Novel discussion and comparison 一座城，在等你 Waiting For You in a City

 alyrios:

Answering some of the questions posted above: Sou Jun's character was changed for the drama. He actually appears in the novel quite a bit and he doesn't get hurt either. Same with Jiang Ju, his character was changed for the drama, or rather expanded. It was mentioned he did go on a blind date with Xu Qin, but to my knowledge, Song Yan is unaware of this the whole time, even when Xu Qin finally introduced them at the bar. Xu Qin does not goes down to the wreck in the novel, it seems they added more drama to this. I am also wondering about Song Yan getting the fibrillator treatment, that is not in the book. 

I agree both 2 is expanded char 

 RosemaryCavalcanti:

Eu quero muito ler o romance, alguem sabe onde encontro em portugues?

Really no idea where to find the novel for portugues language ??

The subtle differences I noticed the drama made in the main leads' personalities which I feel doesn't do their novel characters justice. Like in ep 18 SY admits that he likes XQ out of annoyance and jealousy, almost like lashing out.
In the novel, it took some time for him to decide that he would let go of the past and just free his heart to move forward. This is a very important moment in the novel because when he makes the decision, they both go all in and are absolutely not shy about it. He tells his family, the co-workers that has a crush on him, her brother, directly and unapologetically.

The scene in ep 18 of the drama presents his admission as forced due to jealousy, he also appears hot & cold, maybe even shy, which is completely out of his novel character. As a matter of fact, in the novel, even before their reunion, he proudly announced to his co-workers that he was going to marry her and showed them her photo.

The FL is also doesn't appear withdrawn from humanity and cold-hearted in terms of her job as a doctor and her interactions with her co-workers as in the novel. There, her job is just an art of science, not necessarily a profession to preserve life.
In the drama, she just appears anti-social instead. I'm a little disappointed that part of her personality was one of my favorite areas in her character development

 alyrios:

The problem with TV adaptations of novels is that we lose the characters' inner thoughts. 

Yes... in novel, their char is darker than TV adapt. What we see on tv, is lighter much more

 Nope:

Im almost done with reading the novel and I feel like, when I start watching the show, I'll essentially have to treat them as two different entities. Its very clear, even though I haven't started watching yet, that there are some major changes to the plot. 

Yup , I liked the novel better.  The changes they have made in the filler episodes change up their character and relationship dynamics quite a lot . Anyway the drama as a separate entity is likeable enough especially as I'm quite happy with the actors. 

No I mean I think otherwise , we saw him writing letters to her and her mother burning them so he probably didnt get mad at that. he is just sad because she cant still have the courage to choose him after so many years. and its the same for the novel , he never lets anyone else talk bad about xuqin . he always says they dont understand her in the drama as well and in todays episode it was mentioned that song yang told the team he was waiting for his first love ever since. 

I'm quite sad they did not include Xu Qin simping on Song Yan in uniform. I assume it's the blue one that he wore when he refused to get interviewed and passed the responsibility to Xu Qin. Our girl was OGLING. 

Also, ep 21 of her waking up to a beautiful sunny day lost its meaning. Originally, the hazy weather to sunny and clear skies were metaphors to their relationship after their porridge talk. It was supposed to be a day for Xu Qin where she had already let go of the heavy burden of the past, and finally face Song Yan with a lighter heart. Alas, it now meaningless.

Which chapters cover their school/teenage story?

Thanks