watched show before book

hi! just finished listening to the audiobook, but since i watched the show first i had a good idea of how things would “go”

here are my takeaways:

• i don’t prefer one over the other, but the ending in the book was far more impactful (specifically Daisy singing the original Honeycomb and the conversation between Daisy & Camilla) and had me sobbing for a couple of minutes

• i missed having the tension between Camilla and Eddie and felt their relationship in the show added something that the book was lacking

• in the show, i immediately sensed the chemistry between Billy and Daisy, but in the book i was genuinely confused. The romance that the show highlights between them doesn’t really emerge until about a quarter of the way through the story at least not from Billy’s perspective. which i really enjoyed this aspect of the book, because it really drove home how much Billy was repressing feelings.

• graham’s character was wildly different in terms of character description, but i preferred it over book Graham because it offered a nice contrast to Billy’s bravo macho facade

• Karens ending on the show was more powerful

• i like how the show reinvented Teddie, Simone and Rod

• i still don’t feel like i’m team anybody and just really enjoyed having multiple versions of this story