I found the series to be entertaining and fairly well done, and it was good to see real Atlanta neighborhoods included, but it really is a shallow interpretation of a sprawling novel that goes very deeply into the characters in this series and what Atlanta was like in the 90's. In some ways the novel was too long, but by the same token this series is kind of too short to do the great parts of the novel justice.
In the book Atlanta and its culture, crime, racism, poverty, wealth and various classes are part of the background and deeply explored. While a bit of this is included in the series, Atlanta is just a setting and not the essence of what made up the novel (if you live here you know).
There are a lot of characters and events completely omitted by the series, and it would have had to be much longer to truly capture it all. The roles and backgrounds of the characters have been somewhat mixed up and mashed together I guess to tell a more entertaining narrative, but again, it's a disservice to a very entertaining novel.
If you enjoyed the series you'll probably really enjoy the novel.
In the book Atlanta and its culture, crime, racism, poverty, wealth and various classes are part of the background and deeply explored. While a bit of this is included in the series, Atlanta is just a setting and not the essence of what made up the novel (if you live here you know).
There are a lot of characters and events completely omitted by the series, and it would have had to be much longer to truly capture it all. The roles and backgrounds of the characters have been somewhat mixed up and mashed together I guess to tell a more entertaining narrative, but again, it's a disservice to a very entertaining novel.
If you enjoyed the series you'll probably really enjoy the novel.