However, in the novel Spence having AIDS is a secret and he instead tells the group he is suffering from a brain tumour. In Netflix's series Spence having AIDS isn't a secret from his fellow hospice patients and none of them are worried he will give them HIV. Spence hides that he has AIDS in the novel The only two events that could indicate a supernatural spirit are some missing toothpaste and a cold spot.

However unlike the TV series, there really isn't much haunting going on in the novel. One of the biggest parts of The Midnight Club is the group uncovering all the haunted elements of the hospice. Zac Gilford, who also starred in Midnight Mass, plays a new character called Mike who is a nurse at Brightcliffe and didn't exist in the book. Samantha Sloyan, who has previously starred in Midnight Mass, Scandal and Grey's Anatomy, plays Shasta in The Midnight Club. The show also introduces two new adult characters who weren't in the book. Natsuki (Aya Furukawa), Amesh (Sauriyan Sapkota) and Cheri (Adia) all didn't exist in the book and were created for the show. The number of children in the group from the original novel has expanded for the Netflix show. There's new characters in The Midnight Club Their main doctor's name also been changed from the novel. In Pike's novel the teenagers live at a hospice called Rotterham but it was changed for the Netflix series to be called Brightcliffe Hospice. The book ends with more of an exploration into Ilonka and Kevin's relationship, which isn't explored that much in the TV show. In the novel after Anya dies the group hears nothing from her or her spirit and quickly abandon their fascination with the afterlife. The biggest difference between the novel and the series is the concept of the afterlife. The concept of the afterlife is different So how much of The Midnight Club on Netflix is the same as the book? And what differs from it? These are the big differences we noticed. Flanagan often bases his series on books and adapts them slightly. The Midnight Club was created by Mike Flanagan, who is behind other thriller series on Netflix such as The Haunting of Bly Manorand Midnight Mass. When the first person does die, strange occurrences begin at the hospice. One night they make a pact where they agree whoever is the first one to die must return and communicate with them from beyond the grace.

At midnight the group meets and tells stories to each other.

The series is an adaption of Christopher Pike's novel of the same name and tells the story of a group of terminally ill teenagers living in a hospice. The 10-part series has been in the Top 10 since it first dropped on 7th October. Netflix's latest thriller series The Midnight Clubdropped last week and has become a firm favourite with viewers around the world.

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