show so i just havent read the recently released book and i dont plan on doing so. i really didnt like these books. but the show is simply amazing. dying for the season premire. looks soooo good.

It also doesn't hurt that Ian Somerhalder is the perfect bad boy vampire and I could just watch him all day...


I got hooked on the show from the first episode. I'd heard some people saying about how much they loved the books. When I finally got them and started reading... huge disappointment. I read the first 3 in May/June 2010, and then the 4th in January 2011... it was a struggle to finish any of them. The main similarities between the book and show are main characters have the same names, there's vampires in it...
I have 2 books from The Return... they're in my to-read pile but I have no desire to read them.

I am still nostalgic about this series but it's not anything I plan to sit and re-read often.

So I had little hope for the TV show, but was very pleasantly surprised. This is probably the only time I enjoy the tv adaption more than the source material. Admittedly, the first few episodes of the first season were a bit boring and chliched, but the series has been getting better and better. By the end of the first season I was completely hooked and now it is one of my favorite shows.


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