#the horrors of being known vs the hilarity of telling him no she will not stretch the fonts dont even fucking ask

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coworker has learned enough about me that when manager asks him to ask me to do something, he won't even ask me bc hes figured out how ill respond lmaoooo

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Book vs Movie part 3 To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before

Jenny Han is the mastermind behind the To All The Boys book trilogy. The saga consists, in order; of To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before; P.S. I Still Love You; and the closing installment; Always And Forever, Lara Jean. Published by Simon&Schuster; the books span from 2015 to 2017 in publication.

But we are going to mostly focus on the first book; and only a bit of the second; as both get intermingled in the 2018 Netflix adaptation titled after the first book.

Now, the first book and first movie are not identical, nor are their characters fully the same. The plot starts in the Covey Household; with Lara Jean (Song) Covey. She is the middle daughter of Dr. Dan Covey and the late Eve Song Covey. Her dad is Caucasian and her mother was Korean; making the three girls biracial. LJ’s older sister Margot is off to Scotland for college, while her younger sister Katherine, aka Kitty; is in 6th grade. In the movie, at least. In the book Kitty is ten; and the girls are known as the Song girls, not the Covey girls. In the books they also have a dog, Jamie Fox- Pickle; who does not appear in the first movie, but is instead alluded to; when Kitty asks if they can have a dog now that Margot was leaving.

Just before leaving for college, Margot breaks up with her boyfriend and their next door neighbor, Josh Sanderson; heeding her mother’s advice to not go to college with a boyfriend. This is common ground for both versions. Before dating Margot, Josh was LJ’s best friend, and they’d often share snacks, food and talk on the school bleachers. But a while after Josh and Margot start to date, Lara Jean finds herself falling for Josh.

Unable to tell him so, she does what she always does when she has a love or crush so strong. She, a true romantic; gets her feelings out by writing them all down; pouring her heart into a letter; as a cathartic method of release. But her error was in addressing them. She hid her most sacred belongings in a teal hatbox gifted to her by her mother in both book and movie. Most letters were born out of fantasy; the only one written based on truly knowing the person was the one she wrote while trying to get over Josh. In both instances there are five letters total.

Lucas Kampf, from freshman homecoming; Josh Sanderson, the boy next door; John Ambrose McClaren, from Model UN; Kenny, a boy from a summer camp she attended, though he never got his letter, as it had been addressed to the cabin at camp; and Peter Kavinski; the lacrosse goalie and most popular guy at school.

To Lara Jean’s horror; both in the book and in the movie; all the letters are out. Kenny is the only one who does not receive his. In the first movie, we briefly see a bonus foreshadowing clip after the credits of John Ambrose appearing with the letter and a bouquet. In the sequel currently being filmed; he got recast and, like the books; will become pen pals with LJ; causing some trouble.

When Peter receives his letter in the movie, it is an out pour of love and  affection; down to the teeniest detail; golden specks in his chocolatey eyes. In the book, however; Lara Jean talks about his clean voice from 7th grade choir (though he’s yet to sing in the movies), how he was sweet enough to sit with the lonely kid in their grade for a entire school year... But she also wrote some mean things, such as his burping and always grabbing the last slice of pizza without asking if anyone else wants it. It is basically half a love letter and half a hate letter; which brings some hilarity to the dynamic. However, both in the book and in the movie; Peter has just gotten out of a relationship with Genevieve, aka Gen. Manipulative, mean, and popular; she used to be best friends with LJ until she got popular and Lara Jean did not. But another blow to their friendship would be in middle school, in 7th grade during spin the bottle. Peter and Gen only wanted to kiss each other, it was common knowledge at that point. But the bottle lands on him and LJ, and they are both each other’s first kisses; after Peter claimed that you can’t cheat the bottle. And so ended the friendship.

Luckily, Gen’s cousin Chris is the total opposite of her, and sticks by LJ’s side through every time Gen tries to attack her with her pettiness. Chris is a total savage in the movie and enjoys rock concerts. In the book she is a wild child; compared to a stray cat, she can disappear for days at a time and smokes.

Due to being in a weird place with Gen at the moment, Peter says it was never going to happen, but it was sweet about the letter; the movie one, at least. He gets a bit angrier in the book, and rightfully so when it comes to some accusations. While she is talking to Peter in the movie; LJ sees Josh coming towards her, letter in hand. Panicked, she kisses Peter on the track field, leaving him speechless. Josh then leaves. Noticing how jealous Gen had gotten; Peter proposes they fake date to make Gen jealous and keep Josh from finding out Lara Jean’s true feelings. In the book, Josh confronts Lara Jean the day after getting the letter; and she clumsily makes the excuse of having a boyfriend. When asked who, she lets the first name that comes to mind slip out of her mouth. Peter, who was walking down the hall. She jumps into his arms, kissing him. Peter is happy to partake in this scheme, wanting, in the book; to shoo Gen away for good; having a clean start.

In both instances they make a contract with rules of what they should and should not do while fake-dating; including LJ’s no kissing rule.They remedy this by calling upon the John Hughes 80′s classic 16 Candles “hand-in-the-back-pocket” showstopping entrance into the cafeteria and down the hallways. In the movie, Peter adds a move to it by twirling her closer to him by the pocket. In the movie we are not told what Mrs. K does for a living; but the mother of Peter and Owen works with antiques in the books; in which; at first, Peter drives a black Audi, then his Mom’s minivan, while driving LJ and Kitty around. In the movie he drives a Jeep. In both book and movie his parents are divorced and he has not had contact with his remarried father. His parents are not named in the book or movie, but his stepmother Gayle and half-brothers Everett and Clayton are named in the books. In the movie it is implied Peter and Owen only have one half- sibling.

Another difference is that in the movie, everything ends happily ever after, sans John Ambrose cameo post credits; whereas the book leaves us in suspense as far as the two main characters. Along with that, in both instances Kitty is the one who mailed the letters; but for totally different reasons. In the book, she is angry at LJ and does so out of spite. In the movie, she saw how lonely her sister was and wanted to help her get a boyfriend; and thought 5 boys was better odds. In the book there is a Halloween costume scene, but copyright infringement kept it from going to the screen. Yet another difference is how she and Peter get talking again in the beginning after a few years. In the book, she gets into a car accident, unscathed but shaken; and he waits with her; comforting her. The movie brings the comedy to the scene, as there still is a car, LJ and Peter- only this time, while in reverse; Lara Jean almost runs him over!

Both versions are great, but my personal favorite was the movie; for it seemed more approachable and compelling once you see the plot unfold in front of you and some unscripted scenes catch your eye.