I just finished watching OOUIL. And the sentiment is one we have all experienced: the book was better.
The show follows the same line, but falls flat. They changed some stuff that didn’t add anything to the plot, some changed the plot making it less fun than the book
Things I that made me feel ??? While watching it:
1. Why. How. Where. Did they make Maeve in love with Simon and Janae in love with Maeve? She clearly did not like Simon nor were friends with him in the books.
2. Maeve’s whole edgy personality. Just meh to me. She didn’t even have her hacker skills in the story which is so important to the plot of the book
3. Cooper’s hidden relationship was a TV stereotype of gay relationships.
4. Every episode with a party felt like a riverdale episode.
5. Simon was too edgy outside the online world. The fun part about finding out about Simon in the books is that you don’t have many infos on him. Only the first chapter he appears bf dying and he just seems flamboyant and funny. You only get to know him once Maeve digs his online persona.
6. Simon not being the mastermind? From what I remember Simon really wanted to die and used Jake (who is also crazy but not Simon’s level).
To not end on a bad note, here are things i liked:
1. The casting
That’s it. Thanks for reading my rant
by SIsForSad