Chaotic Dumbass — Alright Bobbie is still one of my favorite...

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I love when I read a book *after* seeing an adaptation and it gives me a new appreciation for the adaptation. Season one of The Expanse follows the plot and major scenes of Leviathan Wakes remarkably closely, and the characters are exactly the same. I’m replaying scenes from the show in my mind. Conversations that weren’t in the show still read in the actors’ voices. I swear I recognized some dialogue. And the changes I did notice (such as where Miller finds Julie Mao in the end, and how the dead man’s switch comes in) made complete sense in smoothing over the transition from page to screen. Fuck Amazon and all that, but the writers and showrunnners of that show should be lauded for their attention and dedication to the source material.

I’m interested to see how that holds up in the rest of the series. I know that the actor playing Alex Kamal left the show for reasons unrelated to the character’s original arc, and I think I know that the books go on longer than the show, so I have a feeling eventually the two will split, but I’m hoping to meet a few more favorite characters before that happens :)

(other books I've read this year)

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Alright Bobbie is still one of my favorite characters, and her relationship with Avasarala is so much fun. When I’m reading I can see all the main actors from the show in my mind’s eye, but Amos and Avasarala are the ones whose voices I hear in my head when I read the dialogue. Anyone else I have to slow down and do it on purpose. That’s probably part of why I feel like I know those characters best. Holden is somehow even more insufferable in the books than in the show, but my liking for Amos has continued to grow on the same trajectory it’s been on ever since I changed my mind about him midway through season 1. Loved getting to know parts of him that weren’t made explicit in the show, because they click everything else about him even more firmly into place. I don’t mind not having a narration from his perspective because he steals the show every chapter he’s in anyway :)

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