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Entertainment Editor (1988 KP) created a question about in Smashbomb Blog Ideas

Oct 18, 2018  
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So this weeks topic is; Books That Were Better Than The Movies!

We want to know about any books with a rating of 8 or more that had movies that were based on the book, that score below 7.

For example; Divergent by Veronica Roth is rated 8.1 but the Movie is only rated 6.5.
   
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Sarah (7800 KP) Oct 18, 2018

Red Sparrow: film 6.9, book 8.0
Northern Lights (The Golden Compass): film 6.5, book 8.0

The Light Between Oceans: film 6.5, book 8.4
Before I Go To Sleep: film 6.7, book 8.4
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Andy K (10823 KP) Oct 18, 2018

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Movie 2000 6.8 Book 8.9
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Sarah (7800 KP) rated Chocolat (Chocolat #1) in Books

Jun 16, 2019  
Chocolat (Chocolat #1)
Chocolat (Chocolat #1)
Joanne Harris | 1999 | Fiction & Poetry
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7.8 (8 Ratings)
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Sweet and satisfying
I need to be honest; I’ve never seen the film that is based on this book and never really been particularly interested in watching it either. However having now read the book, I could be tempted as the book is rather wonderful.

This is a rather strange novel - a character based drama set in a mysterious small French village with some very small magical undertones. It sounds weird, but it actually really works. All of the characters, from Vianne herself to the rest of the villagers are likeable or at the very least relatable with all of their various personalities. The fact that this is based around a chocolate shop makes it a charming and rather tempting setting and the story has a fair number of outcomes that you wouldn’t expect although there are still some that are rather predictable. Overall this is just a rather charming and sweet character driven story.
  
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ClareR (5991 KP) Jun 17, 2019

I want to reread this so that I can read the others! I read it years ago when it first came out, and I have no chance of remembering enough of what happened to read the other 3 books sat on my kindle! Trip to the library for me, I think!!