Genuine question: What the hell were you guys expecting?

Nothing can ever top hearing Bret episode by episode reading The Shards. When the book came out, I bought it, read it, loved it. But it wasn’t the same as having Bret ‘retcon’ names in the first few weeks, and worry about ‘bringing up the last’.

Now I’m on here, hearing people moan about the TV show and how it’s not faithful? It’s like you’ve never seen an adaptation before.

Is this your first time? Nothing is ever gonna be ‘just like the book’. Did you seriously think it was going to be beat for beat the same as the novel?

I suppose a wider question is, why do you care that much about the plot and the changes? Bret’s books have ALWAYS been more about a time, a style, a moment, a feeling. Plot has always been secondary, and he himself admires that it’s what he looks for in media.

The show is nailing the vibe and you guys need to chill lol