I agree. I find that I'm almost invariably disappointed if I read the book first, then see the movie. It's never as I imagine it. However, if I see the movie first then read the book it just superimposes the actor's faces over the characters as I'm reading, it doesn't really spoil it otherwise.
I've never seen the movie Dead Poet's Society but the copy of the book I read showed a still from the movie featuring Robin Williams on the front cover. All the way through I had Robin William's face in the role in my imagination, despite the character being black in the original.
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