I haven’t done one of these in a while and I’m not entirely sure why. I mentioned in the last post that I’ve compiled a list of my favourite adaptations, but I apparently did nothing with that information and therefore haven’t written one of these posts in over six months. Well, you can expect them a little more often going forward.
For the first two posts in this series, I put the adaptation synopsis. But then I thought, if you’re anything like me, you prefer to read the book before watching the film or show, so it makes more sense to include the book synopsis.
Five Feet Apart – Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott
I’ve only seen this film once, and will probably only ever watch it once, but I did really enjoy it. The book didn’t make me cry, but I was bawling like a baby at the film. It’s a very good adaptation and it was very accurate to the book if I’m remembering right.
Saying I’ll never watch this again isn’t 100% true as I think I would watch it again, but I can’t see myself sitting down on an evening and thinking “I really want to watch Five Feet Apart because I love having my heart ripped from my body”. That’s definitely not happening any time soon, but if someone else said they wanted to watch it, I’d definitely watch it with them, they better bring tissues though.
Synopsis: Can you love someone you can never touch?
Stella Grant likes to be in control—even though her totally out of control lungs have sent her in and out of the hospital most of her life. At this point, what Stella needs to control most is keeping herself away from anyone or anything that might pass along an infection and jeopardize the possibility of a lung transplant. Six feet apart. No exceptions.
The only thing Will Newman wants to be in control of is getting out of this hospital. He couldn’t care less about his treatments, or a fancy new clinical drug trial. Soon, he’ll turn eighteen and then he’ll be able to unplug all these machines and actually go see the world, not just its hospitals.
Will’s exactly what Stella needs to stay away from. If he so much as breathes on Stella she could lose her spot on the transplant list. Either one of them could die. The only way to stay alive is to stay apart. But suddenly six feet doesn’t feel like safety. It feels like punishment.
What if they could steal back just a little bit of the space their broken lungs have stolen from them? Would five feet apart really be so dangerous if it stops their hearts from breaking too?
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before – All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han
I’ve spoken about this film quite a few times now and I even reviewed it last year. I fell completely in love with it the first time I watched it, and it has become a major comfort film. There’s something very calming about this series and I can’t quite explain what.
I read the book last year and I can quite happily say I prefer the film. Blasphemous I know, readers are always supposed to prefer the book, but not me. I need to finish the series at some point as I’ve only read the first one, maybe I’ll change my mind on the films being better once I’ve read them all.
Synopsis: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before is the story of Lara Jean, who has never openly admitted her crushes, but instead wrote each boy a letter about how she felt, sealed it, and hid it in a box under her bed.
But one day Lara Jean discovers that somehow her secret box of letters has been mailed, causing all her crushes from her past to confront her about the letters: her first kiss, the boy from summer camp, even her sister’s ex-boyfriend, Josh.
As she learns to deal with her past loves face to face, Lara Jean discovers that something good may come out of these letters after all.
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