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One Hundred Years of Solitude on Netflix: book vs screen

Netflix has released Part 2 of its adaptation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel, with one feature-length finale still to come on 26 August. Tell us how the screen version measures up to the book.

27%Better than the bookQuestion 1
50%Casting that matches the charactersQuestion 2

Question by question

Question 1Pick one
How does the Netflix version compare to the book?
Better than the book27%184
I have not watched it21%141
Not as good as the book19%128
As good as the book15%104
I have watched it but have not read the book12%78
Much worse than the book6%41
Question 2Pick multiple
What makes a book adaptation work for you? Pick up to three.
Voters chose more than one answer, so these shares add up to more than 100%.
Casting that matches the characters50%338
Sticking close to the plot34%232
Filming where the story is set34%230
Keeping the original language32%214
Visuals that carry the magical parts26%179
Other (tell us)1%6
In their own words

There isn't enough substantive feedback available to identify clear themes about what makes a book adaptation work.

A themes summary of 6 written-in answers. Individual answers are kept private.
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676

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Margin at 95%
±3.8 pts

Sampling error for this many ballots. The crowd is self-selected, so this is not a representative panel.

Written-in answers
6

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