Hey Guys. Like the topic says, which do you prefer: reading a book or watching its adaptation on screen?
There are so many great books that have been adapted into movies. Some of them include:

Maami by Femi Osofisan
Beast of no nation by Uzodinma Iweala
Half of a Yellow Sun Chimamanda Adichie
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe TV series
The Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski
Without Remorse by Tom Clancy
Murder on the Orient express by Agatha Christie
Me before you by Jojo Moyes
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
The Godfather by Mario Puzo
Harry Potter series by J. K Rowling
50 Shades series by E. L James
A walk to remember by Nicholas Sparks
Hidden figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
Inferno by Dan Brown
More detailed, book
Lord of the rings JRR Tolkien
Game of Thrones series by George R R Martin, et c.

Now you'll all agree with me that movies save time. The days you might spend reading a novel can be cut down to hours in movie time. But don't be surprised that the books tend to be more detailed than the movies. However, movies allow you skip endless pages of boring parts.

You can also bond/chill with your partner, family and friends over a movie/series but not so easily with novels since it's more of an individual activity. Besides, they do not require much concentration as books do.

Also, movies do not require as much concentration/imagination like novels do. You don't have to visualize each scene (especially when watching fantasy movies) , it's just for you to relax and enjoy the show. But for novels, you are the creative director and you'll find yourself right in the middle of the action. A great novelist must be a pro at using descriptive words to carry his readers along.

While I enjoy both forms of entertainment, I find it hard to read a book after watching its screen adaptation mostly because of the cut-out scenes because I'm always trying to place each movie scene with the book. But I don't have any problem watching a movie after reading it's book first.

If you've read a book and watched its movie/TV adaptation which did you enjoy more?