Obviously most know Bridgerton. It’s the tv show that brought historical romance to the conversation (even though it sadly hasn’t translated to book sales, booo!) and as with any adaptation there are endless critiques of what has stayed the same and what the show changed from the books.

I won’t go into a thorough deep dive, but my friend and I were ranking the Bridgerton seasons and we agreed with S4 – S2 -S1 -S3 and saw that the ones that strayed further from the book plotlines were lower.

She said that even though she hasn’t finished the whole series, she thinks it’s because viewers can just tell when something is being thrown in or changed for the sake of change. The screenwriters are adapting the novels and though they may know the storyline, they didn’t invest the same care, continuity or thought into it as Julia Quinn did when she was originally writing it.

What do you think? Comment below your thoughts on adaptations from novels? Do they never live up to the hype? Do some improve on the source material? Can you tell the tone is disjointed when the screenwriter diverts from the source?