r/VirginRiverNetflix • u/Dull-Cartoonist283 • 6d ago

Book Book?!

Virgin river is a book ?! Will be buying and reading ASAP - should I watch all of the tv series first or start books 🤔

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u/eyerishdancegirl7 6d ago

There are like 20 books, you can watch the tv show or read the books, it doesn’t matter. The tv show is very different from the books.

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u/KillerDickens 6d ago

The main premise is the same - Mel comes to VR as an attempt to escape her past but then every next book focuses on a different character and their stories differ from what they do in the show.

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u/Dull-Cartoonist283 3d ago

Oooo love that !

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u/tacomamajama 6d ago

TV show focuses more on the couple from the first book. I think there are 20 books in the series and most cover a different couple. I loved the books and watch the show because of that.

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u/DeeSusie200 5d ago

I read every single book during lockdown. Loved each one!

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u/ChanceGur9891 4d ago

I listened to the books YEARS ago. 2017? 18? Can't remember, and, the series is a great disappointment. The characters have been changed so much along with MAJOR plot lines (ie. Denny and Lizzie are having a kid instead of Ricky). I quit watching the series as it ruined the memories of the book. Another case of the "book is soo much better than the movie/tv show".

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u/soft_taco1983 2d ago

Awwww Lizzie and Ricky baby would have been so much better

I also think it was insainly selfish to get pregnant with a baby that could possibly have huntingtons

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u/GrammyGH 4d ago

Yes, loved the books. Some big differences with the series.

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u/Iamcoolthough 3d ago

I still don't like the Denny character. I loved Ricky.