Very good book. Better than the show
580925
Very good book. Better than the show. I got the books when I got tired of all the advertising on Fox. The books are great! Lots of fun and a well developed story line. Recommend to anyone.
2898266
Loved this book. Even better than the show. I am reading a second time not what I would pick normally. Excellent read
2075315
I found it to be interesting...better than the TV show.
4131674
The books are so much better than the television series. Naturally the character development is much fuller. The historical details are very interesting and enlightening about a time period I thought little about.
2537530
Good read. Fun and interesting. Love the show. The book gives an insight into Si's life. I recommend the to all.
3287527
Read this after watching the Hulu adaptation and I'm glad I did it in that order. The show is great but the book has so much more that happens in it, and even though I'd seen the show there were still many surprises in store for me. Great book.
743691
watching the tv show and this book surpasses the show which, by the way is excellent.  Carr brings you into the time period with easy immersion.  a great page turner
163137
I listened to this on Audible after watching the Hulu show. I am glad I read it after watching the show.  I got more insight into the main character. I felt the writing was much better than I expected.  The writing style was easy, personable, and I felt genuine affection toward Offred.  I would recommend this book, especially to those who like dystopian novels.  Claire Danes narrated and she was amazing.
1913602
I liked this book and I was surprised I enjoyed reading it so much. I was aware The Bachelor shows picked villians and staged emotions. Etc. I knew that Courtney was not the person they were portraying and I felt that Ben was a fake. Turnes out that was all true and even more revelations made this a pretty juicy book. Unevenly written but with two writers that's to be expected. It's also funny and not at all spiteful. Good inside info into how the shows are made. I actually think Courtney was too gracious to the show itself considering how they chose to portray her.
1618917
As someone who does not like memoirs I was amazed at how much I liked this book. At first I was disappointed because the book was so different from the show, which I had seen clips of first, but this is a more accurate look at what life in a womans prison would be like, I assume so anyway. There were parts I really enjoyed, but there are also a few slow bits. It is worth the read, and I would recommend it to a friend.
3251894
Good book. Much better than book 2 of the series. Enjoyed and now I'm off to get book 3.
587016
When a book is made into a movie or TV show, there is often much debate by the book's fans on whether or not the movie is as good as the book. Most often the answer is, "no."

But for me, it happened the other way around. I first met Walt Longmire in the AMC/Netflix series "Longmire". I loved not only the main character, but his supporting staff - Vic, Ferg, Branch, Henry, Locian, etc. So I was excited to find out the show is based on a book by Craig Johnson. I bought the book for the Kindle when it went on sale, and dived in. Since I loved the show so much, I actually thought the book couldn't be as good. But I was wrong, the book is exceptional.

Johnson does a great job of building the characters, and you quickly grow fond of each one. The book is infused with large amounts of subtle humor, which nicely balances the heavy subject matter of rape and murder.

Speaking of murder, there is very little actual violence in the book. And what there is, is not gratuitous. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of the language. About 120 instances of the F- and S-words. That quantity of foul language is unnecessary.

The plot is terrific, and should keep you guessing until the very end.

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I think people tend to rate books higher than they should, so I try to rate books on a harder scale, while being consistent over time. Jerry Foster's book rating scale:

5 - Fantastic. Life-altering. Only 10-20 books in a lifetime.
4 - Very good.
3 - Worth your time.
2 - Not very good.
1 - Atrocious.
4834971
I absolutely love the TV series so I thought I would give the books a try.  I am so glad I did!  As good as the show is, the books are even better!  More complex, more developed, not needing to wrap up in an hour.  I just need to wait to read more until the show is done for the season...a few changes too confusing to do both at the same time.
43898
Enjoyable.  I like the TV Show better but I will read more in this series.
2154835
Great book. Better than the movie. A very humorous look at the NFL in the 70s.
526807
Great read for all fans

If you were a fan of the show you will love the book

Hopefully the first of many
3019149
I love the show and was a bit skeptical on how the books would compare, but I happened to be between book series and thought I'd give it a chance. I enjoyed the witty banter between the characters, much like on the television show, and it was a pretty fast read.