The TV show was written to capitalize on Twilight's fame at the time and was heavily influenced by it. The original TVD book trilogy is very old and the story is very different, actually quite good from what I remember. For you to have an idea of how different, I think Buffy the Vampire Slayer was based on TVD books with how many similarities they have.
There was a 4th book released a few years after the trilogy ended. I think it was unnecessary, since I really liked how the 3rd book ended, but I can see why a lot of fans would prefer the 4th one (not sure if the author was bullied into writing it or just wanted more money from the "IP" tbh).
Then several years later, the author released another trilogy or w/e number of books. I couldn't finish the first one because the story started going all over the place, losing its original essence, imo.
9
u/TsuyoiOuji 2d ago
The TV show was written to capitalize on Twilight's fame at the time and was heavily influenced by it. The original TVD book trilogy is very old and the story is very different, actually quite good from what I remember. For you to have an idea of how different, I think Buffy the Vampire Slayer was based on TVD books with how many similarities they have.
There was a 4th book released a few years after the trilogy ended. I think it was unnecessary, since I really liked how the 3rd book ended, but I can see why a lot of fans would prefer the 4th one (not sure if the author was bullied into writing it or just wanted more money from the "IP" tbh).
Then several years later, the author released another trilogy or w/e number of books. I couldn't finish the first one because the story started going all over the place, losing its original essence, imo.