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    Quote Originally Posted by Mattrick View Post
    It was crap. Sadly, this is how a great deal of King adaptations turned out. Then again, Bag of Bones is a beloved book of mine and I found many of the changes they felt 'we're not a big deal' were a big deal. I was immediately soured by the entire beginning and how different it was from the book: there is a big difference in the grief of watching a loved one slowly die and the sudden death in this adaptation
    I read the book a long time ago, and I may be mistaken, but as far as I remember, the narrator's wife died quite suddenly of a blood clot?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jean View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Mattrick View Post
    It was crap. Sadly, this is how a great deal of King adaptations turned out. Then again, Bag of Bones is a beloved book of mine and I found many of the changes they felt 'we're not a big deal' were a big deal. I was immediately soured by the entire beginning and how different it was from the book: there is a big difference in the grief of watching a loved one slowly die and the sudden death in this adaptation
    I read the book a long time ago, and I may be mistaken, but as far as I remember, the narrator's wife died quite suddenly of a blood clot?
    That is correct.
    Hearts are tough, she said, most times hearts don't break, and I'm sure that's right . . . but what about then? What about who we were then? What about hearts in Atlantis?

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