Netflix is no stranger to a book adaptation. Sometimes, they’re great, like Wes Anderson’s Roald Dahl short story collection. Other times, they fall flat, like McG’s Uglies. It usually boils down to one thing: do the people behind the camera understand why the original book was beloved in the first place? If that X factor can be reflected on the screen, then a lot of other sins can be forgiven.
Unfortunately, one of Netflix’s biggest upcoming book adaptations is signaling a big misunderstanding of what makes that book so great in the first place.
