Things That Keep Me Up At Night

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Book vs Adaptation #3: The Road

Book vs Adaptation #3: The Road

A non-spoiler review of the Pulitzer Prize winning book by Cormac McCarthy vs the movie it spawned

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Felix I.D. Dimaro
May 25, 2024
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Book vs Adaptation #3: The Road
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Is the book really always better? My Book vs Adaptation series pits movies and TV shows against the stories they are based on to see which version tells the tale best. This installment sets an ultra bleak book against a super dismal movie in an apocalyptic death match to see which will make you feel the most depressed!

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