A few years ago, a new sci-fi, steampunk series was released on Netflix; Altered Carbon. As soon as I saw the trailer, I knew it was one I wanted to see, so when it finally dropped, I binged it over a single weekend. The following month I was able to keep reliving each episode as my work friends worked their way through the series and I was able to talk about it with them.
We dissected each episode from the choice of actors, the cinematics, the way it was shown and what they could have done differently to make it better. When I started my book blog a couple months later, these same friends suggested I do a comparison of the book to the Netflix adaptation.
Before Christmas I saw the announcement that Season 2 would be dropping in Quarter 1 of 2020 so I realised I needed to get a move on with my comparison of Season 1 if I wanted to keep up. Especially since there are only 3 books!
To help with this I asked for a Secret Santa to give me a copy of Altered Carbon, and I was lucky enough to get it! Yay!
Unfortunately, I’d signed up for so many book tours in January and February I knew I couldn’t get to it until March. So even though Season 2 dropped a week ago I’ll be reviewing Season 1 with the first book over the next 10 weeks. Then I’ll go straight into Season 2 over the following 8 weeks.
Whether you’re a fan of the books or the show, come back every week on a Wednesday to see how the show and the book are the same or different, and who did it better. Feel free to disagree or even point out anything I’ve missed coz I’m only human and I may see or interpret things differently to you.
Come back in a week for my comparison of the first episode of Season 1!
You can also keep track of each episode and book over on my Altered Carbon page.
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2 Replies to “Altered Carbon – Intro”
I didn’t know this was a book! I have this saved in my list on Netflix to watch (whenever that happens lol) but now I want to read the book as well because I love to compare.
Yeas! I didn’t realise it was a book until like 3/4 of the way through watching season 1 when I noticed a “based off the book Altered Carbon” in the intro. It was so little I don’t know how anyone was meant to see it! If you don’t want spoilers don’t read my analysis of each episode. But feel free to come back after you’ve read/seen it 🙂