A closer look
Whenever a wildly popular literary adaptation hits the viewing platforms, thousands of viewers immediately begin aggressively lying about their familiarity with the original printed pages. You casually drop character names at casual gatherings, fiercely hoping nobody realizes your entire deep academic knowledge comes exclusively from a ten-minute online summary video. The sheer pressure to appear exceptionally literate forces people to defend profound narrative decisions written in a massive paperback they refuse to actually purchase.
