Featuring a star-studded cast, Nine Perfect Strangers follows a group of city-dwellers as they arrive at Tranquillum House, a wellness and health retreat led by its mysterious Russian manager Masha (Kidman).<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re already seen the show\u2019s first instalments then you\u2019ll know Tranquillum House doesn\u2019t turn out to be your standard health resort \u2013 you\u2019ll never look at a smoothie in the same way again. However, there are a number of differences between the TV show and the book, including the characters\u2019 appearances, the show\u2019s setting and even some of the bigger storylines.<\/p>\n
Read on for all the key differences between the book and the TV show. (Warning: spoilers ahead for episodes one, two and three of Nine Perfect Strangers.)<\/p>
The book is set in Australia<\/strong><\/h2>\nLiane Moriarty\u2019s Nine Perfect Strangers is set in the bushland of Australia, with Tranquillum House located six hours northwest of Sydney, where most of the characters hail from.<\/p>\n
However, the TV show is set in an unspecified location in North America, with the implication being that Tranquillum House is located in a remote part of California.<\/p>\n
All of the characters, except for Russian resort manager Masha (Nicole Kidman) and Lars (who like Luke Evans is Welsh), are American, which is a big difference from the novel.<\/p>\n
Frances loses it for a different reason<\/strong><\/h2>\nIn episode one, we watch as a driving Frances (Melissa McCarthy) receives terrible news from her literary agent, who tells her that the publisher she\u2019s tied to wants to buy her out of her contract. She pulls over in shock and then gets out the car to scream in frustrating, shouting: \u201cI\u2019m dead to the f**king world\u201d at the top of her lungs \u2013 at which point Tony (Bobby Cannavale) stops his car to ask if she\u2019s alright.<\/p>\n
In the book, however, Frances pull over after having a reaction to thinking of Paul Drabble, the man who catfished her and conned her out of thousands of dollars.<\/p>\n
\u201cA sudden rush of intense heat enveloped her body at the memory. Humiliation? Probably. Her head swam. She shivered and shook. Her hands were instantly slippery on the steering wheel. Pull over, she told herself. You need to pull over right now,\u201d the book reads.<\/p>\n
While Frances does scream in anger, she does so from inside her car, and it isn\u2019t until later on in the book that her literary agent tells her that her publisher doesn\u2019t want her new book.<\/p>\n
Jessica has \u201cblowfish lips\u201d and a \u201cfrozen forehead\u201d in the book<\/strong><\/h2>\n ![\""nine-perfect-strangers-book-differences"\"]( "\\"\"nine-perfect-strangers-book-differences\"\\"")
<\/div> Hulu<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\nRich, young couple Ben (Melvin Gregg) and Jessica (Samara Weaving) head to Tranquillum House to mend their relationship after their recent fortune caused it to deteriorate, and while Weaving shines as the social-media obsessed and vain Jessica, the character isn\u2019t as botoxed as she\u2019s described in the book.<\/p>\n
In Moriarty\u2019s novel, Ben describes Jessica as someone \u201cdisfigured by her own credit card\u201d due to the amount of plastic surgery she has had, adding that she looks like \u201ca chipmunk\u201d with \u201cthe frozen forehead, the blowfish lips, the puffy cheeks, the camel eyelashes, the fake hair and fake boobs\u201d.<\/p>\n
While Weaving\u2019s Jessica wears quite a lot of make-up and nails the Instagram influencer look, she\u2019s missing the \u201cplastic\u201d qualities of the character as described in the novel.<\/p>\n
Masha isn\u2019t shot in the book<\/strong><\/h2>\nThe ongoing mystery throughout Prime Video\u2019s Nine Perfect Strangers revolves around Masha, who reveals in episode one that she was shot by an unknown attacker when working in a high-pressured job in the city and subsequently saved by Yao (Manny Jacinto<\/a>), who was a paramedic at the time. She says that it was this near-death experience that inspired her to set up Tranquillum House and adopt a healthier lifestyle.<\/p>\nIn the book however, Masha isn\u2019t shot at all \u2013 in fact, her stressful lifestyle causes her to have a seizure, with paramedic Yao turning up at the scene and saving her life. It is the seizure that inspires her to set up Tranquillum House.<\/p>\n
Since Masha isn\u2019t shot in the book, it also means that she isn\u2019t stalked by her anonymous attacker nor is she sent threatening messages in the book.<\/p>\n
The TV series misses out the book\u2019s quiet period<\/strong><\/h2>\nIn Moriarty\u2019s Nine Perfect Strangers, the guests arrive at Tranquillum House to find that they must take part in a five-day \u201cquiet period\u201d, where they\u2019re not allowed to speak to one another for the first five days of the retreat.<\/p>\n
For understandable reasons, this was left out of the show \u2013 it wouldn\u2019t make for particularly interesting TV if the stars weren\u2019t allowed to talk for half the series.<\/p>\n
Tony isn\u2019t addicted to pain killers<\/strong><\/h2>\n ![\""Nine\"]( "\\"\"nine-perfect-strangers-book-differences\"\\"")
<\/div> Hulu<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\nIn the Amazon Prime Video series, we quickly learn that Tony (Cannavale) is addicted to pain killers after being prescribed them for injury he\u2019d sustained years before, and takes his frustration out on the Tranquillum House staff for removing them from him.<\/p>\n
In the book, while Tony does suffer an injury earlier on in his life, he\u2019s not addicted to pain killers.<\/p>\n
Frances doesn\u2019t choke on a grape<\/strong><\/h2>\nOver the course of Nine Perfect Strangers, Frances and Tony form an amusing love-hate relationship, perfectly encapsulated in the second episode when Tony throws a grape into the mouth of a sleeping Frances, who subsequently chokes before receiving the Heimlich manoeuvre from a guilty Tony.<\/p>\n
This doesn\u2019t happen in Moriarty\u2019s book and while Frances and Tony do form a friendship of sorts, his character isn\u2019t featured heavily in the novel.<\/p>\n
Carmel doesn\u2019t attack Lars across the table<\/strong><\/h2>\nThose who\u2019ve seen the first three episodes of Nine Perfect Strangers will know that the guests begin to behave rather erratically as the retreat goes on, with Carmel lunging at Lars over breakfast one morning after the wellness retreat regular makes a barbed comment at her expense.<\/p>\n
This doesn\u2019t actually happen in the book and neither does Carmel and Lars\u2019 first meeting prior to them arriving at Tranquillum House.<\/p>\n
Nine Perfect Strangers is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video, with new episodes arriving every Wednesday. You can buy Liane Moriarty\u2019s Nine Perfect Strangers<\/a> on Amazon. Check out more of our Drama<\/a> coverage or visit our TV Guide<\/a> to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n
","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Based on Liane Moriarty’s novel of the same name, Nine Perfect Strangers has launched its first three episodes on Amazon Prime Video. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":3232,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/nine-perfect-strangers-the-biggest-differences-between-the-book-and-the-tv-series.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/nine-perfect-strangers-the-biggest-differences-between-the-book-and-the-tv-series-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/nine-perfect-strangers-the-biggest-differences-between-the-book-and-the-tv-series-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/nine-perfect-strangers-the-biggest-differences-between-the-book-and-the-tv-series.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/nine-perfect-strangers-the-biggest-differences-between-the-book-and-the-tv-series.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/nine-perfect-strangers-the-biggest-differences-between-the-book-and-the-tv-series.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/nine-perfect-strangers-the-biggest-differences-between-the-book-and-the-tv-series.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Based on Liane Moriarty's novel of the same name, Nine Perfect Strangers has launched its first three episodes on Amazon Prime Video.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/3231"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
In episode one, we watch as a driving Frances (Melissa McCarthy) receives terrible news from her literary agent, who tells her that the publisher she\u2019s tied to wants to buy her out of her contract. She pulls over in shock and then gets out the car to scream in frustrating, shouting: \u201cI\u2019m dead to the f**king world\u201d at the top of her lungs \u2013 at which point Tony (Bobby Cannavale) stops his car to ask if she\u2019s alright.<\/p>\n
In the book, however, Frances pull over after having a reaction to thinking of Paul Drabble, the man who catfished her and conned her out of thousands of dollars.<\/p>\n
\u201cA sudden rush of intense heat enveloped her body at the memory. Humiliation? Probably. Her head swam. She shivered and shook. Her hands were instantly slippery on the steering wheel. Pull over, she told herself. You need to pull over right now,\u201d the book reads.<\/p>\n
While Frances does scream in anger, she does so from inside her car, and it isn\u2019t until later on in the book that her literary agent tells her that her publisher doesn\u2019t want her new book.<\/p>\n
Jessica has \u201cblowfish lips\u201d and a \u201cfrozen forehead\u201d in the book<\/strong><\/h2>\n ![\""nine-perfect-strangers-book-differences"\"]( "\\"\"nine-perfect-strangers-book-differences\"\\"")
<\/div> Hulu<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\nRich, young couple Ben (Melvin Gregg) and Jessica (Samara Weaving) head to Tranquillum House to mend their relationship after their recent fortune caused it to deteriorate, and while Weaving shines as the social-media obsessed and vain Jessica, the character isn\u2019t as botoxed as she\u2019s described in the book.<\/p>\n
In Moriarty\u2019s novel, Ben describes Jessica as someone \u201cdisfigured by her own credit card\u201d due to the amount of plastic surgery she has had, adding that she looks like \u201ca chipmunk\u201d with \u201cthe frozen forehead, the blowfish lips, the puffy cheeks, the camel eyelashes, the fake hair and fake boobs\u201d.<\/p>\n
While Weaving\u2019s Jessica wears quite a lot of make-up and nails the Instagram influencer look, she\u2019s missing the \u201cplastic\u201d qualities of the character as described in the novel.<\/p>\n
Masha isn\u2019t shot in the book<\/strong><\/h2>\nThe ongoing mystery throughout Prime Video\u2019s Nine Perfect Strangers revolves around Masha, who reveals in episode one that she was shot by an unknown attacker when working in a high-pressured job in the city and subsequently saved by Yao (Manny Jacinto<\/a>), who was a paramedic at the time. She says that it was this near-death experience that inspired her to set up Tranquillum House and adopt a healthier lifestyle.<\/p>\nIn the book however, Masha isn\u2019t shot at all \u2013 in fact, her stressful lifestyle causes her to have a seizure, with paramedic Yao turning up at the scene and saving her life. It is the seizure that inspires her to set up Tranquillum House.<\/p>\n
Since Masha isn\u2019t shot in the book, it also means that she isn\u2019t stalked by her anonymous attacker nor is she sent threatening messages in the book.<\/p>\n
The TV series misses out the book\u2019s quiet period<\/strong><\/h2>\nIn Moriarty\u2019s Nine Perfect Strangers, the guests arrive at Tranquillum House to find that they must take part in a five-day \u201cquiet period\u201d, where they\u2019re not allowed to speak to one another for the first five days of the retreat.<\/p>\n
For understandable reasons, this was left out of the show \u2013 it wouldn\u2019t make for particularly interesting TV if the stars weren\u2019t allowed to talk for half the series.<\/p>\n
Tony isn\u2019t addicted to pain killers<\/strong><\/h2>\n ![\""Nine\"]( "\\"\"nine-perfect-strangers-book-differences\"\\"")
<\/div> Hulu<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\nIn the Amazon Prime Video series, we quickly learn that Tony (Cannavale) is addicted to pain killers after being prescribed them for injury he\u2019d sustained years before, and takes his frustration out on the Tranquillum House staff for removing them from him.<\/p>\n
In the book, while Tony does suffer an injury earlier on in his life, he\u2019s not addicted to pain killers.<\/p>\n
Frances doesn\u2019t choke on a grape<\/strong><\/h2>\nOver the course of Nine Perfect Strangers, Frances and Tony form an amusing love-hate relationship, perfectly encapsulated in the second episode when Tony throws a grape into the mouth of a sleeping Frances, who subsequently chokes before receiving the Heimlich manoeuvre from a guilty Tony.<\/p>\n
This doesn\u2019t happen in Moriarty\u2019s book and while Frances and Tony do form a friendship of sorts, his character isn\u2019t featured heavily in the novel.<\/p>\n
Carmel doesn\u2019t attack Lars across the table<\/strong><\/h2>\nThose who\u2019ve seen the first three episodes of Nine Perfect Strangers will know that the guests begin to behave rather erratically as the retreat goes on, with Carmel lunging at Lars over breakfast one morning after the wellness retreat regular makes a barbed comment at her expense.<\/p>\n
This doesn\u2019t actually happen in the book and neither does Carmel and Lars\u2019 first meeting prior to them arriving at Tranquillum House.<\/p>\n
Nine Perfect Strangers is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video, with new episodes arriving every Wednesday. You can buy Liane Moriarty\u2019s Nine Perfect Strangers<\/a> on Amazon. Check out more of our Drama<\/a> coverage or visit our TV Guide<\/a> to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n
","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Based on Liane Moriarty’s novel of the same name, Nine Perfect Strangers has launched its first three episodes on Amazon Prime Video. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":3232,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/nine-perfect-strangers-the-biggest-differences-between-the-book-and-the-tv-series.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/nine-perfect-strangers-the-biggest-differences-between-the-book-and-the-tv-series-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/nine-perfect-strangers-the-biggest-differences-between-the-book-and-the-tv-series-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/nine-perfect-strangers-the-biggest-differences-between-the-book-and-the-tv-series.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/nine-perfect-strangers-the-biggest-differences-between-the-book-and-the-tv-series.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/nine-perfect-strangers-the-biggest-differences-between-the-book-and-the-tv-series.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/nine-perfect-strangers-the-biggest-differences-between-the-book-and-the-tv-series.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Based on Liane Moriarty's novel of the same name, Nine Perfect Strangers has launched its first three episodes on Amazon Prime Video.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/3231"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\""nine-perfect-strangers-book-differences"\"](\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/nine-perfect-strangers-ben-jessica-1628534942-1c4dabc.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413"\" "\\"\"nine-perfect-strangers-book-differences\"\\"")
<\/div> Rich, young couple Ben (Melvin Gregg) and Jessica (Samara Weaving) head to Tranquillum House to mend their relationship after their recent fortune caused it to deteriorate, and while Weaving shines as the social-media obsessed and vain Jessica, the character isn\u2019t as botoxed as she\u2019s described in the book.<\/p>\n
In Moriarty\u2019s novel, Ben describes Jessica as someone \u201cdisfigured by her own credit card\u201d due to the amount of plastic surgery she has had, adding that she looks like \u201ca chipmunk\u201d with \u201cthe frozen forehead, the blowfish lips, the puffy cheeks, the camel eyelashes, the fake hair and fake boobs\u201d.<\/p>\n
While Weaving\u2019s Jessica wears quite a lot of make-up and nails the Instagram influencer look, she\u2019s missing the \u201cplastic\u201d qualities of the character as described in the novel.<\/p>\n
Masha isn\u2019t shot in the book<\/strong><\/h2>\nThe ongoing mystery throughout Prime Video\u2019s Nine Perfect Strangers revolves around Masha, who reveals in episode one that she was shot by an unknown attacker when working in a high-pressured job in the city and subsequently saved by Yao (Manny Jacinto<\/a>), who was a paramedic at the time. She says that it was this near-death experience that inspired her to set up Tranquillum House and adopt a healthier lifestyle.<\/p>\nIn the book however, Masha isn\u2019t shot at all \u2013 in fact, her stressful lifestyle causes her to have a seizure, with paramedic Yao turning up at the scene and saving her life. It is the seizure that inspires her to set up Tranquillum House.<\/p>\n
Since Masha isn\u2019t shot in the book, it also means that she isn\u2019t stalked by her anonymous attacker nor is she sent threatening messages in the book.<\/p>\n
The TV series misses out the book\u2019s quiet period<\/strong><\/h2>\nIn Moriarty\u2019s Nine Perfect Strangers, the guests arrive at Tranquillum House to find that they must take part in a five-day \u201cquiet period\u201d, where they\u2019re not allowed to speak to one another for the first five days of the retreat.<\/p>\n
For understandable reasons, this was left out of the show \u2013 it wouldn\u2019t make for particularly interesting TV if the stars weren\u2019t allowed to talk for half the series.<\/p>\n
Tony isn\u2019t addicted to pain killers<\/strong><\/h2>\n ![\""Nine\"]( "\\"\"nine-perfect-strangers-book-differences\"\\"")
<\/div> Hulu<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\nIn the Amazon Prime Video series, we quickly learn that Tony (Cannavale) is addicted to pain killers after being prescribed them for injury he\u2019d sustained years before, and takes his frustration out on the Tranquillum House staff for removing them from him.<\/p>\n
In the book, while Tony does suffer an injury earlier on in his life, he\u2019s not addicted to pain killers.<\/p>\n
Frances doesn\u2019t choke on a grape<\/strong><\/h2>\nOver the course of Nine Perfect Strangers, Frances and Tony form an amusing love-hate relationship, perfectly encapsulated in the second episode when Tony throws a grape into the mouth of a sleeping Frances, who subsequently chokes before receiving the Heimlich manoeuvre from a guilty Tony.<\/p>\n
This doesn\u2019t happen in Moriarty\u2019s book and while Frances and Tony do form a friendship of sorts, his character isn\u2019t featured heavily in the novel.<\/p>\n
Carmel doesn\u2019t attack Lars across the table<\/strong><\/h2>\nThose who\u2019ve seen the first three episodes of Nine Perfect Strangers will know that the guests begin to behave rather erratically as the retreat goes on, with Carmel lunging at Lars over breakfast one morning after the wellness retreat regular makes a barbed comment at her expense.<\/p>\n
This doesn\u2019t actually happen in the book and neither does Carmel and Lars\u2019 first meeting prior to them arriving at Tranquillum House.<\/p>\n
Nine Perfect Strangers is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video, with new episodes arriving every Wednesday. You can buy Liane Moriarty\u2019s Nine Perfect Strangers<\/a> on Amazon. Check out more of our Drama<\/a> coverage or visit our TV Guide<\/a> to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n
","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Based on Liane Moriarty’s novel of the same name, Nine Perfect Strangers has launched its first three episodes on Amazon Prime Video. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":3232,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/nine-perfect-strangers-the-biggest-differences-between-the-book-and-the-tv-series.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/nine-perfect-strangers-the-biggest-differences-between-the-book-and-the-tv-series-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/nine-perfect-strangers-the-biggest-differences-between-the-book-and-the-tv-series-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/nine-perfect-strangers-the-biggest-differences-between-the-book-and-the-tv-series.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/nine-perfect-strangers-the-biggest-differences-between-the-book-and-the-tv-series.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/nine-perfect-strangers-the-biggest-differences-between-the-book-and-the-tv-series.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/nine-perfect-strangers-the-biggest-differences-between-the-book-and-the-tv-series.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Based on Liane Moriarty's novel of the same name, Nine Perfect Strangers has launched its first three episodes on Amazon Prime Video.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/3231"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
In the book however, Masha isn\u2019t shot at all \u2013 in fact, her stressful lifestyle causes her to have a seizure, with paramedic Yao turning up at the scene and saving her life. It is the seizure that inspires her to set up Tranquillum House.<\/p>\n
Since Masha isn\u2019t shot in the book, it also means that she isn\u2019t stalked by her anonymous attacker nor is she sent threatening messages in the book.<\/p>\n
The TV series misses out the book\u2019s quiet period<\/strong><\/h2>\nIn Moriarty\u2019s Nine Perfect Strangers, the guests arrive at Tranquillum House to find that they must take part in a five-day \u201cquiet period\u201d, where they\u2019re not allowed to speak to one another for the first five days of the retreat.<\/p>\n
For understandable reasons, this was left out of the show \u2013 it wouldn\u2019t make for particularly interesting TV if the stars weren\u2019t allowed to talk for half the series.<\/p>\n
Tony isn\u2019t addicted to pain killers<\/strong><\/h2>\n ![\""Nine\"]( "\\"\"nine-perfect-strangers-book-differences\"\\"")
<\/div> Hulu<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\nIn the Amazon Prime Video series, we quickly learn that Tony (Cannavale) is addicted to pain killers after being prescribed them for injury he\u2019d sustained years before, and takes his frustration out on the Tranquillum House staff for removing them from him.<\/p>\n
In the book, while Tony does suffer an injury earlier on in his life, he\u2019s not addicted to pain killers.<\/p>\n
Frances doesn\u2019t choke on a grape<\/strong><\/h2>\nOver the course of Nine Perfect Strangers, Frances and Tony form an amusing love-hate relationship, perfectly encapsulated in the second episode when Tony throws a grape into the mouth of a sleeping Frances, who subsequently chokes before receiving the Heimlich manoeuvre from a guilty Tony.<\/p>\n
This doesn\u2019t happen in Moriarty\u2019s book and while Frances and Tony do form a friendship of sorts, his character isn\u2019t featured heavily in the novel.<\/p>\n
Carmel doesn\u2019t attack Lars across the table<\/strong><\/h2>\nThose who\u2019ve seen the first three episodes of Nine Perfect Strangers will know that the guests begin to behave rather erratically as the retreat goes on, with Carmel lunging at Lars over breakfast one morning after the wellness retreat regular makes a barbed comment at her expense.<\/p>\n
This doesn\u2019t actually happen in the book and neither does Carmel and Lars\u2019 first meeting prior to them arriving at Tranquillum House.<\/p>\n
Nine Perfect Strangers is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video, with new episodes arriving every Wednesday. You can buy Liane Moriarty\u2019s Nine Perfect Strangers<\/a> on Amazon. Check out more of our Drama<\/a> coverage or visit our TV Guide<\/a> to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n
","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Based on Liane Moriarty’s novel of the same name, Nine Perfect Strangers has launched its first three episodes on Amazon Prime Video. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":3232,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/nine-perfect-strangers-the-biggest-differences-between-the-book-and-the-tv-series.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/nine-perfect-strangers-the-biggest-differences-between-the-book-and-the-tv-series-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/nine-perfect-strangers-the-biggest-differences-between-the-book-and-the-tv-series-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/nine-perfect-strangers-the-biggest-differences-between-the-book-and-the-tv-series.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/nine-perfect-strangers-the-biggest-differences-between-the-book-and-the-tv-series.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/nine-perfect-strangers-the-biggest-differences-between-the-book-and-the-tv-series.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/nine-perfect-strangers-the-biggest-differences-between-the-book-and-the-tv-series.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Based on Liane Moriarty's novel of the same name, Nine Perfect Strangers has launched its first three episodes on Amazon Prime Video.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/3231"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\""Nine\"](\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/bobby-cannavale-nine-perfect-strangers-0758385.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413"\" "\\"\"nine-perfect-strangers-book-differences\"\\"")
<\/div> In the Amazon Prime Video series, we quickly learn that Tony (Cannavale) is addicted to pain killers after being prescribed them for injury he\u2019d sustained years before, and takes his frustration out on the Tranquillum House staff for removing them from him.<\/p>\n
In the book, while Tony does suffer an injury earlier on in his life, he\u2019s not addicted to pain killers.<\/p>\n
Frances doesn\u2019t choke on a grape<\/strong><\/h2>\nOver the course of Nine Perfect Strangers, Frances and Tony form an amusing love-hate relationship, perfectly encapsulated in the second episode when Tony throws a grape into the mouth of a sleeping Frances, who subsequently chokes before receiving the Heimlich manoeuvre from a guilty Tony.<\/p>\n
This doesn\u2019t happen in Moriarty\u2019s book and while Frances and Tony do form a friendship of sorts, his character isn\u2019t featured heavily in the novel.<\/p>\n
Carmel doesn\u2019t attack Lars across the table<\/strong><\/h2>\nThose who\u2019ve seen the first three episodes of Nine Perfect Strangers will know that the guests begin to behave rather erratically as the retreat goes on, with Carmel lunging at Lars over breakfast one morning after the wellness retreat regular makes a barbed comment at her expense.<\/p>\n
This doesn\u2019t actually happen in the book and neither does Carmel and Lars\u2019 first meeting prior to them arriving at Tranquillum House.<\/p>\n
Nine Perfect Strangers is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video, with new episodes arriving every Wednesday. You can buy Liane Moriarty\u2019s Nine Perfect Strangers<\/a> on Amazon. Check out more of our Drama<\/a> coverage or visit our TV Guide<\/a> to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n
","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Based on Liane Moriarty’s novel of the same name, Nine Perfect Strangers has launched its first three episodes on Amazon Prime Video. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":3232,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/nine-perfect-strangers-the-biggest-differences-between-the-book-and-the-tv-series.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/nine-perfect-strangers-the-biggest-differences-between-the-book-and-the-tv-series-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/nine-perfect-strangers-the-biggest-differences-between-the-book-and-the-tv-series-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/nine-perfect-strangers-the-biggest-differences-between-the-book-and-the-tv-series.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/nine-perfect-strangers-the-biggest-differences-between-the-book-and-the-tv-series.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/nine-perfect-strangers-the-biggest-differences-between-the-book-and-the-tv-series.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/nine-perfect-strangers-the-biggest-differences-between-the-book-and-the-tv-series.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Based on Liane Moriarty's novel of the same name, Nine Perfect Strangers has launched its first three episodes on Amazon Prime Video.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/3231"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Those who\u2019ve seen the first three episodes of Nine Perfect Strangers will know that the guests begin to behave rather erratically as the retreat goes on, with Carmel lunging at Lars over breakfast one morning after the wellness retreat regular makes a barbed comment at her expense.<\/p>\n
This doesn\u2019t actually happen in the book and neither does Carmel and Lars\u2019 first meeting prior to them arriving at Tranquillum House.<\/p>\n
Nine Perfect Strangers is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video, with new episodes arriving every Wednesday. You can buy Liane Moriarty\u2019s Nine Perfect Strangers<\/a> on Amazon. Check out more of our Drama<\/a> coverage or visit our TV Guide<\/a> to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n Based on Liane Moriarty’s novel of the same name, Nine Perfect Strangers has launched its first three episodes on Amazon Prime Video. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":3232,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/nine-perfect-strangers-the-biggest-differences-between-the-book-and-the-tv-series.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/nine-perfect-strangers-the-biggest-differences-between-the-book-and-the-tv-series-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/nine-perfect-strangers-the-biggest-differences-between-the-book-and-the-tv-series-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/nine-perfect-strangers-the-biggest-differences-between-the-book-and-the-tv-series.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/nine-perfect-strangers-the-biggest-differences-between-the-book-and-the-tv-series.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/nine-perfect-strangers-the-biggest-differences-between-the-book-and-the-tv-series.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/nine-perfect-strangers-the-biggest-differences-between-the-book-and-the-tv-series.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Based on Liane Moriarty's novel of the same name, Nine Perfect Strangers has launched its first three episodes on Amazon Prime Video.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/3231"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"