Books vs. Movies
In this podcast we set out to answer the age old question: is the book really always better than the movie?
Books vs. Movies
Latest Episodes
Ep. 70 The Running Man by Richard Bachman (Stephen King) vs. The Running Man (2025)
A game show where the prize is a billion dollars and the cost is being hunted across the country sounds like fiction until you look at how close it sits to real life. I'm putting Stephen King’s
Ep. 69 The Help by Kathryn Stockett vs. The Help (2011)
The Help is one of those rare book-to-film adaptations that people feel deeply attached to and that makes it harder to talk honestly about what holds up and what doesn’t. I’m Lluvia, and...
Del Toro’s Frankenstein Verdict
We finally catch up with Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein (2025), and it’s a weird feeling: we like it, we admire it, and we still don’t love it the way we expected to. If you’ve been searching for a real “Frankenstein book vs movie” breakdown...
Ep. 68 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot vs. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017)
A woman’s cells reshape modern medicine, and her name almost disappears. I read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot and watched the 2017 adaptation starring Oprah Winf...