Personally, I’d likely go for the book first given that it was a seminal read from my adolescence, but I think I’ve grown less stringent on these things over the years. With the continued rise of “prestige” tv, and using series and miniseries to create what are essentially long form movies, some of the best adaptations of literature have come out in recent years. If you had plans to read the book in the very near-term, I would wait… otherwise, I don’t believe it would be such a crime. But to each their own.
