Yes, I do like the characters in the book better than the TV show . The reason that I prefer the character in the book than the TV show is because in the book it seem like Spenser and Hawk are really close and always with each other, but the TV show only shows them together only when Spenser is about to get kill,or is having problem. One examples is in chapter 8 a lady name Marge ask hawk "what wrong with your black friend" in the book they always act like they where extremely the best friends forever. In the book it tends to give more details about each characters and also explain there personlity and it make it easier for me to see what type of person each characters is. When I watch the TV show I honestly thought it was going to show us viewer how much they hang out and how much they really trueley care about each other. Also in the book it seem like Spenser and Susan have a wonderful and great relationship but in the TV show it seem like she is never around. Another example is in chapter 7 and 16 Susan talked about moving in with together with spenser and how much she really care about himand how she also curious to know is where about.