Book Talk

[roughing it]

On 6/12/2024 at 5:42 PM, catrice2 said:

Look at how many people thought cheating with Carrie in his wife's bed was acceptable for a charter

What?

[catrice2]

On 6/19/2024 at 11:54 AM, roughing it said:

What?

Sorry, Mr. Big on Sex and the City.  He treated Carrie horribly and ended up marrying someone else, then sleeping with her in his wife's bed....yet people still rooted for that relationship and have always held it up as one of true love....it is funny how many bad relationships in book, movie and tv lore are the ones that people actually want to see....not funny really, but sad and scary.  The number of clips of Fitz and Olivia screaming at her and the things he would say....and yet again ....true love....so why not Angie and Will? 

[DEL901]

49 minutes ago, catrice2 said:

Sorry, Mr. Big on Sex and the City.  He treated Carrie horribly and ended up marrying someone else, then sleeping with her in his wife's bed....yet people still rooted for that relationship and have always held it up as one of true love....it is funny how many bad relationships in book, movie and tv lore are the ones that people actually want to see....not funny really, but sad and scary.  The number of clips of Fitz and Olivia screaming at her and the things he would say....and yet again ....true love....so why not Angie and Will? 

Have you read the books?   Book Angie makes Tv Angie look like a sweetheart.   She isn’t just damaged, she is a truly vile character.   

[Chaser]

Are they basically confirming Sara is endgame for Will? 

[peachmangosteen]

Is the character Gina Rodriguez is playing in the books?

[Calvada]

I read the books and was hesitant to watch the series, since I can find the differences aggravating.  But I really enjoyed Bosch, coming to the realization that I should watch it as a series that coincidentally has characters with the same names as characters in the Michael Connelly books.  So that's how I'm watching Will Trent; I don't expect it to follow the books word for word.  And if it did, I probably wouldn't watch, since the book Angie is so awful.

Usually when I've read a book first, I prefer the book over a series or movie, but at this point I'm enjoying the show Will Trent more than the Slaughter books.  

[DEL901]

2 hours ago, peachmangosteen said:

Is the character Gina Rodriguez is playing in the books?

I don’t think so.   

[catrice2]

On 10/10/2024 at 10:06 PM, DEL901 said:

Have you read the books?   Book Angie makes Tv Angie look like a sweetheart.   She isn’t just damaged, she is a truly vile character.   

Did you read my statements? I said that the writer mishandled the character and wrote Angie in a way she could not be redeemed and I wish she had wrote it differently.  When I said why not Will and Angie, I was referring to the show because so far she has not done anything too crazy  (depending on how you look at it) so of course I  read the books. Even sometimes get them in advance to review.   My point is, writers can sometimes make toxic relationship appealing to viewers, which says more about the views.  Thank you for your commentary.   I am well aware of who Angie is in the book and if you read the first one, you would know there was an opportunity to move her in a totally different direction because that was just as much her book as it was Will's 

On 1/3/2025 at 4:29 PM, peachmangosteen said:

Is the character Gina Rodriguez is playing in the books?

Since I did read the books, I can tell you the answer is no. 

On 1/3/2025 at 6:54 PM, Calvada said:

I read the books and was hesitant to watch the series, since I can find the differences aggravating.  But I really enjoyed Bosch, coming to the realization that I should watch it as a series that coincidentally has characters with the same names as characters in the Michael Connelly books.  So that's how I'm watching Will Trent; I don't expect it to follow the books word for word.  And if it did, I probably wouldn't watch, since the book Angie is so awful.

Usually when I've read a book first, I prefer the book over a series or movie, but at this point I'm enjoying the show Will Trent more than the Slaughter books.  

Yes I have to do the same. I typically do like the books better, but in this case I think the series benefits from not being merged with the Sara character yet and changing some of the other characters.  Clearly they changed several of the characters and not just physically.  I also love Bosch and the new book series with Renee Ballard is growing on me.  Bosch also benefits by adding the character of Mo in the way he is used on the tv show. 

Edited February 14 by catrice2