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The Better Sister recently premiered on Amazon Prime Video and within a short period has been raking in positive reviews. Part of the success of The Better Sister can justifiably be attributed to the hugely popular and award-winning novel of the same name, written by Alafair Burke.
While The Better Sister on Prime Video does an admirable job of adapting the literary source material, there is a particular area in which the show shines exceptionally, i.e., the creative decision to change certain elements while adapting the book for the screen. Here, we take a look at five such differences between the book and the show.
The Better Sister: What are the five differences between the book and the Prime Video show?
Keep reading to learn more.
1) Nicole and Chloe's relationship is explored in depth
One of the greatest differences between The Better Sister show and the eponymous novel is how each of them handles the relationship between Nicole and Chloe. The book places more emphasis on the death of Adam and, therefore, largely leaves Nicole and Chloe's childhood out of the picture. It can be agreed upon that the gravity of emotional moments in the book is quite high. However, the Prime Video show takes this a step further by amply developing and fleshing out the relationship between the two siblings.
2) Nicky's sobriety
The book introduces Nicky as someone who, though once an alcoholic, has been sober now for many years. This is pretty much all that the book is concerned with. The show, on the other hand, places great narrative importance on Nicky's journey with substance abuse and her alcoholism and even goes to the extent of her attending AA meetings alongside her boyfriend cum sponsor Ken, played by Paul Sparks.
3) Nicky's hallucinations of her father
The Better Sister show gave expression to Nicky's underlying trauma by having her hallucinate about her father, Hank. Whenever Nicky finds herself in moments of self-doubt, she is seen speaking to her father's hallucination and bowing down to his abusive presence. The book did make mention of Nicky's abusive father and the toll it extracted from her emotionally, but never had him appear in her hallucinations.
4) The criminal Gentry group
The Gentry family was a prominent subplot in the novel, and the Prime Video show had Chloe hot on the trail of Adam, representing the conglomerate known as the Gentry Group. The book does not make explicit mention of the crimes committed by the Gentry group, except for references to an international bidding racket. The Prime Video show does illustrate clearly that the group is involved in manslaughter, indentured servitude, and human trafficking.
5) Guidry's case of police brutality
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The book saw Guidry arresting Bill Braddock, and that was the end of her character's arc. The Prime Video show upped the stakes with the discovery of Guidry's past act of police brutality, owing to which she is put on administrative leave and has to ultimately face the consequences of her own action.
The Better Sister is available on Prime Video.
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