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omg this. haven't finished the books yet cuz i'm bz but i've noticed from the very beginning that there are a few things that was different from the show. thanks u for this actually ^^

my favorite book to show changes in Shelter

*obviously spoilers for the first season of Shelter, as well as the trilogy, though I will be putting anything that relates to plots they may do in later possible seasons below a cut.

The Friendship Group - I really, really like the way they updated the friendship dynamics for the show. This is probably my absolute favorite change. In the books, Ema & Mickey are very much besties and the center of the story, while Spoon often feels like an addition, and Rachel doesn't have much content. While they do technically end up as a group by the end, there are very few scenes with the 4 of them and the main dynamic focused on is Mickey & Ema's.

Shira Bolitar - in the books, Mickey goes to live with his uncle Myron, and Shira doesn't exist. Myron is fine in the books (and he clearly exists in the show, even though we don't meet him), but I like the added focus on Shira (and Hannah, who also isn't a character in the books). They do give Shira some of Myron's material from the books, but she also has a lot of new stuff for the show. I guess some audiences might not think her added material is necessary, but I liked her being a more fleshed out character (I mean, Myron has his own books, which I haven't read, so he's probably very fleshed out in those, but he doesn't have much going on in these books).

Spoon - I think they nailed Spoons characterization, like he feels very much like his book counterpart (aside from a couple of repeated jokes/comments in the books that I didn't love and I'm glad that they didn't use in the show), but there's so much more of him in the show. He honestly does not have enough scenes in the books. I'm glad they recognized his potential in the show.

Dylan Shakes (spelled Shaykes in the books) - This one isn't that big of a deal, but I like that they threaded that mystery into the main plot of the show. This character has a (less fleshed out) very similar plot in the books, but it's very background and his disappearance doesn't feel that important to the town.

Ema's Romantic Arc - Whitney doesn't exist in the books. Ema has other stuff going on romantically in the books, I'll go a little more into this in the more spoilery section of the post.

One thing I think the books did better than the show is that Ashley and Mickey know each other for several weeks before she goes missing, as opposed to literally one day. While I understand that the show addresses that there's some transference going on with Mickey and his desire to save Ashley when he couldn't save his father, his fixation feels weirder in the show than in the books, where he'd gotten to know her a little bit better and they were tentatively dating.

*****spoilers for some book plots that could come into play in additional seasons of the show below!!*****

Ema & Mickey - Okay, honestly, this is a big one for me. It could be because I watched the show first and had that dynamic in my head going into the books, but I was very much not a fan of Ema & Mickey's feelings for each other in the books. While they never actually get together (unless he's going to write more?), we get confirmation that they both have feelings for each other and both know it. I don't know. This just didn't work for me. Maybe, partially, because Mickey spends a lot of the books being jealous whenever Troy & Rachel are brought up, but then will flip into being jealous about Ema liking someone else and back and forth so much. It might be realistic (since Mickey is mainly just like distracted by how hot he thinks Rachel is a lot), but it kind of taints the vibe of "Ema & Mickey are so emotionally connected and their bond is so deep" that it feels like we're supposed to believe at times. IDK. I very much prefer their friendship in the show.

Rachel - Show Rachel is so superior to the book version of Rachel. And it's not that book!Rachel is bad, it's just that she really doesn't get much time on the page, despite being central to the second book mystery, which basically revolves around her family dynamics. While her season 1 plot is pretty similar to her book 1 plot, that's about all the action we really see out of her in the books, and I think that the show did a great job increasing her presence and agency.

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discussion time! idk how long i'll disappear, so i'll leave this here. anyway, am i the only one who didn't like how hannah and shira's relationship progressed? i personally disliked the cheating part because here's the thing, while i do agree that ken wasn't a good husband cuz he sucks, i don't think he deserved that. i also think how wild it is that he got cheated on by his ex and his wife. like i would actually cry myself to sleep after that if that was me. actually foul, lmao. going back, he's not the only one affected by the affair. i'm not particularly fond of troy cuz he's an asshole, but let's not forget that he's a teenager who is the way he is because of the people around him. no one deserves to experience that, in my opinion, and i seriously think the writers could've made them fall in love by having them run into each other in the police station like in the first scene they were in, talking to each other about their past mistakes and attempting to rebuild their friendship, her marriage suffers as a result of her husband's lack of support for her dream, realizes that she deserves better, gets a divorce, is comforted by shira because she once dated the same guy, resolves their issues, pursues her business idea, rekindles their relationship because they have new things to learn about one another from the time they were apart, having moments together where shira helps her manage her restaurant, being assisted with co-parenting troy and getting all domestic, realizing that something changed with their friendship, finally admitting they fell in love and having a "i didn't realize that it's always been you all along… or maybe i did. i was a coward to admit it to myself, but not anymore, because you're worth the fear. the risk. the commitment." yada yada moment, and more. you guys get the idea. that's about it, haha. idk, i hope it's not a hot take. let me know abt what u guys think :) also, don't mind the grammar and how i phrased things that much, it's 3 am where i'm from, lol.

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HELP-

Thinking about how when my oldest brother took Japanese classes his professor was like your pronunciation is really good 😊 but you need to watch movies that aren't about the Yakuza because you sound like a criminal

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what i'm saying like KJISJFHSIZFSJF both are so cute you guys (੭ ˊ^ˋ)੭ ♡

the ship name for spoon and mickey absolutely has to be spookey, y’all

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guess i have to change mine to something cooler ૮ ◞ ﻌ ◟ ა

My partner just told me that your alarm sound is technically your theme song because it plays at the start of every episode (day), and I'm just like bro it's 3am I'm trying to sleep.

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they're so real for this

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i'm back from the dead. guess what this post is about? that's right! another post abt spokey. here's a cookie, since i'm sure you got that right. anyway, fic suggestions since i can't write to save my life. how abt a different genre? a little spicier perhaps? a lot of angst? some jealousy action? but with a happy ending, obvs (or is it) 𓁹‿𓁹

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PLZ I HAVE SHITTY MEMORY LMAO

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OMGGG HOW CUTE (*꒦ິ꒳꒦ີ)

Hello Kitty emotes 💗

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this is why i'm chronically online (っ- ‸ - ς)

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it's scratching a very specific part of my brain 0o0

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CRUONG SCTEAMUNG TGROWING IP

*taps mic* hi, quick question:

WILL ANYONE WRITE MORE HARLAN COBEN’S SHELTER FICS PLEASE???

I’ve read all of them and I need at least one to touch on Spoon’s trauma I’m begging you on my hands and knees

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plz don't bully how my account looks like. it's not exactly my top priority rn cuz i'm having spokey brainrot. i tried my best to not look like a bot, so plz spare my feelings T^T i'll fix it later swear

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i forgot the password to my first account and created a new one. plz give me spokey fics recos. otherwise, i'll cry myself to sleep (real) ^^