Are book adaptations ever better than the book?

Round 1

Personally, I think that book adaptations aren't that good. We've seen the book adaptation of "It Ends With Us" and honestly, it's not as good as the book and the actors are just not as accurate as the book

CrossExam_XFOR

Let me ask you a direct yes or no question: have you ever read a book with a brilliant premise but a bloated middle, or an ending that just fell flat? Do you honestly believe prose is the only medium that can do a story justice? Because I can name you a dozen cases — Jaws, The Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather — where the adaptation tightened the source material, cut the dead weight, and actually improved the emotional punch. So here's the real question: is your position based on loyalty to the printed page, or on the actual quality of the finished work?