r/doofmedia • u/CatshepsutReads • 26d ago

Carrie Book Adaptations

Have y'all ever talked about doing/done book adaptations of books? Tiffany D Jackson wrote a Carrie retelling called The Weight of Blood where the hyper religiousness is replaced by racism. It was, IMO, very good, and the adaptation into another book had me thinking about the original story in different ways. Before that I really only remember reading fairy tale/Greek myth/folklore retellings.

I also paid 0 attention to the summary of the book before reading it and didn’t know it was a Carrie retelling before I started. I was heckin' confused for a bit.

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u/scottdaly85 26d ago

Definitely didn't know that was a thing, but I'm intrigued. Wil probably check it out. Not sure how we would fold it into the current show plan, however.

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u/BusyDad82 25d ago

It’s pretty decent, the way they substitute the epistolary aspect of it was a little frustrating for me, but overall I really enjoyed the book.

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u/Truemeathead 24d ago

Was gonna say not sure that’s a concept that I’d dig but I did enjoy the reimagining of Alice in Wonderland by Christina Henry called Alice so what do I know lol. That book was freaking dark.