Hi everyone! This month’s Book Vs Movie is actually a Book Vs TV, I’m going to be talking about one of my favourite YA books, Malorie Blackman’s Noughts and Crosses which was recently made into a TV show for the BBC. I read the book for the first time when I was about 11, so it’s been a long time between the two!
Book Thoughts:
Noughts and Crosses is one of those books that definitely sticks with you long after you’ve read it. I think it was probably the first book I read that had black main characters and definitely the first book that made me think about racism in any real way. It’s also the first book that I remember being truly heartbroken by, that ending is definitely one of the biggest gut punches I’ve ever experienced whilst reading!
TV Thoughts:
I was quite apprehensive about the TV show, because obviously I loved the book so much and you really want the screen adaptation to do it justice. Thankfully, I really did enjoy it! The actors are great, the costumes are great, the sets are great and it definitely does justice to the book. They do change quite a lot: the characters are aged up, so because the book takes place over a number of years, events are mixed up and certain things are missed out but it is by and large a faithful adaptation. I did kind of miss the childhood friends to lovers aspect of the books and I wish they hadn’t cut Callum’s sister Lynette out of the story, as Callum’s motivations for joining the LM don’t seem as strong in the show without that background. The ending of the first series may be controversial for fans of the books, but they actually don’t get to the ending of the book, so I’m sure if there is a second series, we will see that on screen.
TV or Book Judgement:
Book, but I do think the TV show did a pretty great job of adapting it, the book will just always be close to my heart!
That’s it for this month’s Book Vs Movie. I will be back next month with another post, this time talking about The Sisterhood of The Traveling Pants and its film adaptation.
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