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Happy Tuesday! Today’s topic is books that should be adapted into shows or movies but honestly, I feel like depending on the book, they should definitely be adapted one way or the other. So I’m going to split this out into two weeks: One for books that should be shows, and one for books that should be movies.
Today’s post, obviously, is shows. Next Tuesday will be movies.
The Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier
This book I feel would make for a very atmospheric series. It follows a young girl whose brothers are turned into swans, and goes into myth and folklore. I feel like this would be a show with a more sedated pace, but it’d be entertaining nonetheless.
The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang
The book has both the plot and the world building to justify a television series. It moves along at the perfect pace for binging.
The Bear and the Nightingale by Kathrine Arden
Again this one’s super atmospheric. I’ve only read the first out of the three so far, but from what I’ve heard it gets pretty crazy.
Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
As much as I disliked this book, I think it’d make for a great television show. My main reason for disliking this thing was the writing. I liked the lore and everything set up behind it, so seeing it fleshed out and seeing real people acting in it would probably get me to like it.
The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
I’ve read this entire trilogy, and with all the world building and twists and turns, I know it’d make a great television show. There are plenty of places for episode and season cliffhangers. It’d be perfect, I’m tellin ya.
Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft
I feel like this book is just set up for a series. The tower in the book is divided into different levels, and at each stage Senlin is confronted with different situations and characters. Totally breakable into episodes, man.
His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik
This is a nine book series, and would give a lot of material. This one would also require a huge budget, because dragons and CG and special effects and all that.
But man would it be awesome.
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Again I have issues with this book – mainly the main character – but the world is awesome. I’d love to see it explored more fully, and I feel that a series could do that much better than a movie could.
I could see this actually getting picked up if book three ever comes out.
The Black Prism by Brent Weeks
This is another long series with a huge world and lots of lore. It also has a huge cast, so it’d provide plenty of different scenes.
It’d also require a large budget, because the magic system is pretty intricate, and a lot of work would have to go into making it look real. But it’d. be. awesome.
Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb
Honestly the entire Elderlings world. Sixteen books. Tons of characters, tons of lore, tons of worldbuilding, tons of plot. Out of all the books on this list, I want this one to happen the most. And honestly I could see it happening within my lifetime. Robin Hobb is becoming more and more affluent with every passing day. It’s only a matter of time, man.
And that’s it! As said, next week will be movies. I have a whole different set of books for that one. If you’ve read any of the above, or feel that they should be movies as opposed to tv series, do let me know, I’d love to hear your thoughts! Happy reading!
This show is eight seasons long and I got up through about six or so before I quit the thing. I really liked it up ’til then, but there were relationships that changed or developed that I didn’t find very believable and it kinda made me not want to watch anymore. Maybe I’ll go back and rewatch it one of these days. Who knows.
This series started out really strong and by the end of it, it just kinda… lacked. It wasn’t bad by any means. But it’s like it popped into the air, and then fizzled out before it should have. I was able to finish it though, which is saying something. If it was actually bad, I would’ve just dropped it.
This series, as above, started off strong – and then the conditions of the book struck me as ridiculous. The positions held in the military or whatever it was were filled by teenagers. Like, teenagers. Nothing against teenagers, but they’re not gonna be leading forces, dude. And then, and then the main part of the conflict was wrapped up by book 2 and for book three they stuck in a ‘Oh hey! Here’s this thing that you didn’t account for that has nothing to do with the original plot!’. They threw that in in the last five or so pages of the second book. I didn’t even bother picking up the third one. I need to make a ‘series I’ll never finish’ post, goodness.
This series was one of my absolute favorites growing up – the first half of it or so still is. But around book 5 or so, I started getting the ‘Are you sure you wanna take the plot this direction, ARE YOU SURE? ‘ feeling and by book six, I was in denial. I didn’t finish book seven, nor did I bother touching book 8. I think there are only 8. I stopped paying attention, honestly. The first three though are solidly good. Book 4 is decent. 5 is weird. Not gonna admit the rest exist in this world.
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