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put lovecraft country on pause as I wanted to read the book first and only just finished it yesterday.
book was an entertaining read but not what I was expecting, it's more of a horror anthology with a thin overarching storyline and i thought it would evolve into a chunkier main story but a lot of the pages are lost to the setup/conclusion of each tale and there's no effort to fill in the gaps between the stories so it's got a lot less substance than I expected.
the show also strays from the source material often so while the key story beats are there the actual content is very different. in some instances you can see the changes make a much more compelling visual experience or improve the delivery of the underlying themes that run through the short tales but it doesnt always make for a better story.
being able to see the differences between the two mediums now though it is bringing a lot of stuff to my attention I may have otherwise overlooked and because there's that variance I'm actually still looking forward to each upcoming episode to see what happens still though my expectations have been downgraded a little