Villanelle book review

There are so many TV shows created from actual books. We are talking about the show Killing Eve and the book series. Keep reading, and we'll get right into it.

Hey, y'all, it's Kyla Denanyoh, and today, we are talking all about a book adaptation. These three books turned into four seasons of the show Killing Eve. The first book is Villanelle, No Tomorrow, and Die for Me. The author of these books is Luke Jennings. The genre of the book is fiction, and the book's theme is suspense thrillers.

No Tomorrow is my absolute favorite. This one is so good. That's when you see the flirting and the love story between Villanelle and Eve. What surprised me about these books is that no one told me to watch the show Killing Eve. I remember when Sandra Oh left Grey's Anatomy, and I was like, well, you know, I wondered what she would do next. I was never a big suspense thriller murder mystery type viewer. I didn't enjoy consuming the books. I didn't enjoy reading about it. So it's probably why no one told me. But I stumbled upon the show. It blew my mind; it was so phenomenal. 

A couple of big things in the books are very different from the show, so we will discuss that. The first one is Nico. Nico is Eve's husband. He is a complete pushover in the show, but he has a few moments where he gives her a little snarky comment. In the books, especially No Tomorrow, Nico brings home two goats, and he tells Eve I want a quiet life. I want a chill life. We are not doing all of this. That does not happen in the show. In the show, he kind of laughs about oh, are you cheating on me, or are you an assassin or a spy. Well, you know she was a spy.

Ultimately, she's an absent spouse in the books. Now you are reading the books from her perspective, so you see her like, oh, I'm so sorry, Nico, and you know her remorse, but it doesn't come across. In the show, she feels guilty for being a spy. She feels guilty for the fact that she loves her job a little bit more than marriage. She feels guilty that Nico cooks and takes care of the house. He has little quirks, but she loves being with Nico and watching his habits and hobbies. 

In the book, she says, "This is my world; it's all mine. Yes, I'm married, but that's because I was bored then, so I got married". There's even a quote, and I don't remember it exactly, but she says that was what we were supposed to do, so we got married. 

The relationship between Eve and Villanelle in the books is so sweet. In the show, it's more of a cat-and-mouse type game where Villanelle is like oh, can I string her along? Oh, she seems interesting. She has this thick, beautiful hair, and I'm attracted to women with that. In the book, Villanelle brags about Eve to her girlfriend, telling her, yeah, we're together, we're sleeping together, but that's my girl. That's the person I love. I break into her house, smell her pillows, and give her a necklace. I'm playing and hiding all these little clues so that she can't find me so that we can stretch out the romantic period and flirtation. 

Now, I think because reading the written word is a lot different than watching a TV show, you do get to see the looks that Villanelle has for Eve and how she's longing for her and that cute little, oh, you're so sweet little smile that she has for her. Still, it's prevalent in the books—very, very prevalent in a cute way. 

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Let's get into the number one most significant thing that differs between the books and the show. The book has so much more history; they could have included it in the show. I would be curious to see if they recorded it, but they had to cut it because they needed to keep an episode at a certain length. The show takes us down this weird tailspin where Villanelle goes and sees her mom and her family and all this stuff, which is fantastic. It's phenomenal. The books are so different from the actual show. 

Until the next book review, Kyla